David C. Filmon

Experience

Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
Partner, 1998 - present. Practises in the area of corporate finance, securities law and mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on public offerings (including REIT’s, income trusts and small to mid-cap issuers), private placements, venture capital, regulatory and stock exchange issues (particularly TSX Venture Exchange issues), mergers and acquisitions, income trust structuring and corporate governance.

Education

• Osgoode Hall, LL.B., 1994
• University of Manitoba, B.Comm. (Hons.), 1991

Call to the Bar

• Manitoba, 1995
• British Columbia, 1995

Awards

• Selected by Lexpert Magazine as one of Canada's "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40, 2006" and as one of Canada's "20 Corporate Lawyers to Watch, 2007".

Recent Representative Transactions

• Income Trust and REIT Structuring/Conversion, Initial Public Offerings, Private Placements of Trust Units, Prospectus (long and short form), Subordinated Debentures, and TSX Venture Exchange Listing including:

  Lanesborough Real Estate Investment Trust

  Lakeview Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust

  Exchange Industrial Income Fund

  Huntington Real Estate Investment Trust

  Temple Real Estate Investment Trust

  White Rock Real Estate Investment Trust

• Senior debt financings including US$70,000,000 Long Term Note Financing of North West Company Income Fund by a syndicate of U.S. institutional lenders and bank credit facilities in amounts up to CDN$137,000,000 and US$78,000,000.

• Income Trust Corporate Conversions by Plan of Arrangement including:

  Exchange Industrial Income Fund conversion to Exchange Income Corporation

• Strategic Transactions / Investments including:

  National Bank Financial investment in investment dealer Wellington West Holdings Inc.

• Oil & Gas and Mining financings, including limited partnership offerings and flow-through share offerings by prospectus and Private Placement including:

  San Gold Corporation

  Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd.

  Lodgepole Energy

• Biotech financings (initial public offering, Private Placement) and related transactions including:

  Medicure Inc.

  Miraculins Inc.

  Kane Biotech Inc.

• Agent / underwriter counsel on corporate finance transactions including:

  In excess of 100 transactions as agents / underwriters counsel for investment dealers including Wellington West Capital Inc.

• Ongoing and situation specific securities, regulatory MD&A and stock exchange advice (for both issuers and agents)

Professional Associations

• The Law Society of Manitoba
• Manitoba Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• The Law Society of British Columbia
• B.C. Bar Association

Miscellaneous Affiliations

• Director, Tuxedo Progressive Conservative Provincial Constituency Association
• Director, Royal Winnipeg Ballet