Mr. Barry is a partner, chair of the firm's Canadian practice and head of the Dorsey Toronto and Vancouver offices. He has 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general business counseling, public and private securities offerings, debt and lease financing, tender offers, proxy contests, contests for corporate control and shareholder disputes, new businesses formation and venture capital transactions.
Mr. Barry has acted as lead counsel in a broad variety of complex acquisitions and financing transactions, and is an internationally recognized expert in structuring and completing cross-border acquisitions and financings. He has represented issuers, underwriters and investors in numerous public securities offerings and venture capital transactions. He has served as the legal advisor and counselor to a variety of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, assisting them in managing their general legal affairs, corporate governance and long-term strategic planning.
A major portion of Mr. Barryâs practice involves advising Canadian and other non-U.S. clients in accessing the U.S. capital markets, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and investment transactions and U.S. securities law compliance.
Mr. Barry has advised clients in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, mining, forest products, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medical equipment and devices, software, Internet and e-business, telecommunications, radio broadcasting, financial services, retailing, manufacturing, transportation and restaurants.
Corporate and Securities Law Corporate Finance Corporate Governance and Compliance Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Markets Infrastructure Private Equity Energy and Natural Resources Financial Services Life Sciences and Health Care Technology, Internet and e-Commerce Asia-Pacific Canada
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia,
1976 J.D.
Law Review:
Virginia Law Review, Member, Editorial Board, 1974 - 1976Harvard College,
1969 B.A. Honors: cum laude Major: General Studies
Pivotal Corporation Open Text Corp. FreeShop.com NovaGold Resources Underwriters' Counsel Seattle Coffee Holdings Northstar Energy Inc. Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. SMED International Talisman Energy Inc. CD Radio Inc. (now Sirius Radio)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Key Issues Facing Boards of Director: The Revolution in SEC Disclosure & Enforcement, Director's Roundtable, Program Chair, SeattleU.S. SEC & B.C. Recent Developments in Securities Regulation, Director's Roundtable, Program Chair, VancouverSecurities Act of 1933 - Understanding U.S. Securities Law: Practical Guidelines for Canadian Practitioners, Osgood Hall Law School of York UniversitySelective and Continuous Disclosure, Western Canadian Securities ForumCanadian-U.S. Cross-Border M & A Transactions (with Ted Maynard of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison), InsightUS Securities Primer: The Regulation of Foreign Private Issuers (with Ted Maynard of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison), Pipestone, Lake LouiseLaw Tech+E-Business Symposium, Comdex/CanadaPapering the Deal - The Canadian & U.S. Venture Capital Term Sheet (with Adrian Dirassar of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin), First Tuesday Ltd.Entrepreneur's Boot Camp, First Tuesday Ltd.United States Securities Law, Continuing Legal Education Society of British ColumbiaPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawFourth Annual Western Canadian Securities Forum, Cross Border Transactions: Trends and DevelopmentsCanadian Society of Corporate Secretaries Corporate Governance Conference, Corporate Governance and Compliance in the Cross Border Environment (with Phil Brown of Torys)Recent Cross-Border Issues and Developments Relating to Canadian Mergers and Acquisitions (with Ted Maynard of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Jonathan Drance of Stikeman Elliott), Mergers and Acquisitions in CanadaCross-Border Transactions: Trends and Developments (with Len Quigley of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Jonathan Drance of Stikeman Elliott), Western Canada Securities ForumU. S. Filing, Disclosure and Financial Statement Requirements for Public Offerings and Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Listings, U.S./Canadian GAAP Conference - Executive EnterprisesThings to Think About When Bringing a Canadian Company South of the Border, The Biotechnology Industry Organization's Annual International Biotechnology Meeting & ExhibitionAccounting for Mergers, Acquisitions, Investments and Divestitures, Corporate Law Department Section, Washington State Bar AssociationMock Venture Capital Negotiation, University of Washington Law School Foundation,
1995
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1997How to Raise Private Capital for Early Stage Ventures, University of Washington Law School Foundation,
1995
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1997Cross-Border Financing Strategies for Canadian Technology Companies, Directors' RoundtablePresenter on positioning non-U.S. technology companies for U. S. public offerings, Techlaw Conference, Toronto, OntarioStructuring Cross-Border M&A Transactions, M&A and Joint Ventures in the Mining Industry,
November 20, 1997
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November 21, 1997What's Hot for Canadian Technology Companies in the U. S. - Financing and M&A Opportunities, PriceWaterhouse Canada National Technology Conference, Waterloo, OntarioThe Pharmaceutical Conference on Sustaining Sarbanes-Oxley and 404 Compliance --"MD&A Reporting Requirements and Best Practices" (with Nanci Prado of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York), CBI Research, Inc.Eighth Annual Western Canadian Securities Forum -- "Recent Developments in Cross Border Transactions" (jointly with Jonathan Drance of Stikeman Elliott and Andrew J. Foley of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison), Insight Information Co.Presenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawPresenter on Cross-Border Financing and M & A Issues, Pipestone Conference on Canadian Securities LawCanadian Venture Funding -- "Northern Exposure: Why and How U.S. Investors Are Pursuing Canadian Opportunities" (jointly with Earl Storie of VenGrowth Capital Partners Inc., William E. Mayer of Park Avenue Equity Partners, L.P. and Robert Roeper of VIMAC Ventures LLC), The Canadian InstituteBioPartnering North America -- "Achieving Success in Cross Border Financing", PricewaterhouseCoopers,
