Matthew Kurt Merkley

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 Legal Advisory Committee of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Securities Advisory Committee, and a 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)