Joe C. Chan

OVERVIEW

Joe Chan is the Practice Group Leader of our Asia Pacific Group, heads the firm’s Corporate Finance Group, and is a member of the firm’s Business, and Technology and Innovation Groups. He has been a member of Richards Buell Sutton since moving to Vancouver two decades ago. Prior to that move, he lived and practiced law in Calgary.

Through all of that time – and now – Joe has advised on business law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities/corporate finance matters for a broad range of clients, including both public and private companies, and across various industries such as technology companies, mining and resource companies, private mortgage lenders, real estate investment, and video game companies. He continues to advise on cross-border transactions, regulatory/compliance issues, and on joint venture and partnership matters.

Joe has experience with a wide array of mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions, assisting clients from the “start-up” phase of their business to the “exit” sale of their business, and all issues and challenges that arise in-between – all with a focus on providing sensible, practical advice to help his clients realize their dreams (and, hopefully more). He advises clients through their IPOs, debt and equity financings, corporate governance matters, plans of arrangement, RTOs and ‘go private’ transactions, both for domestic and international transactions.

Joe also serves as the Vice-Chair of our affiliate network, Pacific Rim Advisory Council, which is made up with leading law firms in countries around the world.

Outside of his legal work, Joe has written about food, music and art for numerous publications, was the publisher/editor of a monthly arts/culture magazine, and a co-editor/writer for two food websites.

Joe provides legal services through Joe Chan Law Corporation.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT WORK

• Advising buyer on cross-border merger and acquisition of Canadian target in internet hardware industry
• Ongoing regulatory and compliance work for fintech businesses, private mortgage lenders
• Completion of a $150 million sale of a private electron beam processing company by way of a plan of arrangement
• Completion of a $159 million acquisition of a mobile game company, with concurrent public offering and public listing on TSX
• Advising vendors in USD $75 million sale of private video game company
• Completion of an acquisition of an industrial minerals/products business with active mining operations
• Completion of multiple public mining company sales by way of plan of arrangement
• Advising on dual listing applications in Canada and the United Kingdom
• Completion of numerous “qualifying transactions” for TSXV-listed capital pool companies
• Registration of “exempt market dealers” under BC securities laws
• Structuring of mortgage investment corporations and completion of offering memorandum financings
• Structuring of real estate limited partnerships and completion of unit offerings
• Merger of accounting firms
• Advising law firms regarding partnership issues and structures
• Restructuring of a real estate investment company to a REIT structure, with concurrent public offering
• Public offering of convertible debentures for a TSXV-listed real estate investment company
• Cross-border acquisition of inspection services business and software manufacturer
• “Go private” transaction of a technology company through a triangular amalgamation, with concurrent formation of a cross-border joint venture

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Board of Directors, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (2018 – 2024)
• Board of Directors, Greater Vancouver Food Bank (2017-2018)

HONOURS & AWARDS

Joe has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law for the 2025 – 2026 editions. Inclusion in this publication is based entirely on peer-review.

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