Lawyer Profile
Wayne T. Egan
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Wayne Egan is a Partner at WeirFoulds and Co-Chair of the Securities & Public Companies Practice Group. He is a seasoned securities and corporate lawyer with extensive experience advising clients on capital raising and going-public transactions.
Wayne is experienced in advising private and public corporations on various financing and regulatory matters, including initial public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and stock exchange listing applications. Wayne couples his deep understanding of the highly technical and complex nature of securities law with his ability to provide clients with clear guidance and easy to understand advice in a timely and efficient manner.
Wayne is currently on the board of directors for Canadian junior oil company, James Bay Resources Limited and has years of previous experience serving as a director on a number of boards for public companies in various industries. This gives him a unique insight into the challenges his clients face allowing him to partner more effectively with clients’ management teams and other professional advisors to achieve the best outcome.
Wayne has acted for investment dealers and investment advisors in a broad range of financing transactions and has represented investment and mutual funds with regard to regulatory registrations and qualification for distribution across Canada. His corporate law experience also includes matters relating to share purchase and sale agreements, shareholder agreements and commercial contracts.
He has presented at client and professional seminars and authored several papers on corporate governance issues.
Acted for Arena Investors, LP in connection with the negotiation of a recapitalization of Lithium Energi Exploration, Inc. (TSXV: LEXI), which included the settlement of amounts owing by LEXI under an earlier credit facility, the negotiation of a new credit facility to LEXI for up to C$15M, with an initial draw-down of C$7M, and the negotiation of a lithium brine processing agreement allowing LEXI to access and utilize a direct lithium extraction technology developed and owned by International Battery Metals, Ltd. March 2023.
Acted for Norrep Capital Management Ltd in completing the initial public offering of the Norrep Short Duration 2017 Flow-Through Limited Partnership, July 2017
Acted for Harte Gold (TSX:HRT / OTC: HRTFF / Frankfurt: H4O) on the closing of $25 Million Bought Deal Private Placement including the Exercise in Full of the Underwriters’ Option, July 2017
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1990 (ON)