David Coultice

David Coultice is Counsel in Dentons' Corporate and Securities groups, based in Toronto. His practice focuses on Capital Markets Law, practising securities regulatory, corporate/commercial and securities law.

His practice has a focus on registration and compliance matters for portfolio managers, exempt market dealers and investment fund managers, and the formation and management of investment funds.

He also advises with respect to corporate finance, including initial public offerings and listings, secondary offerings, private placements and debt financing, reverse takeovers, continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions.

David served as a senior legal counsel with the Ontario Securities Commission in the Corporate Finance Branch from 2003 to 2007.

His experience includes advising POSaBIT Systems Corporation in connection with a reverse takeover and listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange; acting for a private issuer with respect to the issuance of convertible preferred shares to private equity investors; advising DelphX Capital Markets Inc. in connection with a brokered private placement of subscription receipts and reverse takeover and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange; advising on the formation of a limited partnership for financial services investment and the private placement of CA$21 million of units; advising Excellon Resources Inc. on a CA$6.6 million financing comprised of secured convertible debentures and the sale of a mining royalty interest; advising IBI Group Inc. on its offering of CA$46 million principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures; and advising US Gold Corporation on its acquisition of Minera Andes Inc. by plan of arrangement, with a transaction value of approximately CA$1.4 billion for the combined company, which was renamed McEwen Mining Inc.

He holds an LLB from the University of Windsor (1992) and an LLB from University College London (1990). He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association.