Heather Zordel

Executive Summary

Heather Zordel is a partner in the Securities Group at Gardiner Roberts, focusing on corporate finance, securities regulatory compliance and corporate governance. She works for public companies listed on stock exchanges and companies just setting up to access capital markets, assisting them with stock exchange and securities commission requirements.

In addition to her law practice, Heather is the Co-Director and a Course Director for the Osgoode Hall LL.M program in securities law and also teaches in legal professional development programs. Her career has included a number of years working for the Toronto Stock Exchange. Heather was also a contributing author in the Carswell book “Corporate Finance for Canadian Executives.” Heather has served on the board of crown, private and condo corporations.

She has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan and a LL.B./J.D./LL.M. (Securities) from Osgoode Hall Law School. Currently she is a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario, a part-time adjudicator for the Law Society Tribunal, and a board and audit
committee member for Toronto Hydro Corporation and the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LawPro).

Heather was appointed by the Federal Minister of Finance to the Expert Panel on Securities Regulation tasked with providing advice on the best way forward to improve securities regulation in Canada. The Expert Panel tabled a report and a model federal securities act in January 2009, with recommendations the federal government and a number of provincial governments are pursuing through the Capital Markets Regulatory Authority. She is a past chair of the Securities Advisory Committee, which provides advice to the Ontario Securities Commission on legislative and policy initiatives and capital markets trends.

Expertise

• Business and Corporate Commercial
• Securities and Corporate Finance
• Condominium Governance

Representative Work

• Corporate finance for non-listed, junior and senior companies in various sectors
• Prospectus offerings under short, long, shelf and MJDS forms – domestic and cross-border
• Prospectus offerings of flow-through investment funds.
• Restructuring corporations and M&A work, including OSC/IIROC compliance
• Legal counsel for independent review committee for investment funds
• Issuer’s counsel for listing migration from TSXV to TSX
• External general counsel work for public and private companies