Lawyer Profile
Kevin M. Morris
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
With a long track record advising some of Canada’s leading public companies and financial institutions in their transactional and corporate governance work, Kevin brings deep experience, skill and business savvy to his work with clients.
As the Chair of Torys’ Capital Markets Group, Kevin practises corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on capital markets transactions, board governance advice, shareholder activist issues and mergers and acquisitions.
Kevin counsels issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements, including initial public offerings and cross-border financings. He also regularly acts for acquiring and target companies, boards of directors and financial advisers in significant corporate transactions.
Torys acted as counsel to Bank of Montreal in its acquisition of Radicle Group Inc., a Calgary-based leader in sustainability advisory services and solutions, as well as technology-driven emissions measurement and management
Homesteaders Life Company in its C$1.2 billion acquisition of Park Lawn Corporation, the largest publicly-traded Canadian-owned funeral, cremation and cemetery provider, with Birch Hill Equity Partners Inc.
Alamos Gold in its US$325 million acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Argonaut Gold Inc.
Bank of Montreal in its acquisition of the AIR MILES Reward business of LoyaltyOne, Co. as part of its restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Kevin has directorships at St. Francis Xavier University, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Covenant House Toronto. He is also the Chair at Shepherds’ Trust, Toronto.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1993 (ON); 2000 (NY)