Trevor Wong-Chor is a partner in the
firm's Calgary office and a former member
of the Canadian firm's Executive Committee
and practices primarily in the areas of
securities, mergers & acquisitions and
corporate law. Trevor acts for a diverse
range of issuers and investors, including
in the areas of oil and gas, mining and
the life sciences.
His practice involves providing advice on
a range of issues, however, particular
emphasis is placed upon advising
corporations and investment dealers with
respect to securities and business law
matters, including advising on private and
public offerings of securities, mergers
and acquisitions, private equity and
securities regulatory requirements. He is
a corporate secretary or director of a
number of public and private corporations.
Trevor has acted on behalf of issuers in
respect of initial public offerings, new
issues and has acted for both issuers
and/or dealers in respect of public and
private offerings of debt, equity and
hybrid securities by corporations and
limited partnerships, including
cross-border financings.
Trevor’s practice also involves
acting on behalf of acquirers, targets and
boards in connection with corporate
acquisitions and dispositions. He has also
assisted clients in respect of corporate
governance issues, compensation plans and
corporate reorganizations and
restructurings.
Trevor is also the legal coordinator for
numerous issuers with international
activities and has significant experience
dealing in domestic, North American and
international legal issues in the finance
and oil and gas sector. International
areas of significant experience include,
the United Kingdom, Brazil, Colombia,
Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Chile and
Indonesia.
Recent transactions include: advising
special committees of Boards on sale
transactions; listing of an Australian
entity in Canada; acting for investment
dealers or the issuing corporations in
numerous private and public entity
financings; acquisitions; the
reorganization of existing companies with
a “spin out” of
“explorecos”; arrangements and
takeover bids involving public entities;
re-domicile of Canadian corporations
to Jersey, Channel Islands and to the
British Virgin Islands; advising on
private equity investments and buy outs.
