Barbara Collins

Vancouver

604.691.7490

[email protected]

Expertise Business Law Capital Markets & Securities Mergers & Acquisitions Mining Technology

Language(s) Spoken

English

Barbara Collins is an experienced lawyer practising corporate finance and securities law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and public and private financings.

Advising senior and junior companies on securities law as well as corporate and commercial matters, Barbara has significant industry knowledge in the mining, technology (high-tech and bio-tech), and forestry sectors. Her corporate and securities work includes local and national prospectus offerings, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange listings, private placements, bought deals, initial public offerings, normal course issuer bids, amalgamations, plans of arrangement, M&A, capital pool companies and corporate reorganizations.

Barbara also advises companies on regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure requirements and corporate governance.

Expertise

Industries

Practices

Representative Matters

Acted for The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. in its completion of $115 million initial public offering of units and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Acted for Aurora Cannabis Inc. in its $200 million bought deal convertible note offering by way of short form prospectus
Acted for Aurora Cannabis Inc. in its $60 million bought deal prospectus offering of units
Acted for The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. in its completion of $25 million special warrant financing
Acted on behalf of Canaccord Genity Corp., as agent, in the initial public offering of Sunniva Inc. by way of special warrant financing
Acted for Columbus Gold Corp. in its completion of bought deal offering of Columbus common shares for a gross proceeds of $5 million.
Acted for Northern Dynasty Minerals in its completion of a concurrent registered US offering and Canadian offering of Units (with prospectus), for total proceeds of $17.1 million.
Acted for Auryn Resources Inc. in its completion of a bought deal transaction consisting of mix of flow-through and non-flow-through shares, for a total proceeds of $15 million.
Acted for Rathdowney Resources Ltd. in its public offering of common shares on the TSX-V, and a non-brokered private placement with aggregate proceeds of over $34 million.
Acted for Taseko Mines Limited in its public offering of senior notes for an aggregate principal amount of US$200,000,000.

Speaking Engagements

Amendments to the TSX Company Manual - Solicitors Group Seminars

April 2005

Canadian Bar Association Mentorship Program

2004 and 2005

Legal Opinions in Securities Transactions - Securities Law Group Seminars

January 2003

Teaching Engagements

Introduction to Securities Law – Vancouver Community College, Paralegal Certificate Program – May 2003 and April 2004

News

Rankings & Recognitions

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) as a leading lawyer in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Directorships & Affiliations

Past President, Vancouver Bar Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada

Education & Admissions

2000

Called to the British Columbia bar

1998

LLBUniversity of British Columbia

1995

B.Comm., FinanceUniversity of British Columbia

Publications

“Integrating Syrian Refugees: The role of the Settlement Mentor,” BarTalk, Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch (June 2016)
“New Ontario Securities Commission Rule 13-502 – Fees,” Legal Hot Note (May 2003)
“Due Diligence Issues: The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada),” (November 2002)
“National Instrument 44-101,” Short-Form Prospectus Distributions, Securities Law Group Seminars (May 2001)
“Uniformity and Deregulation: British Columbia Securities Commission Update,” Securities Law Group Seminars (March 2001)

Deals & Cases (14 Posts)

McMillan Advises Organigram Holdings on its Underwritten Public Offering

On April 2, 2024, Organigram Holdings Inc. announced that it had completed its previously announced underwritten public offering of units for total gross proceeds of C$28,750,230.

Apr 2, 2024

BGP Acquisition Corp. completes US$115 million IPO

On February 4, 2021, BGP Acquisition Corp. completed its initial public offering of 11,500,000 class A restricted voting units at an offering price of US$10.00 per Class A Restricted Voting Unit, for gross proceeds of US$115,000,000.

Feb 17, 2021

Auryn Resources Inc Secures $41M From Strategic Investor

Auryn was assisted by a McMillan team comprised of Bernie Zinkhofer, Barb Collins, Ravi Bains, Linda Rocca and Paulette Smith.

Jan 24, 2017

Emblem Corp. Completes Qualifying Transaction

Emblem Corp. was represented by a McMillan team led by Desmond Balakrishnan and included Barbara Collins, Arman Farahani, Mark Neighbor and Sasa Pudar (Capital Markets and M&A), Melanie Harmer (Litigation) assisting with court materials, and Michael Reid and Lindsay Dykstra (Business Law) assisting with due diligence.

Dec 21, 2016

Rathdowney Resources Ltd Completes Qualifying Transaction Begins Trading Common Shares on TSX V and Finalizes 34 Million Private Placement

Mar 17, 2011