Overview
Matt Prager is a partner in a business law group at Goodmans. His practice focuses on the areas of corporate law and securities law. He acts for both public and private companies, with a particular emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions.
Matt has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law where he taught Business Organizations for multiple semesters.
Matt completed a J.D./H.B.A. program at Western Law School and the Richard Ivey School of Business, and won the Gold Medal and Law Society of Ontario Prize at Law School while also graduating from Ivey with Distinction.
Featured Work
Matt's representative work includes acting for:
- Kilmer Sports Ventures, owned by Larry Tanenbaum, in its membership acquisition for the Toronto Tempo expansion franchise of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and related third party investor financing
- Tricon Residential Inc. in its privatization by Blackstone Real Estate for US$3.5 billion
- Clairvest Group Inc. and its managed funds in the sale of their investment in Also Energy Inc. in a transaction valued at US$350 million
- Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with its $26 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., combining Canada’s two largest cable providers
- Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its US$3.1 billion acquisition of WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust
- Atlantic Power and its special committee in its agreement to be acquired by I Squared Capital for US$961 million
- Aegis Brands Inc. in connection with the sale of its “Second Cup Coffee Co.” brand to Foodtastic Inc.
- Clairvest Group Inc. and its managed funds in their investments in NextTech Solutions, Also Energy Inc. (and tuck-under Locus Energy Inc.), SST Solar Holdings, Inc., Power Overhaul LLC and Digital Media Solutions, LLC
- Tricon Residential in its US$1.4 billion acquisition of Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund
- Invesque Inc. in connection with various acquisitions, including its US$128 million acquisition of Mohawk Medial Properties REIT and its US$425 million acquisition of Care Investment Trust LLC
- Newmont Goldcorp Corporation in connection with its US$10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc.
Credentials
Credentials
- Western University, J.D., 2014, Gold Medalist
- Ivey Business School, H.B.A., 2014, with Distinction
Call to Bar
- 2015 Ontario
Insights
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Capital Markets
CSA Provides Further Updated Guidance on Virtual Shareholder Meetings
On February 22, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published updated guidance on virtual shareholder meetings following initial guidance provided in February 2022. See… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
Changes to Corporate Transparency Rules for CBCA Corporations on the Horizon
The federal government is amending the requirements of the Canada Business Corporations Act (“CBCA”) relating to the beneficial ownership registry most private federal corporations are required to… -
Capital Markets
CSA Proposes Amendments to Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Program
On September 21, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice and request for comment regarding proposed amendments to National Instrument 44-102 – Shelf Distributions (“NI… -
Capital Markets
Alberta Court Applies “Fair and Reasonable” Test in Considering Plan of Arrangement
In HEAL Global Holdings Corp (Re), the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta (the “Court”) refused to approve an acquisition of a privately owned Alberta corporation pursuant to a plan of arrangement on… -
Capital Markets
Comparing and Contrasting Appraisal Rights in Canada and the U.S. in Light of Dell
On May 31, 2016, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in In re: Appraisal of Dell Inc. that the “fair value” of Dell’s common stock at the time of its 2013 management-led buyout (MBO) was US$17.62 per… -
Capital Markets
The Role of Private Placements in Canada's New Take-Over Bid Regime, The M&A Lawyer
Jonathan Feldman, Chris Sunstrum and Matt Prager co-authored the article "The Role of Private Placements in Canada's New Take-Over Bid Regime", originally published in The M&A Lawyer…
News & Events
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Announcing our New Partners in 2022
Goodmans is delighted to announce that the following lawyers have joined our partnership: Jess Bishop, Dan Block, Emily Hamovitch, Max Laskin, Hari Marcovici and Matt Prager…