Richard J. Steinberg

Richard Steinberg is the National Chair of Fasken Martineau's Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group and practices securities law with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. In the mergers and acquisitions area, Richard has been lead counsel to both acquirer and target companies in numerous take overs, both negotiated and unsolicited, and negotiated merger transactions. He also regularly acts as counsel to investment dealers on mergers and acquisitions and advises special committees of public company boards of directors. Richard's other principal areas of practice are corporate finance where he has acted for both issuers and underwriters in numerous public and private financings, including cross-border offerings. In addition, Richard regularly advises private and public equity funds and the significant investors in such funds.

Richard is a member of the Senior Securities Legal Advisory Group, which consists of a group of senior securities and corporate law practitioners who meet on a quarterly basis with the Chair and General Counsel of the Ontario Securities Commission to discuss topical securities issues. Richard is also a member of the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission, which provides advice to the Commission on a variety of matters including legislative and policy initiatives and capital markets trends.

Selected Experience

• TD Bank completes $220 million preferred share issue, Series AC
• TD Bank Financial Group completes $1 billion public offering of innovative Tier 1 Capital

News

• Globe & Mail quotes M&A lead on critical Delaware D&O ruling
• Fasken Martineau comments on the Supreme Court's decision regarding BCE Inc.

Publications

• Fair To Whom? The Quebec Court Of Appeal’s Decision In The Matter Of The Proposed Arrangement Concerning BCE Inc.
• Danier Leather - The Supreme Court of Canada Weighs In

Presentations

• Canadian Securities Regulation Course
• Insight Info's 23rd Annual Canadian Securities Regulation Course

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Senior Securities Legal Advisory Group of the Ontario Securities Commission
• Member, Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission
• Chair, Securities Group, AmCham Chamber of Commerce