Firm Profile

Morton Law LLP is a Vancouver based law firm with a track record of assisting its clients to achieve their goals in a timely and efficient manner. Our team of lawyers and paralegals has applied its expertise for clients in respect of:

Mergers and acquisitions
Public and private financings and offerings
Continuous disclosure requirements
Property and Asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and co-development agreements
Corporate Governance
Stock Exchange listings and compliance
Regulatory filings and compliance
Friendly and hostile takeovers
Advice to special committees and investors
Cross-border transactions and U.S. regulatory compliance

Morton Law LLP’s legal team knows how to get the deal done.

Our clients include mining (exploration, development and production), oil and gas (exploration and production), technology, and industrial companies.

Representative Transactions

Corporate Finance

$63.5 million bought deal by short form prospectus
$35 million private stage and initial public offering
$28.3 million bought deal
$25 million private stage equity financing
$23 million special warrant and short form financing
$22.7 million bought deal financing
$21 million initial public offering
$16.1 million subscription receipt offering and short form prospectus
$12 million flow-through and non flow-through brokered offering
$10 million convertible debt offering
Non-brokered private offering comprised of $8.4 million of common shares and share purchase warrants to a strategic investor
$8 million non-brokered private placement
$7.5 million non-brokered private placement
$5 million secured loan facility agreement and associated royalty purchase agreement
$5 million convertible debenture for private company
$3.4 million brokered offering of flow-through and non flow-through common shares and share purchase warrants

Mergers, Acquisitions & Other Transactions

Special counsel in connection with $420 million acquisition by plan of arrangement
Counsel for target company in connection with $195 million plan of arrangement
Counsel to listed issuer in connection with US$110 million Joint Venture and related US$37.5 debt financing
Counsel for acquirer in connection with $37 million plan of arrangement
Counsel to vendor in $36 million (US$34 million) sale of mining royalties
Counsel to acquirer in $33.5 million acquisition of upstream and midstream oil & gas assets
Counsel for acquirer in connection with $29 million plan of arrangement
Counsel for listed issuer in connection with $28 million acquisition of a public company
Counsel for private technology company in connection with $16.9 million acquisition and financing transaction
Counsel for acquirer in connection with $13 million plan of arrangement
Counsel to one of two acquirers in $12 million strategic investment in third party listed company
Counsel for listed issuer in connection with $11 million spin out and related rights offering and private placement
Counsel for issuer in connection with $8 million sale of royalties

Agent’s Counsel and Advisory Work

Special Counsel to Board Committees in various acquisitions
Counsel to Issuers in contested shareholder meetings
Counsel to Issuers in hostile take-over bids
Counsel to national investment dealer as financial advisor in connection with $28 million business combination
Counsel to national investment dealer in connection with initial public offerings on the TSX-Venture Exchange and the CNSX