Jason J. Brooks

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Led the BLG team that represented First Block Capital Inc. in connection with its registration as an investment fund manager
  an exempt market dealer in order to operate a bitcoin investment fund, the first registration of an investment fund manager in Canada solely dedicated to cryptocurrency investments. Also acted in connection with the direct
  syndicated private placement of units of the bitcoin fund to investors in Canada
  abroad.
  Advising on all issues related to the formation, organization
  ongoing operations of retail mutual funds, hedge funds, pooled funds
  other investment funds.
  Advising Canadian
  foreign advisers, dealers
  investment fund managers with respect to registration
  on-going securities regulatory
  compliance matters. Extensive experience in assisting firms obtain registration with securities regulators in all jurisdictions of Canada, from start-up fund managers
  exempt market dealers to multi-billion dollar global asset managers.
  Has obtained novel
  complex exemptive relief from a wide variety of prospectus, dealer registration, conflict of interest
  other compliance requirements under Canadian securities laws.
  Advising on the formation, organization
  ongoing operation of mortgage investment corporations
  other similar entities,
  on the registration
  other securities regulatory
  compliance issues applicable to those involved in the administration
  distribution of such entities.
  Advising on the corporate, securities
  securities regulatory issues applicable to mergers & acquisition transactions for participants in the investment management industry.
  Led the BLG team that represented Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N) in relation to the sale of PH&N to Royal Bank of Canada in 2008, a transaction that created the largest retail mutual fund company in Canada, one of the top five managers in the Canadian institutional market for defined benefit
  defined contribution pension plans,
  one of the largest private client investment counselling businesses in Canada.