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Area of Practice

Corporate Finance / Securities.

Profile

Bernard Pinsky is a partner of Clark Wilson LLP and the Chair of its Corporate Finance / Securities and United States Law Practice Groups.

In 1998, Bernard spearheaded the Corporate Finance / Securities Group's initiative to qualify three lawyers as California attorneys so as to offer Clark Wilson clients better access to U.S. financial markets. The initiative culminated when the three were admitted to practice law in California on November 1, 1999. Clark Wilson now has a number of lawyers with considerable U.S. legal experience who practice in its Vancouver office.

Bernard has advised a variety of public and private companies and securities brokerage firms on legal matters related to acquisitions, mergers, takeovers, initial public offerings, financings, cross-border transactions, public company regulatory compliance and stock exchange practice. His clients include companies which trade on Canadian and United States Stock Exchanges and Quotation Systems, brokerage firms and private companies which issue securities.

Bernard's current practice focuses on the involvement of U.S. and other foreign businesses in Canadian and United States public markets, and financing for those companies.

Bernard obtained his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Manitoba in 1978.

Memberships & Associations

Member, Law Society of British Columbia (1980)

Member, California State Bar (1999)

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, Securities Law Advisory Committee to the BC Securities Commission (2003 – 2009)

Publications

Raising capital across borders: Why we need an international agreement on securities regulation, The Lawyers Weekly (August 21, 2009)

Regulation versus Accountability: What Works?, Inside the Minds™: Securities Regulatory Compliance in Canada, published by Aspatore Books, a Thomson Reuters business (2009)

Securities regulation: How much is too much?, The Lawyers Weekly (November 7, 2008)

British Columbia pauses in new approach to securities regulation, The Lawyers Weekly (February 18, 2005)

Directors' Duties in British Columbia (2002)

Raising Capital Across the Border (1992)

Insight Press; Settlement Agreements in Public Shareholder Disputes (1992)

Directors' Liabilities (1989)

The Legal Aspects of Going Public (1987)

Bernard also edits and writes extensively for Clark Wilson's in-house publication, Securities Law Bulletin.

Quotes of Note

Canadian Lawyer InHouse: October 2009, on new rules published by the Canadian Securities Administrators aimed at harmonizing Canada's securities laws.

The Bottom Line: May 2009, regarding Ontario Securities Commission policies on national disclosure rules.

The Bottom Line: January 2009, on timing of public disclosure.

The Bottom Line: September 2008, on rumours affecting public markets.

The Lawyers Weekly: February 9, 2007, on top M&A trends.

The Society Record, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society: February 2006, on succession planning.

Profit: June 2005, regarding OTC trading markets in the U.S. and Canada.

The Lawyers Weekly: February 18, 2005, B.C. pauses in new approach to securities regulation.

*Bernard Pinsky Law Corporation