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Steve Saville

Partner Fasken
No matter how complicated a prospective venture may be, I work diligently to ensure that my client’s vision becomes a reality.
Jurisdiction British Columbia, 2008 | Ontario, 2004
Language(s) Spanish, English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Steve Saville has an active corporate/commercial transactional practice in Fasken’s Vancouver office. From advising public and private multinational corporations and middle market businesses, in a broad range of industry sectors, Steve’s clients seek him out for complicated domestic and international ventures as well as routine matters. 

A collaborative and persistent practitioner, Steve effectively counsels clients on public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Clients admire Steve’s proven ability to create a strong deal team by synthesizing divergent interests, international laws and regulations, and the needs of the various other professionals.

Global experience on equity and debt securities

Working with global companies, Steve represents issuers, selling and controlling shareholders, and market participants on the structuring, timing, and planning of anticipated securities matters.

Extraordinary commitment to relationships

As general counsel to a variety of commercial enterprises, Steve assists clients at every stage of the business life cycle from entity formation and the buying and selling of assets, to drafting the full scope of commercial agreements needed to grow a business. 

Achievements

  • Recognized in Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Vancouver, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized in Securities Law in Vancouver, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2016 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Commercial, Lexpert 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Mergers & Acquisitions, Lexpert 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Mining in 2024 and 2026, Lexpert 2024 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Mid-Market, Lexpert 2023 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Finance and Securities, Lexpert 2023 to 2026
  • Recognized in Corporate Governance Practice in Vancouver, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized nationwide as Highly Regarded in Mining, IFLR 1000 2022 to 2025
  • Recognized nationwide as Highly Regarded in M&A, IFLR 1000 2017 to 2025

Experience

  • Supercast acquired by Fox Corporation’s Red Seat Ventures, [Deal - Supercast Podcast Corp.], Supercast, a leading podcast subscription platform, acquired by Fox Corporation division to accelerate product development and creator growth.
  • Nano One completes $6.96 million overnight marketed offering, [Deal - Nano One Materials Corp.], Overnight marketed offering in technology industry.
  • The National Wealth Fund announces the acquisition of a 28.50% equity interest in TSXV/AIM listed Cornish Metals Inc., [Deal - National Wealth Fund], In March 2025, the National Wealth Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of the United Kingdom, completed the acquisition of 28.50% of the common shares of Cornish Metals Inc., a dual listed TSXV and AIM mineral exploration and development company owning the South Crofty underground tin mine located in...
  • Nussir ASA announces the sale of 93.55% of its shares to TSXV-listed Blue Moon Metals Inc. in a US$55.3 million share exchange transaction, [Deal - Nussir ASA], Norwegian mining company completes sale of 93.55% of its shares to a TSXV-listed mining company.
  • Krystal Growth Partners acquires Seair Seaplanes, [Deal - Krystal Growth Partners], Seair Seaplanes acquired by private equity firm
  • Pender Growth Fund and Acorn Capital Partners acquire POWR Inc., Rowanwood Professional Services, CHL Software and Assured Software Limited, [Deal - Pender Software Holdings Ltd.], Sale of multiple subsidiaries in the Tech industry
  • Nano One in its closing of Sumitomo Metal Mining $16.9 million strategic investment and collaboration agreement, [Deal - Nano One Materials Corp.], Clean technology company closes strategic investment and collaboration agreement.
  • Tiny Ltd., a Canadian technology holding company, closes majority acquisition of Letterboxd. The investment was completed through Tiny Fund I, LP, Tiny’s private partnership, [Deal - Tiny Ltd. (TSXV:TINY) Tiny Fund I, LP], Canadian technology holding company acquires global social platform in the film industry.
  • Aldebaran announces closing of $20.5 million financing, [Deal - South32 Limited], Global mining and metals company completes additional $10.3 million strategic investment in mineral exploration company

Career & Education

Education

  • JD University of Toronto
  • BA University of Victoria

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Law Society of British Columbia
  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Chair, Fasken Student Committee

Knowledge

  • Proxy Battles and Oppression: Lessons from Skychain for Boards and Activists at Contested AGMs, 2/5/2026
  • Cormark Securities (Re): the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal Gives New and Noteworthy Guidance to Sophisticated Public Market Investors and Investment Dealers, 12/12/2024
  • Fasken's Guide to Directors’ Duties and Special Committees in Public M&A, 10/1/2024
  • We Can’t Take Our Capital Markets for Granted, and neither Should the Courts, 9/6/2024
  • IPOs and Going Public in Canada, 11/21/2023

Events

News

  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018
  • Forty-Seven Partners and Eleven Practice Areas listed by IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate 2017, 10/17/2017
  • Fasken Martineau Wins Mining Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/22/2017
  • Twenty-eight Fasken Martineau lawyers recognized in IFLR1000 2016 Financial and Corporate Law Firm Rankings, 10/19/2016
  • Solid results from The Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 as Fasken Martineau increases its “Lawyers of the Year”, 8/10/2016
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2016: 163 Fasken Martineau lawyers named, 9/1/2015

Publications

  • Deal Trends in Canadian Private Equity, 12/13/2019
  • 2017 ISS and Glass Lewis Updates, 11/24/2016
  • New Investment Dealer Prospectus Exemption Suitable for Retail Investors, 2/10/2016
  • 2016 ISS and Glass Lewis Updates, 12/4/2015
  • BCSC Requests Comments on Possible Startup Crowdfunding Exemption, 4/10/2014
  • British Columbia Takes Action Under Instrument Regulating Over-the-Counter Issuers With Connections to British Columbia, 5/7/2009
  • New Material Contract Filing Obligations Effective March 17, 2008, 2/28/2008
Article, Co-Author Deal Trends in Canadian Private Equity Lexpert Business of Law
Article 2017 ISS and Glass Lewis Updates
Article New Investment Dealer Prospectus Exemption Suitable for Retail Investors

Speaking Engagements

  • Preventing and Managing Shareholders’ Disputes, 4/22/2015
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements: How to Keep Your Client’s "Hush-Hush" from Becoming a Squeal, Snitch or Squeak, 4/30/2014
  • Private Equity/Financial Buyers - The Impact on Purchase Documentation, 9/26/2013
Preventing and Managing Shareholders’ Disputes Shareholders' Disputes 2015: CLE BC location location Vancouver
Non-Disclosure Agreements: How to Keep Your Client’s "Hush-Hush" from Becoming a Squeal, Snitch or Squeak CBA BC PD, Non-Disclosure Agreements Webinar location location Vancouver