NCIA 2019 Cannabis Business Summit

Afzal Hasan
President & General Counsel
Origin House


Mr. Hasan obtained a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.), Commerce and Human Biology, from the University of Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining Origin House, Mr. Hasan worked as a securities lawyer at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, where he developed a broad spectrum of experience providing advice to both public and private companies on transactions in diverse industry sectors.Mr. Hasan’s experience prior to his career in the private legal practice includes a secondment at the Mergers and Acquisitions Group in the Corporate Finance Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission, working with the United Nations and the wholesale banking division of a major multi-national bank in Thailand and completing independent research in microbial genetics at the University of Toronto.HIGHLIGHTSRepresented public companies and underwriters in raising over $500 million through prospectus financings and private placementsInvolved with M&A transactions in the mining, real estate and technology sectors with aggregate deal value in excess of $5 billionCompleted seven public listing transactions for private companies through reverse take-over structuresAdvised incumbent boards and dissident shareholders in a number of proxy fights for public and private companies

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