James Clare
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
James Clare has a corporate commercial and securities law practice, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, focused on assisting clients in the mining and oil and gas sectors. His transactional experience includes domestic and cross-border public and private corporate finance transactions representing issuers and underwriters as well as merger and acquisitions transactions. He also advises public issuers on general corporate and securities law matters including stock exchange listings, continuous disclosure obligations and other regulatory compliance issues.
Topic
10:40AM – 11:25AM
November 13, 2026 November 13, 2025
Bitcoin/Crypto PIPEs Highlights & Red Lights
Highlights
- Institutional Adoption Accelerates
- Spot Bitcoin ETFs approved in major markets
- Traditional finance (BlackRock, Fidelity, etc.) entering the space
- Custody, compliance, and on-ramps maturing
- Regulatory clarity slowly improving
Red Lights (Risks & Concerns)
- SEC enforcement-first approach continues to cloud project viability
- Ambiguity around which tokens qualify as securities
- Market Manipulation & Liquidity Issues
- Short-term volatility discourages traditional capital allocators
2:35 PM - 3:15 PM
Thursday November 14 2024
What you Should Know About Foreign Issuers and the PIPE Market
- Overview of foreign securities laws and exchange listing requirements
- Restrictions on transfer/resales of securities (Regulation S, Restrictive Legends)
- Differences in documentation from domestic PIPEs
- Canadian issuers, their regulatory regime, holding exemptions, and the US/Canada disclosure system
- U.S. registration and dual listings; Exemptions from ’34 Act registration for foreign private issuers
