Services at Heighington Law
We have a core client base of companies operating in the mining, technology,
oil and gas and industrial sectors. We proudly represent numerous public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Securities Exchange and are extensively involved in all areas of corporate and securities law for private and public companies.
Business owners and entrepreneurs are typically referred to us to resolve business challenges that other law firms or advisors failed to solve. We create personalized and creative strategies that serve a wide range of needs for public companies in Canada.
The service we provide to every client stands out for three things: Excellence, Creativity and Experience.
Excellence:
Because we focus only on corporate and securities practice areas, we can offer superior expertise in those areas. Similarly, because we are small, we are agile and adaptable in developing creative solutions to fit your needs, resulting in superior customer service at the lowest price.
Creativity:
We bring focus and clear direction to pursuing your corporate and public company goals. Your problems are our problems, and we want to find the best solution. We also commit to clear communication, so you will always know what we are doing and how it helps you. Heighington Law has developed a reputation over the years as being a “fixer” of failed transactions caused by inexperienced advisors who don’t understand capital markets or have a good rapport with regulators. At Heighington Law, we pick up the phone and solve the problem.
Experience:
Our years of practice and wealth of knowledge gives us a solid foundation to understand your goals and handle your affairs efficiently and effectively to help you get there faster.
Heighington Law regularly advises issuers and public companies in relation to corporate governance policies that meet with Canadian standards set by securities regulators and stock exchanges such as reporting and continuous disclosure obligations for directors and officers including director, officer and audit committee duties and liabilities, insider trading and control person restrictions, executive compensation disclosure and maintaining SEDAR filings, securities exemptions and orders, annual and special meetings, proxy information circulars, related party transactions, and proxy disputes.
Our clients come to us with a variety of goals in mind. Some come to us for business planning, because they want to launch a new business, or grow or reorganize an existing one. For others it is about listing on the stock market in the shortest time possible. Others are looking to formulate and implement an exit strategy through effective transition planning. And, unfortunately, for many junior public companies, it is about properly restructuring a failed or delayed public listing that went sideways after receiving improper advice from inexperienced lawyers. At Heighington Law, we have many clients who continually refer new clients.