Virgil Hlus is a partner of the firm and a member of the Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and United States Law Groups. He has a varied practice, focussing on cross-border and international corporate finance, securities and transactional matters.

Virgil has a depth of experience serving companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and OTCBB. He advises a variety of public and private companies on acquisitions, mergers, takeovers, initial public offerings, secondary financings, cross-border financings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public company disclosure requirements and stock exchange listings.

Virgil's general corporate and securities practice is been focused on Canadian, U.S., Asian and cross-border public offerings, private and institutional financings (including U.S. private investment in public equity, or PIPE transactions), stock exchange listings, reverse takeovers and mergers and acquisitions. He advises numerous private and public companies on corporate governance, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, regulatory filings, including registration statements and periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and corporate transactions.

Virgil obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1990 and his Bachelor of laws degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in May 1995 and to the California State Bar in November 1999.

Gerson Lehrman Group Scholars Program (2006)

California State Bar (1999)

Law Society of British Columbia (1995)