Bio

Kathleen Skerrett has been practicing law for 25 years and advises clients on all aspects of and compliance with corporate and securities laws, including structuring of financing transactions and structuring mergers and acquisitions with both Canadian and international companies as well as advising on continuous disclosure obligations. She regularly acts on public offerings, private placements of debt and equity, merger and reverse takeover transactions, restructuring transactions and corporate governance. Kathleen is currently co-chair of the Securities Law Sub-Committee of the Ontario Bar Association. While focused on advising public companies and companies seeking to go public, she also provides advice on a variety of corporate matters to private companies. She also regularly advises clients on director and officer insurance matters. Kathleen has a broad breadth of industry experience including advising clients in the manufacturing, technology, financial and health and wellness sectors. In particular, she has developed a strong practice in the resource sector with expertise in both structuring mining related contracts and advising on additional public company compliance matters.