Basia Dzierzanowska

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Office
Halifax
Tel: 902.444.8485
Fax: 902.425.6350

Assistant
Tammy Goodwin
Languages
English

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Profile

Basia is a Partner in our Halifax office whose practice includes advising public and private companies on corporate finance and securities law matters. Her experience covers all aspects of securities and business law, including public offerings, private placements, take-over bids and other types of mergers and acquisitions, preparing shareholder meeting materials and other continuous disclosure documents as well as advising boards of directors on corporate governance issues. From February 2007 until January 2008, Basia was seconded to the Nova Scotia Securities Commission as Staff Solicitor.

Basia also has significant experience in the mineral resource sector and oil and gas law area. She represented the Province of Nova Scotia in negotiations with the Federal Government on the sharing of revenues derived from the production of oil and gas offshore Nova Scotia.

Basia is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the past Chair of the Nova Scotia Securities Law Subsection. She is also a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. Basia serves on the Board of Directors for Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services (ISIS). She is a member of the Halifax-Dartmouth Polish Canadian Society and is the past Honorary Solicitor of the Canadian Cancer Society, Nova Scotia Division. Basia holds a B.A. from Saint Mary’s University and an LL.B. from Dalhousie University.

Education

LL.B., Dalhousie University (2000)
B.A., Saint Mary’s University (1995)

Legal Update: “Notice-and-Access” Rules in Effect for Spring 2013 AGM Season

January 25, 2013

Securityholder meetings held on or after March 1, 2013 will be eligible for “notice-and-access” rules allowing reporting issuers to post proxy-related materials, annual financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis to a website rather than requiring them to mail this information to securityholders. As the AGM season approaches, issuers should consider whether they can use

Canadian Securities Administrators Adopt Rule For Over-The-Counter Issuers

June 1, 2012

Multilateral Instrument 51-105, Issuers Quoted in the U.S. Over-the-Counter Markets will come into effect on July 31, 2012. Once effective, issuers whose securities trade in over-the-counter markets in the United States may become subject to enhanced disclosure requirements and resale restrictions under Canadian securities laws.   With the effective date of the Instrument approaching, issuers

Accounting Firms – Do they need to be registered as exempt market dealers

October 6, 2011

In 2009 Canadian securities regulators changed the rules relating to securities “registration” – these rules determine who is required to be registered under the securities laws to “trade” in securities. These changes became fully effective in the fall of 2010. Prior to the rule changes, the registration requirement was based on the type of transaction

Accounting Firms – Do they need to be registered under the Securities Act?

May 6, 2011

Accounting firms that provide mergers and acquisitions advisory services and corporate finance services should be aware of the implications of recent developments in Canadian securities laws – changes to registration rules that became fully effective in the fall of 2010.   In 2009, Canadian securities regulators introduced changes to the rules relating to securities “registration”.

Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (2001)