R. Hector MacKay-Dunn

Hector MacKay-Dunn has over 30 years of experience providing legal advice to high-growth public and private companies, many of which achieve valuations exceeding $ billion over a broad range of industry sectors including life sciences, health, and technology. He has experience advising on corporate domestic and cross-border public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as international partnering and licensing transactions and boards of directors and independent board committees on corporate governance matters. Hector is recognized by Lexpert as being among the Top 100 Canada/U.S. Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, has consistently been named among The Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and is recognized among Canada’s leading lawyers in mergers & acquisitions, technology, and biotechnology. Hector received the Queen’s Counsel designation upon recommendation by the Attorney General of British Columbia for exceptional merit and contribution to the legal profession, the “AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5” legal ability rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is regularly recognized as a leading lawyer nationally by Chambers Canada within the life sciences category. Hector has served as a board member or officer with Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Arbutus Biophara Corp., XBiotech Inc., MedGenesis Therapeutix Inc., and QLT Inc., is a board member of the BC (British Columbia) Tech Association, previously Board Chair of the Innovation Council of British Columbia, and board member of LifeSciences British Columbia and Genome British Columbia.