Biography

Lesley Hill is a paralegal in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell LLP.  She joined the firm in 2008 and has over 12 years of combined experience working in corporate/commercial and banking law.

Lesley’s main area of focus is corporate law and she has experience in a variety of transactions, including share and asset acquisitions, corporate and tax reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, including M&A transactions involving private equity funds, and various other corporate proceedings.

Prior to joining Lawson Lundell, Lesley worked as a legal assistant and then as a paralegal in the Vancouver office of a large national law firm where she received her paralegal training and studied at Capilano University’s Paralegal Program.  Lesley graduated with her Certificate in the Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program from Capilano University in June, 2009.

Experience

Lesley’s responsibilities include:

  • Public due diligence investigations relating to various corporate transactions and drafting public due diligence reports;
  • Conducting minute book reviews and preparation of rectification documents;
  • Drafting corporate transaction documents and drafting documents for a variety of corporate matters including amalgamations, continuations, alterations, and dissolutions;
  • Formation, organization and annual maintenance of corporations in British Columbia and other jurisdictions within Canada including extra-provincial registrations;
  • Registration of limited partnerships and registration of business names;
  • Communicating with parties involved in corporate transactions;
  • Managing closing documents and closing boardrooms;
  • Preparation of closing documents briefs;
  • Registrations at the BC Corporate Registry;
  • Assisting in an agency capacity with the preparation and registration of financing statements, amendments, and discharges at the Personal Property Registry; and
  • Secondary (back-up) filer for securities documents with SEDAR, SEDI and the BCSC.
Lesley Hill, Lawson Lundell Photo
Vancouver
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Education

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Program Certificate, Capilano University, 2009

Legal Administrative Assistant Program Certificate, Capilano University, 2004

Practices & Industries

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