Lawyer Profile

Michael J. Lang

Toronto, Ontario

Michael J. Lang

Overview

Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness. Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness. Michael Lang is a senior partner with 40 years' experience practising corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and public company compliance matters. Michael has served on and acted as counsel to several “blue ribbon” committees examining securities regulatory policy issues, including the Investment Dealers Association of Canada’s Committee on Take-Over Bid Regulation (Zimmerman Committee). He has handled numerous national and cross-border M&A transactions for Canadian and foreign clients. He has counselled acquirors, target companies, controlling shareholders and institutional investors on take-over bids, issuer bids, going-private transactions, related-party transactions and business combinations. Michael has counselled special committees of directors in reviewing and negotiating insider bids, going-private transactions, management buy-outs, reorganizations, arrangements and related-party transactions. He represents financial advisors in advisory, valuation, fairness opinion and acquisition/divestiture assignments.

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Securities

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1979 (ON)