Dentons

Corporate; Corporate Governance; Franchising and Distribution; Intellectual Property and Technology; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies; Communications; Energy; Life Sciences and Health Care; Media, Entertainment and Sports; Technology

Partner

Heather is a member of the firm’s Technology and Corporate Commercial Groups. Heather has experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of technology-related as well as corporate/commercial agreements to assist clients with all aspects of their business, from organization, structural management, operational, financing, succession and exit transactions (i.e. mergers and acquisitions).

Heather advises clients with respect to corporate issues relating to statutory requirements, shareholder and director issues, liability issues and other related matters from an organizational, operational and transactional perspective, including shareholder and partnership agreements and disputes related thereto.

Heather also gained experience in software licensing, implementation support, service level and maintenance agreements. She advises a number of life science clients working in similar highly regulated fields.

Heather also has experience advising on regulations as well as drafting, reviewing and negotiating clinical trial agreements and ancillary documents related to clinical research for two of Canada’s largest research-intensive universities, focusing principally on confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements, licensing agreements, service agreements, grant agreements, collaboration agreements and consulting agreements.

Heather has extensive experience advising clients looking to scale their business in creative and non-conventional ways. These initiatives often involve forming strategic partnerships or joint venture arrangements to exploit opportunities that may be available through the successful combination of resources. She has worked with many clients that have formed partnerships with First Nations to realize opportunities to expand reach and grow in new markets and territories. She has expertise in the structural establishment of such partnerships for maximal benefit, operational efficiency and succession considerations

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Advisor, Alberta Woman Entrepreneurs (AWE) Member, Licensing Executives Society (Canada and USA) Member, Law Society of Alberta Member, Edmonton Bar Association Member, Canadian Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Business Law Subsections) Member, New York Bar Association Certified Clinical Research Contract Professional Member, Women Presidents Organization

Harvard University's Program, 2012, Negotiation Workshop - Intensive Negotiation for Lawyers and Executives University of Alberta, 2004, LL.B (with distinction) University of Alberta, 2003, M.B.A Concordia University College of Alberta, 1999, After-degree Diploma in Environmental Health University of Alberta, 1998, B.Sc