Samer Awadh is a senior associate who advises clients in Saskatchewan, Alberta and abroad on matters involving corporate finance & securities, mergers & acquisitions, banking & commercial lending and other corporate-commercial matters. Samer is fluent in Arabic.
- Corporate and securities counsel to TSX-listed and other publicly-traded companies, including on continuous disclosure, prospectus, issuer bid and proxy dispute matters
- Counsel to numerous purchasers and sellers in M&A transactions
- Counsel to lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions
- Local counsel on various transactions, including to an oil and gas company in connection with credit facilities in the principal amount of $1.5 billion
- Saskatchewan counsel to a newly formed REIT in connection with its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Local counsel to a publicly traded company in connection with syndicated credit facilities in the aggregate amount of $380 million
- Director, Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (2017-present)
- Executive Member, Leaders Council at the Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina (2017-present)
- Secretary (2018-present), Executive Member (2016-2018), Member (2015-2016), National Business Law Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Treasurer, Regina Soccer Association, Inc. (2015-2018)
- Chair, Saskatchewan Business Law South Section, Canadian Bar Association (2015-2018)
- Member, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Youth Education & Training Committee (2015-2016)
- Editor, Saskatchewan Law Review (2012-2013)
- College of Law Centennial Conference Committee (2010-2012)
- Volunteer, Disaster Management, Canadian Red Cross (2007-2010)
- Volunteer, Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (2007-2008)
- “Delivery Delays, Foreign Laws and Payment Risks in International Sales Contracts” with Stathy Markatos, 8:3 Global Ventures (September 2016)
- “Typical Provisions in Real Estate Opinions” with Scott Masson, Law Society of Saskatchewan Continuing Professional Development seminar on Due Diligence and Legal Opinions (March 2016)
- BLG Research Fellow, University of Saskatchewan College of Law (2012)
- Orest and Marie Bendas Prize in Jurisprudence (2012)