Past Events

Drafting financial terms in Purchase and Sale Agreements requires both an understanding of accounting concepts and common sense. This session will explore the financial provisions typically encountered in corporate deals and the issues surrounding those terms.

Topics will include:

Accounting terminology in Purchase and Sale Agreements
Purchase price determination and post-closing adjustments
Escrow provisions
Earn-outs and reverse earn-outs
Financial representations and warranties
More information can be found here.

Lawson Lundell was the sole legal sponsor of the 2015 Advanced Materials Commercialization Summit that took place on Wednesday, October 21st at the Vancouver Convention Centre hosted by Pangaea Ventures. The Summit gathered thought leaders to explore challenges and opportunities in the commercialization of breakthrough technologies in the physical sciences. Val Mann moderated a panel on “Accelerators, incubators, seed funds and other platforms – do they advance materials’ companies to commercialization” with panelists Nicolas Gravel, of BDC , Wendolyn Holland of Holland Consulting in Washington, DC, Kurt Gielen, Startupbootcamp-Netherlands and Raphael Stargrove, Autodesk Spark (California).

In this session, Michael Wolpert presented updates on significant benefit cases and legislative changes, and their impact on plan sponsors, administrators and members in regards to the pensions and benefits industry.

In this year's session, we will summarize the most significant issues and decisions in employment law from the past year to answer the following question: What constitutes just cause? When does a change to a term or condition of employment constitute constructive dismissal? Are short service employees receiving lengthy notice assessments? Are termination provisions enforceable?

We will also provide a step by step guide to the key provisions employers should include in employment agreements, as well as discuss when employee monitoring is permissible in light of a recent investigation report issued by the BC's information and Privacy Commissioner.

We'll provide an overview of the latest union cases from arbitrators, labour relations boards, and the courts. Questions addressed in this seminar include: How does the "work now, grieve later" rule apply in the context of drug and alcohol testing? Who is responsible for a supervisor's sexual harassment of a co-worker and what is the scope of damages? What is the impact of this year's Supreme Court of Canada cases on the freedom of association under the Charter?