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Jonathan S. Drance
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Law Practice
Jonathan Drance is a partner at Stikeman Elliott specializing in corporate finance and securities. Over the past decade, he has acted as special counsel on many significant merger transactions, public financings and reorganizations.
He acts as underwriters' counsel for several British Columbia issuers, and has acted on other financing transactions for major Canadian investment dealers. He has advised numerous corporations on corporate governance matters, including compliance with TSX Rules and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Drance speaks at securities conferences, was for a decade the co-chair of the bi-annual Pipestone Securities Conference and has written extensively on securities and corporate law, particularly the regulation of cross-border mergers and financings and the fiduciary and corporate governance obligations of directors.
In 2008, Mr. Drance was appointed to the board of BC Hydro and is chair of its Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of BC Hydro's Capital Projects and its Human Resources Committees.
Mr. Drance is listed and recognized in the following publications:
- The 2010 Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, in the areas of Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance and M&A.
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010 as a leading practitioner in the areas of Corporate Commercial law, Corporate Finance & Securities and M&A.
- The 2010 PLC Which Lawyer? as recommended in Corporate/M&A.
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 in the areas of Corporate, M&A and Securities Law.
- PLC's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2009/10.
- The 2009 LawDay's Leading Lawyers for Securities-Corporate and M&A.
- The International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers 2010.
- He is AV® Peer Review Rated according to Martindale-Hubbell (Very High to Pre-eminent), its highest level of professional ranking.
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Professional Activities
Mr. Drance is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of British Columbia.
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Education
University of Toronto (LL.B. Gold Medallist 1978), Harvard University (BA magna cum laude 1975).
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Bar Admission
Ontario, 1980
British Columbia, 1984
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