Barristers and Solicitors

Hugh Adams is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer. Hugh is a qualified commercial and residential real estate lawyer with experience including condominium conversions and property development. Hugh assists both public and private clients with corporate governance compliance, secured financings, corporate acquisitions and reorganizations in both Canada and the United States.

With extensive public company experience, Hugh provides timely and proactive advice to boards of directors on matters of governance and regulatory compliance. He acted as the Corporate Secretary for The Arctic Group Inc. from 1997 until 2002, where this public issuer first listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange and subsequently when it listed on the more senior Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). In 2002 he became Corporate Secretary and lead Canadian counsel to Arctic Glacier Income Fund, continuing his responsibilities to the Board of Trustees and Fund Committees and remaining responsible for all continuous disclosure compliance including insider trading reporting.

Hugh recently received his Master of Laws (Osgoode Hall Law School) specializing in arbitration and mediation. He acts as arbitrator and mediator in commercial and estate disputes that would otherwise have to be resolved through the litigation process.

Hugh is married with two children and is very active in the equestrian community. He spends much of his free time traveling with his family to horse shows within Manitoba and throughout North America. When he is not at the “barn” he is an avid sailor and enjoys construction and gardening projects.