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Kim Lawton’s practice focuses on capital markets and securities matters, including corporate finance, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, equity compensation, initial and ongoing stock exchange requirements, and market regulation. She advises public and private companies in a wide range of industries with particular emphasis on the life sciences and technology sectors.

She has extensive experience advising entrepreneurs and high-growth companies on a wide range of critical issues on the path to a public listing including selecting prudent incorporation and organizational structures, negotiating a shareholders’ agreement, protecting intellectual property and confidential information, developing contracts with key parties and completing rounds of financing.

Kim is a member of the Women’s Executive Network and Women in Capital Markets and a former executive committee member of the OBA’s Animal Law and IT & IP Law sections. She is also a coach for the Osgoode Mooting Society (Corporate Securities Moot) and a past volunteer at Parkdale Community Legal Services and Artists’ Legal Advice Services.

Before her legal career, Kim was an economist for the Ontario Ministry of Finance, where she provided analytical insight and policy advice on key microeconomic issues relevant to Canadian markets.

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University of Toronto, BA (Hons.), 2004 University of Toronto, MA, 2006 Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2011  

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Ontario, 2012

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MustGrow Biologics in its acquisition of NexusBioAg, which provides crop nutrition solutions, including micronutrients, nitrogen stabilizers, biostimulants, and foliar products, from Univar Solutions Canada
Briacell Therapeutics Corp., in its public offering of common shares for gross proceeds of USD$3,050,000
Bloom Burton & Co. and Haywood Securities Inc. in a US$150-million private placement of common shares of Cybin Inc.
TerrAscend Corp., in its arrangement with Canopy USA, LLC to convert $125.5M in debt to securities
Field Trip Health Ltd., in the spin-out of its drug development and medical clinics businesses into two independent public companies, Reunion Neuroscience and Field Trip Health & Wellness, by plan of arrangement.  The spin-out transaction was supported by a private placement financing led by Oasis Management Company
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, in a US$30-million public offering of units pursuant to a prospectus supplement with Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (NYSE American: CYBN)
Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, in an up to US$35-million at-the-market equity program for the sale of common shares pursuant to an equity distribution agreement with Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (NYSE American: CYBN)
MustGrow Biologics Corp., in connection with the filing of a base shelf prospectus relating to the offering for sale, from time to time, of common shares, warrants, units, debt securities, subscription receipts or any combination thereof for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $40 million
A syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Leede Jones Gable Inc., in the $8.1-million bought-deal public offering of units of Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.
ATB Capital Markets Inc. in the $7.14-million private placement offering of The Flowr Corporation. 
MustGrow Biologics Corp., in its non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $7.1-million
Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, in an up to $30-million at-the-market equity program for the sale of common shares pursuant to an equity distribution agreement with Aleafia Health Inc. (TSX: AH, OTCQX: ALEAF)
A syndicate of underwriters, led by Leede Jones Gable Inc., in the $4.6-million bought-deal of Plurilock Security Inc.
BioGeneration Capital Fund IV Coöperatieve U.A., in its investment in a pioneering Canadian drug discovery company
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with its acquisition of Allied Concessions Group Inc., a Colorado-based Cannabis product manufacturer, for share and other consideration worth an aggregate of $21.4-million
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with the all-share acquisition of LBA Global Corporation and its Lunchbox Alchemy brand portfolio and subsidiary Hydra Distribution.
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with the acquisition of Colorado-licensed cannabis cultivator Pleasant Valley Ranch, LC for a purchase price comprised of cash and shares
Cerrado Gold Inc., in connection with an acquisition of Minera Don Nicolás S.A., and its namesake operating mine and surrounding properties in the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina as well as a metals purchase and sale agreement and financing package
Digital Entertainment Corporation of America dba KIN, in connection with the sale of its Canadian operations of multi-platform lifestyle entertainment company KIN to Corus Entertainment Inc.
Halo Collective Inc., in connection with its closing of an overnight marketed public offering of units for aggregate gross proceeds of $8.2-million
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, in its acquisition of the CARIS business, a leading developer of marine mapping software, in Canada and its international affiliates
Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.,in connection with its listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market by way of a business combination with Schultze Special Purpose Acquisition Corp
Calian Group Ltd., in connection with its bought deal public offering of 1,568,600 common shares at a price of $44.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of over $69-million
Cormark Securities Inc., in connection with a $25.36-million bought deal public offering of units of Troilus Gold Corp
Avicanna Inc., in connection with its long form qualifying prospectus and Toronto Stock Exchange listing
Avicanna Inc., in connection with a special warrant financing of 2,228,328 special warrants at a price of $8.00 per special warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of $22.1-million
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with its long form qualifying prospectus and Canadian Securities Exchange listing
Southern Sun Pharma Inc., a leading South African-based cannabis industry multi-license holder, in its reverse takeover of AIM3 Ventures Inc. which would constitute the capital pool company's "qualifying transaction" under TSX Venture Exchange policies
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with a $66-million brokered private placement of subscription receipts
SLANG Worldwide Inc., in connection with a $16.7-million brokered private placement of special warrants
IBI Group Inc., in its offering of $46-million principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures on a bought deal basis to a syndicate of underwriters
SecureKey Technologies Inc., in relation to strategic equity investments worth $27-million from six leading Canadian financial institutions
Dream Payments Corp, in relation to its $10-million series A financing
Excellon Resources Inc., in a bought deal prospectus offering of 13,250,000 units, including 1,728,260 units issued upon exercise of the over-allotment option, at a price of $1.15 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $15.2-million
Excellon Resources Inc., in a $6.6-million financing comprised of $5.61-million in secured convertible debentures and the sale of a mining royalty interest for $990,000

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