Alison Carter

Associate

Vancouver

(778) 357-3275

(604) 674-9245

Alison concentrates her corporate practice on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. She brings experience in drafting corporate resolutions, legal opinions, and correspondence with securities exchanges, in addition to her knowledge on due diligence reporting. Alison has excellent legal research skills and is knowledgeable about various Canadian laws and regulations governing businesses, securities, and investments.

While completing her articles at one of Western Canada's leading law firms, Alison focused on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, including working on numerous transactions in the mining, health technology, and clean energy industries.

Alison earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Victoria, where she gained practical experience by participating in the Business Law Clinic. She also interned as a summer law student with the Market Regulation Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission. Alison earned her bachelors of commerce with honors from Queen University's Smith School of Business and concurrently completed a certificate in law from Queen's University.

 

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Experience

Represented Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ADUR) (CSE: ACT), a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics, in its underwritten public offering of 947,868 common shares and warrants to purchase 473,934 common shares for $8.44 (USD) per share and half warrant, raising gross proceeds of approximately $8 million (USD). The underwriters exercised their overallotment option in full, purchasing an additional 142,180 common shares and 71,090 warrants, raising an additional $1.2 million (USD). Each whole warrant has an exercise price of $10.13 (USD) and expires three years from the date of issuance.

Represented Power Metallic Mines Inc. (OTCMKTS: PNPNF) (TSXV: PNPN), a mineral exploration and development company, in its brokered private placement offering for aggregate gross proceeds of $50 million (CAD). Under the offering, the company issued: (i) 14,135,000 flow-through shares at a price of $2.83 (CAD) per FT share for gross proceeds of $40 million (CAD) and (ii) 6,895,000 non-flow-through common shares at a price of $1.45 per hard dollar share, for gross proceeds of $10 million (CAD).

Assisted with the creation of WELLSTAR Technologies Corp., a software as a service (SaaS) health care technology company that supports over 37,000 health care providers. The transaction included a reorganization of the $285 million (CAD) SaaS division of WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) to form WELLSTAR Technologies Corp. while also securing $50 million (CAD) in a preferred share investment from three of Canada’s most prominent fund investors and members of WELL and WELLSTAR’s management team. WELLSTAR also concurrently acquired two complementary health care technology companies for closing payments of $18 million (CAD) in cash and $4 million (CAD) in WELLSTAR subordinate voting shares.

Practice Areas

Corporate

Education

  • University of Victoria, J.D., 2023
  • Queen's University, B.Com, 2019
  • British Columbia
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association of British Columbia