Lawyer Profile
Matthew Merkley
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Matthew is co-head of the Corporate Governance practice in Toronto. He represents clients in a wide variety of capital markets transactions and securities regulatory matters.
Matthew has acted for issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings and other Canadian and cross-border public offerings of equity and debt. He also has expertise in advising public issuers and their boards on various matters, including with respect to governance, compensation and disclosure; dual-class share structures; related-party and other conflict of interest transactions; voluntary and involuntary executive and board succession; and cyberattacks, insider trading and other sensitive incidents.
Matthew is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Securities Advisory Committee and former member of the Ontario Securities Commission Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee.
D2L Inc. on its C$150-million initial public offering of subordinate voting shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Spin Master Corp. on its C$253-million initial public offering of subordinate voting shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (and subsequent prospectus offerings)
Underwriters on a US$151-million initial public offering of subordinate voting shares by Shopify Inc. on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (and subsequent prospectus offerings)
Starlight Investments on the initial public offering of C$430-million of trust units of Northview Canadian High Yield Residential Fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Private equity owners on a C$230-million initial public offering of common shares by Stelco Holdings Inc. on the Toronto Stock Exchange (and subsequent prospectus offerings)
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2005 (ON)