Gordon Coleman, Q.C., Lawyer
Contributing Editor, Conference Chair and Speaker
Federated Press Contributions
| Contributing Editor, Corporate Financing (CFinancing) 1992-97 |
| Co-Chair, Board Reengineering Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, December 3-5, 1996 |
| Speaker, "Current Topics in Corporate Governance" Board Reengineering Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, December 3-5, 1996 |
| Speaker, "Compliance with the TSE Corporate Governance Guidelines" Governance Session, Corporate Summit, Toronto, November 29-30, 1995 |
| "The A.B.A. Adopts a Legal Opinion Accord and the BCAO Considers Its Own Version" (1992) 1 CFinancing 7 |
| "New Class Action Rules Highlight Importance of Underwriter's Role" (1993) 1 CFinancing 44 |
| "Failure to Supervise Employees Can Be Career Limiting" (1993) 1 CFinancing 46 |
| "The Company Is to Be Sold – What Are the Directors' Duties?" (1994) 2 CFinancing 57 |
| "Corporate Finance From a Corporate Governance Perspective" (1994) 2 CFinancing 107 |
| "No-Shop Clauses, Break-Up Fees and Defensive Stock Options: Responsibilities of Directors" (1994) 2 North American Corporate Lawyer 53 |
| "Traps Can Be Avoided when Complying with the New Governance Disclosure Guidelines" (1996) 3 CFinancing 186 |
| "The Independent Committee and the Dominating Shareholder" (1996) 3 CFinancing 197 |
| "‘Non-Shop' Clauses and ‘Break-Up" Fees'" (1996) 4 CFinancing 218 |
| "The Audit Committee and Derivative Transactions" (1997) 4 CFinancing 236 |
Biography
| Born 3 May 1936 |
| Educated University of Toronto B.A. 1958, LL.B. 1961 |
| Partner, Torys 1971– |
| Associate with present firm 1963-71 |
| Called to the Bar of Ontario 1963 |
| Articled with present firm 1961-62 |
| Lecturer, Securities Regulation and Corporate Finance, University of Toronto Faculty of Law 1977-81 |
| Head of Corporate and Commercial Law Section, Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course 1979, 1980 |
| Co-Author, 1983 Report to the Ontario Securities Commission which resulted in major changes to Canadian legislation relating to take-over bids and issuer bids |
| Author of numerous articles and papers in the mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance areas |
Practice Description
| Mr. Coleman has practised in the area of corporate and securities law for over 30 years. He has acted for offerors and offeree companies in many of Canada's most significant merger and acquisition transactions and in applications and proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions in Canada. |
Address
| Torys |
| Suite 3000, Maritime Life Tower |
| P.O. Box 270, Toronto Dominion Centre |
| 79 Wellington Street West |
| Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2 |
| Telephone: (416) 865-7334 |
| Telecopier: (416) 865-7380 |
| E-mail: |
| Web: www.torys.com |