Practice Areas
- Initial public offerings and exchange listings
- Complex equity and debt financing, including private placements, bought deals and cross-border financings
- Compliance with securities law, exchange policies and continuous disclosure requirements
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising on regulatory matters
- Structuring and advising on going-private transactions
- Secured lending transactions
- Proxy contests, take-over bids, issuer bids, mergers, shareholder agreements, and other change of control transactions
- Assisting Capital Pool Companies on exchange listing and completion of a qualifying transaction
- Litigation before Canadian courts in jurisdictional matters, including arbitral award set-aside matters and arbitral award and foreign judgment enforcement matters
- Investor-state arbitration under foreign investment protection treaties
- Advisory work to international companies and foreign states
- Public international law advisory work
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal), and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising on corporate governance policies and strategies
- Public and private equity and debt financings
- Compliance with securities law and continuous disclosure requirements
- Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
- Project financing and agreements
- Securities based compensation plans and executive compensation
- Asset purchase and share purchase transactions
- Management buy-outs, divestments and sales of non-core assets
- Private equity acquisition and disposition
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising in and preparing documentation for a broad range of business arrangements, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, restrictive covenants, agency agreements and distribution arrangements
- Developing employee incentive programs including security based compensation plans
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Share transfers, share capital alterations, corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
- Access to capital markets via public offerings, exchange listings and exempt distributions
- Royalty (NSR, GRR and NPI), earn-in, and property option agreements
- Equity and debt financing, including private placements, bought deals, cross-border financings, and the issuance of flow-through units or shares
- Advising and due diligence on the acquisition of properties, mineral rights and claims, domestic and abroad
- Regulatory compliance
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Assisting with technical and project disclosure per securities law requirements, including National Instrument 43-101
- Asset and share purchase transactions
- Complex equity and debt financing and products, including private placements, bought deals and cross-border financings
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Property option agreements
- Securitization and structured finance
- Cross-border financing transactions
- Public and private equity and debt financings
- Advising on effective corporate governance
- Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications for all positions, including Global Talent Stream applications
- LMIA-exempt work permits under international trade agreements
- Permanent Residence applications, including:
- Express Entry
- Provincial Nominee Programs
- Family Class Sponsorship
- Start-up Visa Program and business, investor, and entrepreneur immigration assistance, including:
- British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Entrepreneur Immigration (EI)
- Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Entrepreneur Stream (ES)
- Quebec business/ investor immigration program
- Applications for Permanent Residence as a self-employed person
- Citizenship applications
- Work permit extensions pending Permanent Residence application
- Permanent Resident card extension applications
- Travel, study and business visa applications
- Temporary residence and work permit applications
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Compliance with securities regulatory requirements
- Licensing of products and facilities
- Assisting with financings, procurements, agreements and a full range of business matters
- Asset purchase and share purchase transactions
- Management buy-outs, divestments and sales of non-core assets or divisions
- Planning for and implementing business succession
- Private equity acquisition and disposition
- Documenting and assisting in corporate and tax reorganization
- Advising in and preparing documentation for a broad range of business arrangements, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, restrictive covenants, agency agreements and distribution arrangements
- Developing employee incentive programs including option programs
- Providing business law background and support on arbitration and litigation matters
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Share transfers, share capital alterations, corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
- Business structure planning and formation, including Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Designing and negotiating commercial contracts and standard commercial contracts for routine transactions
- Acquisitions and divestitures;
- Access to capital markets via public offerings and exchange listings;
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Assisting with a full range of foundational business matters
- Advising on employment and contractual obligations
- Employee and executive incentive plans including option and equity agreements
- Employment standards compliance
- Policy and human resource document development and implementation
- Independent contractor agreements
- Service agreements and contracts of employment
- Advising on conflicts of interest among directors, executives, employees and business entities
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Negotiating and drafting licensing agreements
- Advising on confidentiality or infringement matters, including non-disclosure agreements
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights;
- Designing and negotiating commercial contracts and standard commercial contracts for routine transactions
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Agreements with service providers, consultants, freelancers or other outsourced work
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Business exit strategies and negotiation of the sale of businesses or assets
- Access to capital markets via initial public offerings and exchange listings
Recent Transactions
Iconic Minerals Completes Plan of Arrangement with Nevada Lithium to Transfer its 50% Interest in the Bonnie Claire Lithium Project
July 10, 2023
Lotz & Company acted for Iconic Minerals Ltd. (“Iconic”) in connection with its court-approved plan of arrangement with Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. (“Nevada Lithium”) under the Business Corporations Act (British
HighGold Mining Inc. Completes Private Placement
April 1, 2023
Lotz & Company acted for HighGold Mining Inc. in connection with its $9.259 million private placement of common shares.
