Background

Michael DeCosimo is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group in our Toronto office. Michael was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1999. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor in 1997. Michael also received his H.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business, the University of Western Ontario in 1992. He was recognized as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2010.

Areas of Practice

• Michael practices corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Michael has extensive experience in the structuring and development of listed and unlisted structured products.

Rankings and Recognitions

• Recogized as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2010
• Recognized in the Lexpert® 2011 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Lawyer to Watch)

Professional Experience

• Michael serves as counsel on a wide range of securities and corporate transactions including public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisition and investment funds.
• Acts for issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private financings, including equity and debt offerings.
• Acts for closed-end investment funds in connection with their IPOs, warrant offerings and rights offerings, raising aggregate gross proceeds of over $5.5 billion.
• Acts in connection with public and private mergers and acquisitions.
• Advises public companies with respect to reporting obligations and corporate governance matters.
• Advises income trusts regarding conversions, mergers and restructuring.
• Notable public transactions include the following:
• $36 million initial public offering of Harvest Canadian Income & Growth Fund
• $210 million initial public offering of Copernican British Banks Fund
• $175 million initial public offering of Sentry Select Primary Metals Fund
• $158 million initial public offering of Copernican International Financial Split Corp.
• $21 million initial public offering of Acuity 2007 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
• $229 million initial public offering of Premier Value Income Trust
• $740 million initial public offering of Acuity Focused Total Return Trust
• $400 million initial public offering of UE Waterheater Operating Trust
• $415 million initial public offering of UE Waterheater Income Fund

Professional and Community Activities

• Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• Assist with Securities Law and Practice, publication, Carswell