Lucy Schilling

Member

Vancouver

(236) 317-5570

(604) 674-9245

Recent News:

17 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch in Canada

Best Lawyers Canada has named 17 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from the firm’s Toronto and Vancouver offices in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada.

Lucy focuses her practice on securities, corporate finance, and corporate/commercial law. Lucy advises on general corporate and commercial matters, securities and stock exchange requirements, continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and various securities and stock exchange-related issues. She has represented numerous reporting issuers in the negotiation, structuring, and completion of a wide variety of transactions, including initial and secondary public offerings, private placement financing, plans of arrangement, amalgamations, spinout transactions, and stock exchange listings, takeover bids, reverse takeovers, and merger transactions.

Lucy is a contributing author of the Continuing Legal Education Society British Columbia’s Due Diligence Deskbook and has lectured on topics including corporate governance, securities, and corporate law. Lucy is the current chair of the CLE’s Securities Law Fundamentals Course. She serves on the board of directors of Dress for Success Vancouver and CFA Society Vancouver.

Lucy earned her bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of British Columbia. Lucy is fluent in Cantonese.

Experience

News

17 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch in Canada

September 04, 2024

Best Lawyers Canada has named 17 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from the firm’s Toronto and Vancouver offices in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada.

Cozen O’Connor Announces New Group Chairs, Office Managing Partners, Other Promotions

February 15, 2024

The firm announced several new practice group chairs, office managing partners, and leaders of firm committees and initiatives

Ten Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch in Canada

August 24, 2023

Ten Cozen O’Connor lawyers from the firm’s Toronto and Vancouver offices were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada

Investindustrial’s Agreement to Purchase Majority Stake of Eataly S.p.A

October 17, 2022

Cozen O’Connor served as U.S. and Canadian counsel in Investindustrial’s acquisition of a majority stake in Eataly S.p.A., the global chain of upscale Italian marketplaces. A team led by M&A attorney and Italy Practice chair Christian Moretti conducted significant due diligence of more than 20 Eataly businesses in the United States and Canada, in collaboration with Deloitte Legal Italy and Studio Legale Chiomenti. For nearly two decades, Eataly has been operating high-quality Italian food markets and restaurant concepts in prestigious locations across the globe, including flagship stores in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, and Silicon Valley.

Six Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch in Canada

August 30, 2022

Best Lawyers selected five Cozen O’Connor lawyers from the firm’s Toronto and Vancouver offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada and one attorney from the Vancouver office for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Cozen O’Connor Continues its Canadian Expansion, Adding Another Three Attorneys to Its Vancouver, B.C. Office

March 21, 2022

Elizabeth Holden, Gosia Piasecka, and Nicholas Krishan will reunite with former colleagues Rory Godinho, Kathy Tang, Lucy Schilling, Brian Fast, and Iain Mingo — five corporate attorneys who moved to Cozen O’Connor from the same Canadian firm earlier this month.

Cozen O’Connor Continues International Expansion with Corporate Additions, Moves to New Vancouver Office Space

March 07, 2022

Rory Godinho, Kathy Tang, Lucy Schilling, Brian Fast, and Iain Mingo have joined Cozen O’Connor from a major national Canadian law firm.

Publications

BCSC Guidance on Joint Actors in Proxy Contests and Early Warning Disclosure Requirements [Alert]

February 07, 2024

Lucy Schilling, Jeremy Gellis, Theo Jeffreys, and Dilina Lallani discuss the BCSC's decision in NorthWest Copper Corp. clarifying when parties are considered to be “acting jointly or in concert” and the appropriate remedies for failing to meet the early warning requirements in the context of a proxy contest.

TSX Venture Exchange Launches Passport Listing Process [Alert]

January 31, 2024

Lucy Schilling and Nicholas Krishan discuss the TSX Venture Exchange's new TSXV Passport Listing Process which offers advanced applicants an expedited route to listing on the TSXV.

The British Columbia Securities Commission Implements a New Whistleblower Program [Alert]

November 22, 2023

Lucy Schilling, Zachary Janes, Jeremy Gellis, and Rebecca Sim discuss the BCSC's new Whistleblower Program to encourage individuals to voluntarily provide information about securities misconduct by offering them financial rewards of up to C$250,000.

Events & Seminars

Upcoming Events

Securities Fundamentals 2024: Legal Opinions

November 27, 2024 - Webinar

Essential insights into drafting effective legal opinions.

Past Events

EY Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific Region

October 25, 2024 - Vancouver, BC

NAWL 2024 Annual Meeting

July 24, 2024 - Chicago, IL

Listed Issuer Financing Exemption Information Session

November 08, 2022 - Vancouver, BC

Education

  • University of British Columbia, LL.B., 2003
  • University of British Columbia, B.A., 2000

Awards & Honors

Best Lawyers in Canada (Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities)

Who's Who Legal: Mining

  • British Columbia

Canadian Bar Association

Dress for Success Vancouver, Board of Directors

Dress for Success Canada Foundation, Board of Directors

CFA Society Vancouver, Board of Directors