AD4 Capital Corp. Completes Initial Public Offering and TSXV Listing
June 29, 2022
Lotz & Company acted for AD4 Capital Corp., a capital pool company, in connection with its initial public offering of common shares and the concurrent listing of its common shares
Acme Gold Company Limited Completes Initial Public Offering and CSE Listing
May 25, 2022
Lotz & Company acted for Acme Gold Company Limited in connection with its initial public offering of common shares and the concurrent listing of its common shares on the Canadian
- Initial public offerings and exchange listings
- Complex equity and debt financing, including private placements, bought deals and cross-border financings
- Compliance with securities law, exchange policies and continuous disclosure requirements
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising on regulatory matters
- Structuring and advising on going-private transactions
- Secured lending transactions
- Proxy contests, take-over bids, issuer bids, mergers, shareholder agreements, and other change of control transactions
- Assisting Capital Pool Companies on exchange listing and completion of a qualifying transaction
- Litigation before Canadian courts in jurisdictional matters, including arbitral award set-aside matters and arbitral award and foreign judgment enforcement matters
- Investor-state arbitration under foreign investment protection treaties
- Advisory work to international companies and foreign states
- Public international law advisory work
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal), and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising on corporate governance policies and strategies
- Public and private equity and debt financings
- Compliance with securities law and continuous disclosure requirements
- Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
- Project financing and agreements
- Securities based compensation plans and executive compensation
- Asset purchase and share purchase transactions
- Management buy-outs, divestments and sales of non-core assets
- Private equity acquisition and disposition
- Documenting and assisting in corporate reorganizations
- Advising in and preparing documentation for a broad range of business arrangements, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, restrictive covenants, agency agreements and distribution arrangements
- Developing employee incentive programs including security based compensation plans
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Share transfers, share capital alterations, corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
- Access to capital markets via public offerings, exchange listings and exempt distributions
- Royalty (NSR, GRR and NPI), earn-in, and property option agreements
- Equity and debt financing, including private placements, bought deals, cross-border financings, and the issuance of flow-through units or shares
- Advising and due diligence on the acquisition of properties, mineral rights and claims, domestic and abroad
- Regulatory compliance
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Assisting with technical and project disclosure per securities law requirements, including National Instrument 43-101
- Asset and share purchase transactions
- Complex equity and debt financing and products, including private placements, bought deals and cross-border financings
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Property option agreements
- Securitization and structured finance
- Cross-border financing transactions
- Public and private equity and debt financings
- Advising on effective corporate governance
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Compliance with securities regulatory requirements
- Licensing of products and facilities
- Assisting with financings, procurements, agreements and a full range of business matters
- Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications for all positions, including Global Talent Stream applications
- LMIA-exempt work permits under international trade agreements
- Permanent Residence applications, including:
- Express Entry
- Provincial Nominee Programs
- Family Class Sponsorship
- Start-up Visa Program and business, investor, and entrepreneur immigration assistance, including:
- British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Entrepreneur Immigration (EI)
- Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Entrepreneur Stream (ES)
- Quebec business/ investor immigration program
- Applications for Permanent Residence as a self-employed person
- Citizenship applications
- Work permit extensions pending Permanent Residence application
- Permanent Resident card extension applications
- Travel, study and business visa applications
- Temporary residence and work permit applications
- Asset purchase and share purchase transactions
- Management buy-outs, divestments and sales of non-core assets or divisions
- Planning for and implementing business succession
- Private equity acquisition and disposition
- Documenting and assisting in corporate and tax reorganization
- Advising in and preparing documentation for a broad range of business arrangements, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, restrictive covenants, agency agreements and distribution arrangements
- Developing employee incentive programs including option programs
- Providing business law background and support on arbitration and litigation matters
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Share transfers, share capital alterations, corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
- Business structure planning and formation, including Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Designing and negotiating commercial contracts and standard commercial contracts for routine transactions
- Acquisitions and divestitures;
- Access to capital markets via public offerings and exchange listings;
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Assisting with a full range of foundational business matters
- Advising on employment and contractual obligations
- Employee and executive incentive plans including option and equity agreements
- Employment standards compliance
- Policy and human resource document development and implementation
- Independent contractor agreements
- Service agreements and contracts of employment
- Advising on conflicts of interest among directors, executives, employees and business entities
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights
- Negotiating and drafting licensing agreements
- Advising on confidentiality or infringement matters, including non-disclosure agreements
- Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights;
- Designing and negotiating commercial contracts and standard commercial contracts for routine transactions
- Equipment, property, and project financing and leasing
- Agreements with service providers, consultants, freelancers or other outsourced work
- Incorporation of companies in British Columbia and under the Canada Business Corporations Act (federal) and extra-provincial registrations in British Columbia
- Business exit strategies and negotiation of the sale of businesses or assets
- Access to capital markets via initial public offerings and exchange listings