Max Portner

First Year of Call
British Columbia Bar (2015)

Areas of Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions

Description
Max is a lawyer in the firm’s Vancouver office focusing on corporate finance and securities and mergers and acquisitions.

Max advises both public and private companies on initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, qualifying transactions, prospectus offerings and asset and share purchase sales. He also advises clients with respect to corporate governance matters, securities regulation, continuous disclosure obligations and stock exchange requirements. Max has worked with clients across a wide range of industries, including biotechnology, mining, digital health, cannabis, consumer beverages and wellness products, fintech, cryptocurrency and blockchain, life sciences and real estate investment trusts. He has also represented registered securities dealers in listings and offerings.

Prior to joining MLT Aikins, Max practised at a large regional B.C. firm where he focused on public listings, prospectus offerings, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. After completing his articles at an international law firm in its Vancouver office, he worked at a corporate/commercial boutique law firm where he advised startups and early-stage technology companies with a focus on venture capital financings.

Max was born and raised in Vancouver and obtained his Juris Doctor from Queen’s University. Prior to law school, he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria, earning a double major in political science and sociology.