Biographical notes for Albert James Hudec

Contributing Editor, Corporate Financing (CFinancing) 1994–

"Recent Developments in the Canadian Mid-Term Note Market" (1995) 3 CFinancing 154 (co-authored with Alanna Lee)

"Guidelines for Analysts' Meetings" (1997) 4 CFinancing 239

"Structuring Cross-Border Acquisitions: Exchangeable Shares" (1998) 5 CFinancing 303

"Mitigating Potential Year 2000 Liabilities: Practical Advice for Public Companies" (1998) 5 CFinancing 310 "Corporate Disclosure Policies and Corporate Web Sites" (1999) 6 CFinancing 380 "Canadian Securities Regulatory Clearance Issues" (1999) 6 CFinancing 386 "Assuring Equal Access for all Market Participants" (1999) 6 CFinancing 398

Born 8 May 1948

Educated University of Saskatchewan B.A. (Hons.) 1969; Queen's University Doctoral Program in Economics 1969-73; University of Toronto LL.B. 1979, LL.M. 1981

Senior Securities Lawyer, Davis & Company 1994–

Associate (1985-88), then Partner (1988-93), Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Calgary)

Associate, Shearman & Sterling (New York) 1983-84

Associate, Bennett Jones (Calgary) 1980-85

Called to the Bars of Alberta 1981 and British Columbia 1994

Articled, Bennett Jones Verchere

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Saskatchewan 1973-76

Certified Financial Analyst 1994

Member, Securities Law Advisory Committee, B.C. Securities Commission; Policy Committee, Vancouver Chapter, Financial Analysts

Vice-Chair, International Resources Committee, Energy Law Section, American Bar Association (member, Business Law Section and International Law and Finance Section)

Frequent speaker and author of numerous papers and articles on securities law, banking and finance

The focus of Mr. Hudec's practice is corporate financings, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, and banking – particularly as they relate to the oil and gas, mining, forestry and financial sectors.