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Nickel, William A. (Partner)
 (306) 665-5448
 (306) 652-1323
Practice Areas
 Banking & Financial Institutions
Business Law / Commercial Law
Commercial Real Estate & Development
Corporate Finance & Securities
Corporate Law & Governance
Manufacturers, Distributors & Franchisors
Oil & Gas, Natural Resources & Energy Law
Commercial Real Estate & Development
Residential Real Estate
Wills, Estates & Trusts
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Profile
Bill specializes in securities law and corporate/commercial matters. His securities law practice includes structuring public offerings, private placements and providing guidance and assistance to clients who need to meet their continuous disclosure obligations. His corporate/commercial practice focuses on assisting clients in a wide variety of endeavors, ranging from incorporating the entrepreneur to assisting established clients with financing, raising equity, mergers, acquisitions, and corporate governance. He represents a number of Saskatchewan based companies and extra-provincially registered companies in Saskatchewan.
Bill has assisted many clients through initial formation, incorporation, raising of initial start-up capital, one or more public offering or private placements, debt financing and, if necessary and on an ongoing basis, with fulfilling their reporting requirements to shareholders and regulatory authorities. He also provides assistance to clients in areas of asset and share purchase transactions, as well as a wide range of securities laws topics including; raising equity through public offerings or private placements, preparing information circulars and proxy solicitations for annual or special meetings of shareholders, facilitating friendly take-over bids, as well as defending hostile take-over bids.
Professional
"Best Lawyers in Canada" - Securities Law, 2012
Partner, 2002
Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar, 1996
Education
Juris Doctor, 1995, University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), 1990, University of Saskatchewan
Seminars & Presentations
Host of Webinar on How to Raise Your Capitol Using Exemptions for Lawyers,
 May 2012
Co-chair and presenter at the Saskatchewan Mining Conference in 2011
and 2012
Speaker at the World Potash Forum in 2012
Saskatchewan Energy Symposium II - The Power of the Prairies, June 15,
2010
Speaker on the topics of:
1. Raising capitol using exemptions
2. Public offerings vs. private placements
3. Corporate goverance and director's and officer's liability
4. Understanding the Duty to Consult with Aboriginal Groups, How Certain
Treaties are Different in Saskatchewan and Details Industry Needs to be
Aware of;
5. How Does the Regulatory Structure in Saskatchewan differ from the rest of
Canada in terms of Royalty Rates and Tax Structure?
6. Highlights of the incentives offered in Saskatchewan to energy companies
Memberships & Associations
Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, VIATECH and the Business Resource Group, Innovation Place
Publications
"Preliminary Steps to Raising Equity Capital Solicitors" Saskatchewan Legal
Education Society seminar Raising Capital and Preserving Business May 2006
Saskatchewan Legal Education Society seminar Solicitors' Legal Opinions,
March, 2002
Solicitors' Opinion Letters in the Context of The Personal Property Security
Act, 1993 (Saskatchewan)"
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