Tori Chiu
WORKPLACE LAWYER, EDMONTON
About Tori Chiu
Tori trained and practiced at a leading national firm in corporate and securities law, advising public and private companies on complex legal and business matters. Working extensively with major issuers and senior management teams allowed Tori to gain practical insight into how organizations approach risk, governance, and key personnel decisions.
Tori has also worked in the in-house legal departments of two major public issuers, including a leading global agricultural inputs and agribusiness company and a top Canadian oil and gas company engaged in large-scale production, refining, and fuel distribution. These roles involved working closely with business leaders on a broad variety of legal issues, including employment-related matters, compensation structures, and contractual arrangements involving employees and executives.
Tori has extensive behind-the-scenes knowledge of how employers operate, including their governance frameworks, commercial arrangements, contracts, and incentive plans. Tori’s understanding of how large companies operate provides a clear perspective on how employment decisions are made, documented, and defended, particularly when it comes to advising clients in workplace disputes and wrongful dismissal matters.
Passions and achievements
- Brings a strong foundation in corporate governance, executive decision-making, and disclosure obligations, supporting employment matters involving senior leadership and public companies.
- Increasing focus on employment issues arising in corporate transactions, including executive compensation, termination considerations, and restrictive covenants in change-of-control contexts.
- Experienced working with public companies, boards, underwriters, and multinational stakeholders, with a practical understanding of business priorities and risk management.
- Combines transactional experience with a growing employment practice to deliver commercial, deal-informed advice in workplace and transition-related matters.
Notable victories
Assisting Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, with its proposed take-private acquisition of CI Financial Corp. for approximately C$12.1 billion.
Assisting Enerplus Corporation, one of Canada’s largest independent oil and gas producers, with its acquisition by Chord Energy Corporation for approximately US$3.76 billion.
Assisting Suncor Energy Inc., a major Canadian energy company, with the renewal of its C$2 billion medium term note program and US$2 billion multi-jurisdictional disclosure system cross-border shelf program.
Assisting Pembina Pipeline Corporation, a leading North American oil and gas company, with (i) its public offerings of an aggregate of C$1 billion principal amount of medium-term notes and (ii) its consent and proxy solicitation in connection with the exchange of one series of $600 million aggregate principal amount of notes for another.
Assisting TransCanada PipeLines Corporation, the wholly owned subsidiary of TC Energy Corporation, a major North American energy company, with its public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of hybrid notes.
Assisting the dealer syndicate on the renewal of the C$2.5 billion medium-term note program of AltaGas Ltd., a major Canadian utilities company, and related public offerings of C$400 million aggregate principal amount of medium-term notes and US$900 million aggregate principal amount of hybrid notes.
Assisting a syndicate of underwriters with TriSummit Utilities Inc., a major Canadian utilities company, with the renewal of its C$1 billion medium term note program and $150 million medium term note offering.
Assisting Capstone Power Corporation with its acquisition of Genalta Power Inc. via a court-approved plan of arrangement.
Assisting Field Aviation Company Inc. in its sale of Calgary-based assets to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada.
Publications
- Tori N. Chiu, “Equitable Crime and Constructive Punishment: Deemed and Actual Agency Gains in Canadian Law”, Alberta Law Review, Issue 60, Volume 3 (2023).
- Tori N. Chiu and Moin A. Yahya, “Meme Stock Vigilantism: A Quasi-Property Rights Approach”, Ohio State Business Law Journal, Issue 17, Volume 1 (2022). Cited in The Economist.
- Tori N. Chiu and Moin A. Yahya, “The Meme Stock Paradox”, Corporate & Business Law Journal, Issue 3, Volume 1 (2022).
Professional memberships
- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
- Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers