Matthew Kelleher is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Kelleher's practice focuses on private mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. In addition to acting on major transaction for banks, private equity firms, pension funds and large corporations, Mr. Kelleher has a particular interest in mid-market transactions involving medium-sized businesses. Although Mr. Kelleher maintains a diversified practice, he has particular experience in the Financial, Industrial and Consumer Products sectors. Mr. Kelleher's recent transactions include: Recent M&A Transactions: · Advising CIBC in connection with the $2.0 billion acquisition of Citibank's Canadian MasterCard business. · Advising Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its acquisition of a commercial leasing business. · Advising an international construction materials group in connection with several strategic acquisitions and divestitures. · Advising Siemens Canada on various acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations. · Advising Kraft Foods in connection with the global integration of the Cadbury business. · Advising the Creststreet Group in connection with the sale of a wind energy facility. · Advising a major real estate development group in connection with the acquisition of a publicly traded entity. · Advising founder shareholders in connection with the sale of a robotics business. Corporate Finance Transactions: · Acting regularly for dealer syndicates in connection with several equity and debt offerings, including Loblaw Companies and George Weston Limited. · Advising six Canadian universities in connection with bond financing transactions. · Advising SickKids Hospital Foundation in connection with a financing transaction in support of a world-class research centre. Mr. Kelleher also contributes significant time to pro bono matters and was nominated in 2007 and 2008 for the Canadian Bar Association Young Lawyer's Pro Bono Award in recognition of "outstanding pro bono legal services to the community by a young lawyer in Canada". Mr. Kelleher is also a member of the Firm's National Pro Bono Committee, the National Continuing Legal Education Committee and is actively involved with law student recruitment. Mr. Kelleher is the co-author of an article entitled A Challenging Economy Increases Scrutiny of Continuous Disclosure (Lexology, February 27, 2009) and the author of Not For Profit Law - Four Things That Every Not-for-Profit Director Should Know (Volume 2, Issue 1 McCarthy Tétrault Co-Counsel: Business Law Quarterly). Mr. Kelleher has also co-presented a paper to the Canadian Association of University Solicitors entitled The Private Placement of Debt Securities - Financing Solutions for Canadian Universities. Mr. Kelleher received a BA in 1997 and an LLB in 2000, both from The University of Western Ontario. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2002. |