AI Magazine Issue 10 2018

Acquisition International - Issue 10 2018 65 Barbara Doherty has a broad corporate/commercial practice with specialties in securities, capital markets, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Alongside this, she is also actively involved in dispute resolution, settling, and providing support in prosecuting litigious matters, as well as working with both Canadian and international clients. Recently, we profiled Barbra to discover how she has established herself as the Leading Cross Border Lawyer of the Year in Acquisition Intl’s Leading Adviser Awards 2018. ver the years, Barbara Doherty has acted for issuers, controlling shareholders, independent committees, and registrants. She has experience with transactions relating to corporate acquisitions, divestitures, and reorganizations with securities, regulatory, competition, and Investment Canada implications. With a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions under her belt, Barbara’s strength is her ability to lead a service team dedicated to helping clients plan, orchestrate, and successfully implement complex transactions within time- sensitive, regulated environments. Barbara led the firm’s team that completed one of the first mergers and acquisitions of two mutual fund dealers regulated by the MFDA. In addition to this, she has also led the corporate/commercial and specialty team of 25 lawyers advising on the design, build, finance, and operation of the first public-private hospital facility in Ontario. Barbara was appointed as External Counsel to the Ontario Power Authority and led the firm’s service team with a mandate to provide corporate/commercial legal services to support the development of conservation and demand management programs. Alongside this, Barbara has acted on private placements and prospectus offerings for both foreign and domestic registrants and issuers including investment funds and government agencies. These offerings consist of various equity and debt instruments. Also, she has acted on Barbara R.C. Doherty | Partner Company: Miller Thomson LLP Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West,Toronto, ON M5H 3S1 CANADA Tel: +416 595 8621 Fax: +416 595 8695 Practical, Creative and Cost-Effective Advice O 1810AI09 exempt and non-exempt takeover bids for offerors, targets, controlling shareholders, and dealers. Barbara is actively involved in advising foreign companies with their direct investment in and establishing their businesses in Canada. She advises companies from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and the United States on their Canadian operations. In addition to this, Barbara works with clients in diverse industries including architecture and consulting, biopharma, biotech, brokerage, clean tech, construction, construction equipment/power and parts, data management and communications, digital media, eco-wastes, e-commerce, emerging technologies (AI, blockchain and smart contracts), energy and renewable energy, engineering sealants and paving maintenance, film production, financial services, food and beverage, footwear, forestry, global construction and infrastructure, government registry development, health care, hotel management, hydro-electric construction, international dealers and advisors, investment funds, logistics, marketing and advertising, mining equipment engineering, oil and gas, outsource product engineering services, pharmaceuticals, product manufacturing, private and public security training and simulation, real estate development, robotics, roof coatings, small appliance manufacturing and housewares, soil and water decontamination, solar power, specialty environmental contracting, specialty publishing, telecommunications, utilities and safety solutions and water resources. Looking ahead to what the future holds, Barbara will continue to provide the award-winning services which has seen her righteously be titled Leading Cross Border Lawyer of the Year in Acquisition Intl’s Leading Adviser Awards 2018. “Barbara’s strength is her ability to lead a service team dedicated to helping clients plan, orchestrate, and successfully implement complex transactions within time-sensitive, regulated environments.”