Leslie R. Rose

Boughton Law Corporation, Vancouver, CANADA

Law Practice
Leslie Rose was Senior Legal Counsel at the British Columbia Securities Commission from 2000 to 2007.

Her responsibilities included developing national and local securities legislation, regulation and policy; advising on novel and complex issues; facilitating applications for exemptive relief; and providing guidance to industry participants. She was primarily responsible for developing a harmonized regime of capital raising exemptions, first introduced in 2002 in British Columbia and Alberta in Multilateral Instrument 45-103 Capital Raising Exemptions and then extended across Canada in 2005 in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.

Before joining the Commission, Ms. Rose practiced corporate finance, securities and corporate/ commercial law primarily for public companies in the areas of listing requirements, financings and mergers and acquisitions.

Bar Admissions
British Columbia, 1995

Education
Queen's University, B.A. (1987)
University of British Columbia, LL.B. (1994)

Professional and Other Activities

• Member, Securities Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association
• Past Seminar Speaker, British Columbia Securities Commission, Alberta Securities Commission and the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
• Past Instructor, Securities Law for Legal Assistants, Vancouver Community College