Securities Law Editing and Proofreading Services

Securities disclosure carries a liability most legal writing does not: if the document contains a misrepresentation, investors may have a statutory right of action, and "it was technically accurate but nobody could follow it" is not a defence. Regulators have pushed plain language into prospectuses for exactly this reason. Clarity here is not style — it is risk management.

We edit prospectuses and offering memoranda, annual and interim reports, management discussion and analysis, information and proxy circulars, material change reports, news releases, subscription agreements, and continuous disclosure documents. Our editors verify that figures in the narrative match the financial statements and the tables, that risk factors are specific rather than boilerplate, and that forward-looking statements carry consistent qualifying language everywhere they appear.

MD&A is where we find the most trouble. It is drafted by several hands under deadline, and the result often explains what happened without explaining why — or buries the one number that actually moved the quarter.

All material is treated as confidential, including pre-filing drafts and undisclosed transactions. We do not assess disclosure sufficiency; we make certain that what you disclose can be understood on a first reading.