Barclay has over 20 years of experience in the areas of corporate finance, investment fund management, mergers and acquisitions, debt/equity financings, re-structurings and business management. Barclay's crosses both public and private capital markets. Early in his career Mr. Laughland was a partner in the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions group with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, where he advised public and private companies, venture capitalists and private equity funds covering a broad range of matters related to business transactions, corporate finance, reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, including a focus on alternative transaction and investment structures. Barclay has a B.Com (1991) and J.D. (1994), both from the University of Saskatchewan.