Samer Awadh advises clients in Saskatchewan, Alberta and abroad on matters involving corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, banking and commercial lending and other corporate-commercial matters. He 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)
Member, 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)
Co-presenter with Kristél Kriel, “Board Governance: Duties, Liabilities and Conflict of Interest,” Chartered Professional Accountants of Saskatchewan seminar (November 2018)
Co-author with Stathy Markatos, “Delivery Delays, Foreign Laws and Payment Risks in International Sales Contracts,” 8:3 Global Ventures (September 2016)
Co-presenter with with Scott Masson, “Typical Provisions in Real Estate Opinions,” 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)