Atty. David Gunasekera
For the past 20 years, Dave has been practicing corporate and securities law with a primary focus on capital market transactions and business law matters, including equity and debt financings, initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Dave provides ongoing advice to public and private companies regarding corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, and various other corporate and securities law compliance matters.
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David Gunasekera is a business, m&a, and securities attorney, practicing at DuMoulin Black LLP. They have 25+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2001. Admitted to practice in British Columbia (2001). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mining Law (2026).
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- For the past 20 years, Dave has been practicing corporate and securities law with a primary focus on capital market transactions and business law matters, including equity and debt financings, initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions
- Dave provides ongoing advice to public and private companies regarding corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, and various other corporate and securities law compliance matters
- In addition, he has extensive experience acting for Agents and Underwriters in prospectus offerings and private placements
- Dave has been recognized in 2013 by Lexpert as a “Lawyer To Watch” and in 2020 in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (24th Edition) as Consistently Recommended in Corporate Finance & Securities
- He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada© for his work in Securities Law since 2013
- Dave has also been named in the, Who's Who Legal (WWL) 2022 Edition: Acknowledgement as the country's highest ranking lawyers as part of the Mining Chapter
- Dave has recent experience in plan of arrangement transactions, joint venture and option agreements, asset and share acquisitions and reverse take-over and change of business transactions with a particular focus on the resource industry
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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