Bio

Senior corporate and commercial lawyer in our business law department, Hugh has significant experience in both private and public company corporate governance compliance, secured syndicated financings, corporate acquisitions and reorganizations in both Canada and the United States. Hugh provides advice on cross-border issues and has acted as lead company counsel in the context of numerous public equity and convertible debt offerings, so he knows what is required in order to prepare businesses at an early stage of their development for due diligence by underwriters and counsel. With extensive public company experience, Hugh provides timely and proactive advice to boards of directors on matters of governance and regulatory compliance. He acted as the Corporate Secretary for The Arctic Group Inc. from 1997 until 2002, while this public issuer first listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange and subsequently when it listed on the more senior Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). In 2002 he became Corporate Secretary and lead Canadian counsel to Arctic Glacier Income Fund, continuing his responsibilities to the Board of Trustees and Fund Committees and remaining responsible for all continuous disclosure compliance including insider trading reporting.