Kate Bake-Paterson

Associate, Vancouver

Kate Bake-Paterson practices in the area of corporate/commercial law with a particular emphasis on advising charities and not-for-profit organizations. She regularly assists both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with a wide variety of corporate and commercial issues, and has also developed specialized knowledge of the additional legal and business issues faced by charities and other not-for-profit organizations that go beyond those of for-profit companies.

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Experience
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Publications
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Nouvelles et médias

In her work with charities and other not-for-profit organizations, Kate advises clients on a broad range of issues, including those relating to:

incorporating and organizing not-for-profit entities;
governance and other structural issues, including relationships with other organizations;
obtaining and maintaining charitable registration with the Canada Revenue Agency;
assisting donors with pledging and making gifts to charities, foundations with making grants to charitable organizations and charities with receiving and disbursing gifts; and
commercial transactions, including obtaining governing funding and loans from other organizations.

In her work with for-profit entities, Kate advises clients on various types of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, the purchase and sale of businesses, equity and debt financings and the formation and organization of various corporate and partnership structures. She also assists clients with their corporate and governance issues on an on-going basis.

Kate has worked on significant infrastructure projects in Canada, including the Canada Line Project, the Kicking Horse Canyon Project and the Golden Ears Bridge Project in British Columbia and the Calgary Ring Road Project and the Northeast Stoney Trail Project in Alberta.

Kate is also a member of the firm’s health law practice group, and assists both public and private-sector health-care providers with their contractual, administrative and regulatory matters, as well as with their corporate governance concerns.

Expériences choisis

Professional Associations & Activities

Co-Chair, Canadian Bar Association, Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section (BC Branch)
Former Co-Chair and Legislative Liaison, Canadian Bar Association, Health Law Section (BC Branch) (2004-2008)
Member, Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch (Charities and Not-for-Profit Law; Wills, Estates and Trusts; Business Law)
Member, Canadian Association of Gift Planners
Former Chair, YWCA Women of Distinction, Partnership Committee (2005-2008)
Former Chair, YWCA Women of Distinction, Planning Committee (2005-2008)

Publications

Événements

The New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section Meeting, Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch
mardi, 15 novembre 2011
novembre 2011
Critical Issues for Not-for-Profit Organizations
Pacific Business and Law Institute
mercredi, 1 septembre 2010
septembre 2010
Institute of Chartered Accountants - 2008
[more]
samedi, 1 novembre 2008
novembre 2008

In The News

Canfor completes $60 million acquisition of Tembec's BC southern interior wood products assets
On March 23, 2012, Canfor Corporation, a leading Vancouver-based integrated forest products company, completed its acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. ("Tembec") southern British Columbia [more]
jeudi, 5 avril 2012
Canada Line Rapid Transit Project Achieves Service Commencement
On August 12, 2009, the Canada Line Rapid Transit Project formally achieved Service Commencement, a significant milestone in the Project's development, approximately three and a half months ahead [more]
jeudi, 13 août 2009
Northwest Anthony Henday Drive Project (Edmonton Ring Road) wins Americas P3 Deal of the Year in Project Finance International Magazine Awards
Representing NORTHWESTCONNECT General Partnership and Bilfinger Berger Project Investments Inc. were members of our Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton offices, including Ian Bendell, Andrew Burton, Eric [more]
jeudi, 18 décembre 2008
Canadian Bar Association: Present and Past Section Chairs at Davis LLP
Canadian Bar Association (CBA) section chairs donate their time to enhance other lawyers' knowledge in a given field. Davis LLP has several current CBA section chairs, including: Grace Choi [more]
mardi, 2 octobre 2007
Golden Ears Bridge P3 Project Wins Fourth Prestigious Award
March 2, 2007: "The Golden Ears Bridge P3 Project has been chosen as Infrastructure Journal's Deal of the Year. According to Infrastructure Journal, the Bilfinger Berger-led Golden Ears Bridge [more]
jeudi, 1 mars 2007
$650 Million Calgary Ring Road P3 Project Closes
he Davis Projects team effected commercial and financial close of the $650 million Calgary Ring Road project for Stoney Trail Group (STG), the Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc. consortium. STG was selected as [more]
jeudi, 15 février 2007
John Laing plc Acquires Its First Healthcare P3 Assets in Canada Valued at $450 Million
The Davis Projects team acted for John Laing plc in the acquisition of Macquarie Group's interest in the Vancouver General and Abbotsford hospital P3 projects. Under the agreement, John Laing [more]
mercredi, 14 février 2007
Davis Represents Canfor Pulp Income Fund in US$110 million Cross-Border Private Placement and $75 Million Credit Facility
Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (CPLP), the operating subsidiary of Canfor Pulp Income Trust, completed two debt financings, one by private placement of US$110 million of unsecured notes to institutional [more]
mercredi, 29 novembre 2006
$1.1 billion Golden Ears Bridge Project Wins Project Financing Award
The $1.1 billion Golden Ears Bridge Project was awarded the "Gold Award for Project Financing" at the annual national Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships conference in Toronto, [more]
dimanche, 19 novembre 2006
$1.1 billion Golden Ears Bridge Project achieves successful commercial, financial and final close
The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority ("TransLink") completed the commercial, financial and final close of the $1.117 billion Golden Ears Bridge Project (the "GEB Project") [more]
jeudi, 9 mars 2006
Davis LLP Represents Bilfinger Berger and Trans-Park Highway on Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 2 P3
Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc. and Trans-Park Highway General Partnership successfully closed the $130 million design-build-finance-operate Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 2 public-private partnership (P3) project [more]
jeudi, 27 octobre 2005
Davis LLP Represents SNC-Lavalin and InTransit BC in Canada's Largest Public-Private Partnership Transaction
RAV Project Management Ltd. (RAVCO), InTransit British Columbia Limited Partnership (InTransit BC) and the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA) closed its long-term Concession Agreement [more]
jeudi, 28 juillet 2005