Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C.

Partner

Direct Line: (416) 369-4109
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
hnathan@mindengross.com

Practice Area:

Hartley is a senior member of our Corporate/Commercial Group and is designated as a Certified Specialist (Corporate and Commercial Law) by the Law Society of Upper Canada. His practice concentrates on corporate commercial law, with an emphasis on corporate governance matters and corporate meetings.

Hartley has been involved in major sales and acquisitions of private corporations, complex shareholders agreements and corporate reorganizations. He currently advises many boards of directors on due diligence matters, how to fulfill their responsibilities as directors and how to prepare for and conduct meetings of directors and shareholders and to deal with issues that may arise at these meetings. He has also been retained as an expert witness in several commercial cases.

Hartley has served as Secretary and Corporate Counsel to numerous business corporations and charitable and non-profit associations and has recently been a director of two charitable boards and a member of various committees thereof.

He taught at Osgoode Hall Law School and at the Bar Admission Course, and has lectured and chaired programs at the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) and Law Society of Upper Canada, the Institute of Corporate Directors and The Canadian Institute. He has contributed frequently to various law journals and other publications on corporate commercial topics.

Hartley served as Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the High Court following admission to the bar, achieved his LL.M. with distinction at University College, London, was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 1982 and was admitted to the bar of Hong Kong (as a foreign lawyer) in 1994.

Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School
Year of Call: 1965
Year Joined the Firm: 1970

Affiliations:

Canadian Bar Association (Member, Council, Secretary, Ontario Branch 1973-1981)
Law Society of Upper Canada
Corporate Law Committee of the Business Law Subsection, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) (2006-2008)

Designations:

Certified Specialist (Corporate and Commercial Law)

Articles by this Lawyer

Author: CORPORATE BULLETIN:
Changes to the Ontario Business Corporations Act (2007)

Co-author: “Corporate Meetings: Law & Practice” (Carswell)

Editor-in-Chief: “CCH The Directors Manual”

Editor: Nathan’s Company Meetings including Rules of Order, 7th edition (CCH Canadian Limited)

Co-editor: Wainberg’s Society Meetings, 2nd edition (CCH Canadian Limited)

Co-editor: Directors’ Duties in Canada, 2^nd edition (CCH Canadian Limited) to be published Fall, 2002

Chair: “Legal Research and Technology” (CBAO) 1998

Chair: “Understanding Financial Statements for Lawyers” (CBAO) 1996

Co-chair: “The Nuts and Bolts of Running Company Meetings” (CBAO), 1994 and 2007

Co-chair: “Six Minute Business Lawyer” (Law Society of Upper Canada), 1996

Lecture: Due Diligence Before Becoming a Director (Institute of Corporate Directors, 1998)

Lecture: Due Diligence Before and While Serving as a Director of a Not-For-Profit Corporation (UJA Federation, 2001)

Chair: Letters of Intent (CBAO) 2002

Lecture: Letters of Intent: The Canadian Institute 2003-2006

Chair: The Diligent Lawyer (CBAO) 2005