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Daniel Fuke Toronto Lawyer

Daniel Fuke

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Ontario, 2008
Language(s) English, French
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

Daniel is a Partner in the firm’s Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions group and also advises clients in the investment funds and blockchain industries. In his practice, Daniel frequently advises public and private entities on equity and debt financings, share and asset purchase transactions, investment fund formations and initial coin offerings.

Daniel’s experience in the securities and mergers and acquisitions field includes public and private share and asset purchase transactions, prospectus and private placement financings of equity and debt and securities law compliance and disclosure matters.

In the investment funds area, Daniel has been involved in the structuring and launching of various types of investment funds, including closed-end funds, mutual funds, limited partnerships and commodity pools, as well as fund mergers, governance and securities law compliance.

In the blockchain area, Daniel has advised clients on initial coin offerings, cryptocurrency exchanges and investment fund formation. Daniel has also written and presented on a number of topics affecting blockchain companies, with a focus on securities law issues.

Daniel’s practice also includes infrastructure project finance, where he has advised clients with respect to the underwriting and purchase of debt securities as part of public-private partnership transactions.

Achievements

  • IJGlobal Americas, IJGlobal Americas 2015
2015 IJGlobal Americas IJGlobal Americas
2015 IJGlobal Americas IJGlobal Americas

Experience

  • MRF 2026 Resource Limited Partnership completes C$38.2 million initial public offering, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Canadian investment partnership completes C$38.2 million initial public offering focused on the resource sector.
  • Middlefield launches ETF Series for Income Plus and ActivEnergy dividend classes, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Middlefield launches ETF Series.
  • Middlefield Short Duration Bond Plus ETF completes initial public offering, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Middlefield Short Duration Bond Plus ETF completes IPO.
  • Dynatrace acquires DevCycle to enhance progressive delivery and real‑time feature management capabilities., [Deal - Dynatrace], Dynatrace, a global observability and application performance monitoring company, acquired DevCycle, a Toronto‑based feature management platform built on the OpenFeature standard, to strengthen its progressive delivery capabilities for cloud‑native and AI‑native software. The acquisition enhances...
  • Discovery 2025 Short Duration LP IPO raises maximum $25 million, [Deal - RBC Dominion Securities Inc.], Syndicate of agents completed the final closing of a C$25 million initial public offering.
  • Sol Strategies Inc. completes LIFE Offering for gross proceeds of C$30 million, [Deal - Sol Strategies Inc], On October 1, 2025, Sol Strategies Inc. (“Sol Strategies”, or the “Company”), a publicly-traded Canadian company actively investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain, completed a “best efforts” private placement offering of units of the Company (the “Offering”) for gross p...
  • ATB Financial invests in Tetra Digital Group to support launch of Canadian dollar stablecoin, [Deal - ATB Financial], ATB backs Tetra Digital Group in a strategic funding round to develop a regulated Canadian dollar stablecoin and expand digital asset infrastructure.
  • Middlefield’s Infrastructure Dividend Split Corp. Establishes $150 Million ATM (at-the-market) Equity Program, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Canadian equity income asset manager established "at-the market" equity program.
  • Sol Strategies Inc. completes initial USD $20 million closing of USD $500 million convertible note facility, [Deal - Sol Strategies Inc], Sol Strategies Inc. completes initial USD $20 million closing of USD $500 million convertible note facility.

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Dalhousie University
  • BA Queen's University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada

Knowledge

  • Pragmatic Approach to Regulating Crypto Asset Trading Platforms, 10/6/2023
  • Ripple Scores Partial Win In SEC Court Fight Over XRP, 9/13/2023
  • ‘One-Two Punch’ Against Crypto Industry: SEC Files Back-to-Back Complaints Against Binance and Coinbase, 6/21/2023
  • FTX Aftermath From a Canadian Securities Law Perspective, 1/5/2023
  • A Security Classification is at Stake: Ethereum Post Merge, 10/4/2022
  • CSA & IIROC Warn Crypto-Trading Platforms Against Misleading Marketing Activities, 10/12/2021
  • CSA and IIROC publish updated guidance on cryptocurrency regulatory issues; OSC issues deadline for cryptocurrency companies to begin regulatory compliance efforts, 4/7/2021
  • CSA urging crypto asset reporting issuers to improve disclosure quality, 3/24/2021
  • Causing a Ripple: SEC Files Lawsuit Alleging Unregistered Offering of XRP, 1/27/2021

Events

  • Blockchain and the Gold Industry – A Digital Certificate at the end of the Rainbow?, 3/4/2019
  • A Quick Guide to Incentive Plans: The Intersection of Tax, Employment, Benefits and, sometimes, Securities Law, 6/7/2018
  • Miners (not that kind), Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, 3/2/2018
  • Blockchain Legal Breakfast: A Cryptocurrency Funding Revolution, 9/29/2017

News

  • The Globe and Mail quotes Daniel Fuke in an article on how blockchain is affecting the commercial real estate industry, 3/23/2021
  • Lexpert.ca quotes Daniel Fuke in an interview about the uncertainty of Cryptocurrency, 4/26/2019
  • BanklessTimes.com quotes Daniel Fuke in an article on Kik International SEC challenge, 4/2/2019
  • Globalnews.ca quotes Daniel Fuke in an article on missing cryptocurrencies, 2/12/2019
  • Global News Radio - The Simi Sara Show interviews Daniel Fuke in an report on cryptocurrency regulations, 2/6/2019
  • Globe and Mail quotes Daniel Fuke in an article about the demand for regulation within cryptocurrency-trading platforms, 5/28/2018
  • Fasken Martineau advises on three IJGlobal Americas award-winning transactions, 3/17/2016

Publications

  • Mortgage Investment & Raising Capital, 4/15/2019
  • Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Guidance Regarding Cryptocurrency Offerings, 8/30/2017
  • SEC Warns That Initial Coin Offerings Could Be Subject to U.S. Securities Laws, 8/8/2017
  • Mutual Fund Risk Classification Methodology Amendments to come into force March 8, 2017, 2/8/2017
  • OSC Issues Staff Notice Regarding Offerings of Contracts for Difference, 12/30/2009
  • OSC Issues Staff Notice Regarding Offerings of Contracts for Difference, 11/9/2009
  • TSX Proposes Amendments to Security Holder Approval Requirements, 4/15/2009
  • New Executive Compensation Disclosure: Plan Ahead, 11/24/2008
Article, Co-Author Mortgage Investment & Raising Capital Private Matters Today, Issue 12- Spring 2019
Article Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Guidance Regarding Cryptocurrency Offerings Timely Disclosure
Article SEC Warns That Initial Coin Offerings Could Be Subject to U.S. Securities Laws

Speaking Engagements

  • Crypto Show Live, 4/21/2021
  • Blockchain for Executives, 6/28/2018
  • A Quick Guide to Incentive Plans: The intersection of Tax, Employment, Benefits and, sometimes, Securities Law, 6/7/2018
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and ICOs: What’s It All About?, 11/10/2017
Panel Member Blockchain for Executives CryptoChicks location location Toronto, ON, Canada CryptoChicks
Speaker A Quick Guide to Incentive Plans: The intersection of Tax, Employment, Benefits and, sometimes, Securities Law Fasken Toronto Symposium (8th Edition) location location Toronto, ON