FACULTY
COURSE LEADERS
Micah Libin, AltaGas Ltd.
Micah Libin is Vice President, Business Development at AltaGas Ltd. Prior to joining AltaGas, he was Chief Financial Officer at Greengate Power Corporation. His expertise includes capital raising and structuring, negotiating and executing transactions.
Bill Gilliland, Dentons Canada LLP
Bill Gilliland is a Partner at Dentons Canada LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Securities and M&A Practice Group. He advises public and private company buyers, sellers and target companies on numerous M&A transactions.
CO-LECTURERS
Warren Bergen, AVAC Ltd
Warren Bergen is Vice President, Corporate Development at AVAC Ltd.
James Dyack, West Oilfield Holdings Ltd.
James Dyack is President and CEO of West Oilfield Holdings Ltd. and Managing Director of Prairie Advisory.
Michael Frost, Stantec
Michael Frost is Director, Valuations at Stantec. He is a member of Stantec's financial services team specializing in M&As, business valuations, valuation of intangible assets, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment, financial reporting for acquisitions, and corporate divestitures.
Jason Jack, EnerVal Business Valuation and Advisory
Jason Jack is President and Founder of EnerVal Business Valuation and Advisory. He has been involved in a wide variety of valuations and M&A transactions in both professional and corporate roles.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Shikatani Lacroix Design
Jean-Pierre Lacroix is President of Shikatani Lacroix Design.
Scott S. Lawritsen, Clark Valuation Group Ltd.
Scott S. Lawritsen is Principal with Clark Valuation Group Ltd. He has close to 20 years experience in corporate finance and business valuations, advising lawyers, shareholders, and corporations.
David Laycraft, Catalyst Valuations Inc
David Laycraft is Partner, Corporate Advisory at Catalyst Valuations Inc.His client services focus includes business valuations, M&As, transaction support, financial engineering, and investigative and general business consulting.
Michael A Royan, Stonepoint Strategic Advisors Inc
Michael Royan is President & Managing Director at Stonepoint Strategic Advisors Inc. and has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Mike has advised on mergers, corporate and property acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs, follow-on public offerings, private placements, debt offerings and strategic and growth alternatives.
Dale E. Skinner, Dentons Canada LLP
Dale Skinner is a Partner at Dentons Canada LLP. He has extensive experience in both public and private business acquisitions and divestitures, including public company takeover bids and plans of arrangement.
Richard M. Wise, MNP LLP
Richard M. Wise is a Partner specializing in business valuation and financial litigation at MNP LLP. He has more than 35 years of experience performing valuations for corporate, transactional and taxation purposes as well as damage quantification and writes and lectures extensively across Canada and the U.S.