Join us for an invigorating morning of learning how public companies can access capital through the combination of everyday Canadians’ RSPs and prospectus exemptions, new and old.  Discover various ways to issue convertible debt to RSPs and how to utilize the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption in combination with RSPs as well. Industry experts, Craig Skauge, President & CEO of Olympia Trust Company, Doug McCartney, Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and Phil du Heaume, independent legal consultant, will guide you through the process of these exemptions and share their expertise on  how public companies can raise capital from accredited and non-accredited investors through registered funds.

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Craig Skauge, CEO & President of Olympia Trust Company

Craig Skauge, recognized as a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2019, holds the positions of President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director at Olympia Trust Company. Moreover, Craig’s contributions to regulatory bodies are noteworthy, having served as a former member of the Alberta Securities Commission’s Exempt Market Dealer Advisory Committee, as well as the Ontario Securities Commission Exempt Market Advisory Committee, and Small and Medium Enterprises Committee. Craig was also instrumental in the founding of the Private Capital Market Association of Canada.

Doug McCartney, Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Doug McCartney is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. A respected business lawyer with over 25 years of business law expertise, Doug spent many years as managing partner at one of Calgary’s premier business law boutique law firms prior to joining Cassels.

Doug offers invaluable insight that allows him to provide legal services in a practical and straightforward manner to his clients. An innovative legal thinker, Doug is passionate about working closely with his clients – large and small – to ensure he understands their goals in order to provide them with tailored solutions for their unique needs. Doug handles public and private corporate finance, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning. Doug has been involved with many junior public companies as lawyer, investor and a director and understands first hand the challenges of junior companies, including limitations they often face when raising capital.  

Phil du Heaume, Corporate and Securities Lawyer at Philip du Heaume Professional Corporation

Phil du Heaume is a corporate and securities lawyer and provides legal advice to private issuers, dealers, advisers, and fund managers. In addition to his independent legal practice, he is a longstanding member of the Alberta Securities Commission’s Exempt Market Dealer Advisory Committee, a director and executive member of the Private Capital Markets Association of Canada (PCMA), and a member of the board of directors of Olympia Trust Company. Phil is the founder and president of River Valley Regtech, which invests in, creates and administers financial and regulatory technologies for the Canadian financial marketplace, including the DropLoss platform that allows Canadian investors to utilize tax-loss harvesting strategies for their illiquid private market securities through an automated investment disposition platform.