Jean-Paul Bisnaire, Lawyer
Conference Chair and Speaker
Federated Press Contributions
| Chair, Capital Market Products Session, Financial Products Summit, Toronto, March 31, 1998 |
| Speaker, "Capital Markets Products: Recent Developments in Debt/Preferred Securities" Capital Market Products Session, Financial Products Summit, Toronto, March 31, 1998 |
| Speaker, "Due Diligence Preparation and Conduct: What to Look for in Reviewing Documents" Process and Practice Session, Due Diligence Conference, Toronto, September 25-26, 1997 |
| Speaker, "Some Issues From the Selling Perspective" Recent Public Transactions Session, Super Transactions Conference, Toronto, May 22-23, 1996 |
Biography
| Born 27 April 1951 |
| Educated Wilfrid Laurier University B.A. (Econ.) 1973; University of Ottawa LL.B. 1976 (Silver Medallist) |
| Senior Partner, Corporate Law, Davies, Ward & Beck LLP 1980– |
| Associate with present firm 1978-80 |
| Lecturer, securities regulation, University of Ottawa Law School 1985-87 |
| Called to Bar of Ontario 1978 |
| Articled with present firm 1976-77 |
| Member, Canadian Bar Association, International Bar Association, Law Society of Upper Canada |
| General Editor, Canadian Corporate Precedents/Canadian Securities Law Precedents |
| Author, various legal articles and papers concerning corporate law, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions |
Practice Description
| Mr. Bisnaire's practice is focused primarily in the corporate, commercial and securities law areas. He acts as a senior counsel for a number of large public and private clients of the firm for acquisitions, divestitures, take-over bids, going private transactions, spin-off transactions, corporate governance matters and corporate reorganizations. He also has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border corporate finance and mergers. |
Address
| Davies, Ward & Beck LLP |
| Box 63, 44th Floor |
| 1 First Canadian Place |
| Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B1 |
| Telephone: (416) 863-5539 |
| Telecopier: (416) 863-0871 |
| E-mail: jbisnaire@dwb.com |
| Web: www.dwb.com |