Blair J.H. Horn

Blair Horn is a partner in the firm's Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group where he focuses his practice on venture capital and private and public equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. Early in his legal career, Blair was seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission, in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance areas.

His clients include private and public technology companies, industrial and mining concerns, income trusts, boards, independent committees of boards, underwriters, private equity and venture capital providers, and financial advisors.

Selected Experience

• Plutonic Power and Magma Energy complete merger to create Alterra Power, a leading renewable power producer
• Paget Minerals closes $3.4 million private placement

News

• Lexpert Magazine mentions Fasken Martineau who acted as counsel to AuRico Gold in its acquisition of Northgate Minerals
• Lexpert Magazine underlines Fasken Martineau's role as counsel to the special committee of Plutonic in its merger with Magma Energy

Publications

• 1st Annual Mergers and Acquisitions
• No-Shop vs Go Shop: New Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions

Presentations

• Fasken Martineau Symposium 2011 Vancouver
• Crisis Management in the Social Media Age: Managing Disclosure Issues When Your Company is Under Attack

Membership/Affiliations

• Law Society of British Columbia
• Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
• Business and Securities Sections, Canadian Bar Association
• Business Law Section, American Bar Association
• Former Member, Vancouver Stock Exchange Advisory Committee
  

Community Involvement

• Director, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Foundation
• Former Member, Health Promotion Committee, Heart and Stroke Foundation (British Columbia and Yukon)
• St. Paul's Hospital Foundation, Lights of Hope Campaign (2004)