John Mackay
John has over 20 years experience in public markets transactions and as a private equity fund manager. He is President and a director of Mosaic Capital Partners Ltd., the manager of a private equity fund and Chairman and a director of First West Properties Ltd., a real estate investment fund. John began his career as a lawyer and was a partner in the Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisition practice group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. John has advised public and private companies, venture capitalists, private equity funds and underwriters with respect to the structuring and securities law implications of domestic and international private placements, public offerings, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions. John was Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association and past member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Alberta Securities Commission.
John received a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom in 1993 and has practiced law in Alberta since 1994.
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