Biographical notes for Stephen Halperin

Contributing Editor, Corporate Financing (CFinancing) 1994–

Chair, Sale of a Private Company Session, Super Transactions Conference, Toronto, May 22-23, 1996

"The Lessons of Paramount for Canadian Takeover Targets" (1994) 2 CFinancing 87 (co-authored with Neil M. Sheehy)

"Recruiting Unrelated Directors May Become Unduly Difficult" (1995) 3 CFinancing 129

"Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The ‘Exchangeable Share' Phenomenon" (1996) 4 CFinancing 201

Born 28 January 1950

Educated Concordia University B.A. (Hons.) 1972; McGill University B.C.L. 1975, LL.B. 1978 (Greenshields Scholar)

Partner (1987–) and Executive Committee Member (1993–), Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

Adjunct Professor, Advanced Corporate and Securities Law, University of Toronto 1993–

Associate (1980-82), then Partner (1982-87), Burnet Duckworth & Palmer (Calgary)

Associate, Courtois Clarkson Parsons & Tétrault (Montreal) 1976-80

Called to the Bars of Quebec 1976, Alberta 1979 and Ontario 1987

Director, Cott Corporation

Member, Law Society of Upper Canada, Law Society of Alberta, Barreau du Québec, Canadian Bar Association, American Bar Association, International Bar Association

Member, Committee on Conflicts of Interest and "Chinese Walls," Canadian Bar Association-Ontario

Past Chair, Securities Law Section, Canadian Bar Association-Alberta

Member, Securities Advisory Committee, Ontario Securities Commission 1991-94

Author, numerous papers and articles on corporate and securities law

Mr. Halperin conducts a transactional corporate and securities law practice. He has represented numerous Canadian and foreign investment banks, public and private corporations in a variety of domestic and international public and private financings, public takeovers, private acquisitions and dispositions, and reorganizations and restructurings.