Doug Ballou

	Douglas A. BALLOU Partner (Edmonton)
	Direct Phone: 780.969.3501 Fax: 780.969.3549 Email: dballou@mlt.com Download vCard

Business Law
Banking and Corporate Finance
Securities
Natural Resources Law
Energy Law
Real Estate Development
Agribusiness Law
Pension and Benefits Law

Doug Ballou concentrates much of his corporate / commercial practice on acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financing and private placements. His experience in such matters ranges to transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars and includes complex debt and equity financing. He has devised a number of innovative financing arrangements to ensure his clients are adequately capitalized.

Doug is counsel to a broad range of corporate and commercial clients in the natural resources, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors. While he acts for a number of large publicly traded corporations, many of his clients are entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized enterprises. As part of his business law practice Doug routinely advises clients on corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters.

Doug is an experienced securities lawyer who has acted as counsel to a number of large corporations on a broad spectrum of securities issues. He has acted for issuers and underwriters on a substantial number of initial public offerings and subsequent debt and equity offerings, including the drafting of prospectuses, offering memoranda, underwriting agreements, and related documentation. Doug not only has experience with the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange, but with the NYSE and NASDAQ through cross-border equity offerings by senior issuers and listing applications on all exchanges.

Doug also advises a number of clients on pension and benefits law matters including pension plan governance issues.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

Admitted to the Alberta Bar (2006)
Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar (1984)
LL.B. (Saskatchewan, 1983)
B.Comm. (Great Distinction, Saskatchewan, 1980)

Awards & Distinctions

One of Canada's Leading 500 Lawyers - Lexpert/American Lawyer Media
Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada - Corporate Mid-Market
"Repeatedly Recommended" for Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law (Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory)
Lexis-Nexis / Martindale-Hubbell - "BV Peer Review Rated" (very high legal ability and ethical standards)

Notable Publications & Presentations

Doug has lectured to various organizations, such as the Investment Dealers Association of Canada, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association and the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute, and at Canadian Bar Association seminars, on various securities, corporate law and pension law topics.