Sharon E. White, Sharon E. White Law Corporation, Partner

Education

1988, Canadian Securities Course, Honours
1980, LL.B., University of British Columbia
1979, Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia

Bar Admission

2000, Bermuda
1981, British Columbia

Profile

Sharon White is a partner of Richards Buell Sutton LLP and is the Chair of its Securities and Corporate Finance group and a member of the International and Technology groups. Her practice includes all aspects of corporate, commercial and corporate finance law with emphasis on structuring and reorganizing companies, international and cross border transactions, financings of a variety of equity, equity linked and debt instruments and derivative products (including asset-based lending). She has conducted a number of acquisitions and project financings involving significant transactions carried out in many different jurisdictions. Sharon has advised numerous companies and investment funds in connection with their launch and ongoing obligations and activities.

Sharon has also, more recently, been advising on a variety of special projects undertaken by clients, which have involved a number of parties in unique collaborations. She is readily available and accessible to her clients to help them identify and manage their risks, structure their transactions, and provide solutions to assist them in achieving their goals.

A graduate from The University of British Columbia in 1979 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, she obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree in 1980. She was admitted to practise in British Columbia in 1981 and in Bermuda in 2000. For three years, Sharon practised law with Conyers Dill & Pearman in Bermuda, an internationally recognized law firm with offices throughout the world, before returning to Richards Buell Sutton LLP in 2002.

Sharon is the past Chair of the Securities Section of the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association and also a former member of the Securities Advisory Council of the British Columbia Securities Commission. She currently serves as a director of Partnerships British Columbia, a company owned by the Province of British Columbia which is responsible for bringing together ministries, agencies and the private sector to develop projects through public private partnerships. Sharon is also a director of Farm Credit Canada, a federal Crown Corporation with assets under management in excess of $18 billion.

Areas of Practice

Corporate / Commercial and Corporate Finance

• advanced markets transactions
• corporate reorganizations
• credit derivative and swap transactions
• cross-border and international transactions
• debt and equity financings
• exempt market products, such as limited partnerships
• mergers and acquisitions
• mutual funds and unit trusts
• project financings
• securitizations and collateralized offerings
• special collaborative projects, such as affiliations, sponsorships and joint ventures

Professional/Business Affiliations

Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Past Member, Bermuda Bar Association
Past Member, Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals

Articles, Speeches and Seminars

• Co-author, "A Mining Issuer's Guide to the Galaxy: Four Roads to the TSX Venture Exchange", Mineral Exploration, The Official Publication of AME BC, Spring 2010
• Speaker, "Securities for Junior Lawyers and Legal Support Staff", 2009
• Speaker, "CPC's: Brokered Private Placements", Securities for Junior Lawyers and Legal Support Staff, 2007
• Speaker, "Private Placements", Securities for Legal Support Staff, 2006 Update
• Speaker, "Multijurisdictional Private Placements", Advanced Securities Law, February 2005
• Speaker, "Private Placements", Basic Securities Law for Legal Support Staff, October 2003
• Speaker, "Segregated Accounts", Captive Insurance Companies Association, 2001 International Conference
• Speaker, "Prospectus Disclosure", Bermuda Mutual Funds - Current Issues, 2000

Directorships

Director, and Chair, Corporate Governance Committee, Farm Credit Canada, Canada's largest provider of business and financial services to primary producers and agribusiness operators, with a portfolio in excess of $18 billion and over 100 offices located across Canada
Director, Partnerships British Columbia, which provides project management to the Province of British Columbia and is responsible for developing projects for public private partnerships
Director, Farm Credit Canada, Canada's largest provider of business and financial services to primary producers and agribusiness operators, with a portfolio in excess of $18 billion and over 100 offices located across Canada
Past Director, FreshXtend Technologies Corp., a former TSX Venture Exchange listed company involved in development and commercialization of life extension technologies for the fresh produce and flower industries
Past Chair, Securities Section, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
Past Director and Secretary, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, which promotes emerging and developing technologies through monthly forums
Past Member, Exchange Advisory Council of the TSX Venture Exchange
Past Officer, Mount Dakota Energy Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed company, involved in the development of oil and natural gas properties
Past Member, Securities Law Advisory Committee, of the British Columbia Securities Commission, a committee established by the British Columbia Securities Commission to consider and offer advice on legal and policy issues to members of the Commission and its executive
Past Executive Member, Securities Section, Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
Past Director, Silent Witness Enterprises Ltd., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company, involved in the research, design and manufacture of video - surveillance equipment
Past Member, Public Service Commission, Province of British Columbia
Past Member, Court of Revision, Court #1, School District #39, City of Vancouver

Community

Past First Vice-Chair and Director, Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
Past Chair, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver
Past Director, British Columbia Association of Child Development and Rehabilitation
Past Member, Red Door Housing Society
Past Member, B.C. Breast Cancer Foundation Awareness Day Committee

Clubs/Associations

Terminal City Club