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Tracey L Hooey Toronto Lawyer

Tracy L. Hooey

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Ontario, 1997
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

Tracy Hooey is Vice Chair of Fasken's Business Law practice in Ontario. Her practice is focused on securities and mergers and acquisitions.   She advises public and private clients on a range of transactional matters including securities offerings, acquisitions and divestitures, investment product structuring and corporate governance and securities law compliance matters.

Tracy has a broad practice advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, asset and share purchase transactions, securities offerings, corporate reorganizations and reverse take-over transactions along with corporate and securities law compliance matters.  Tracy regularly advises clients regarding corporate governance matters including board practices and committee requirements and private company shareholder arrangements.

Tracy also works extensively with participants in the investment product and wealth management industries.  She advises clients on fund formation matters including the structuring of public retail funds, private equity and venture capital funds, pooled funds and structured limited partnership vehicles created for special purpose acquisitions or alternative asset classes. As a result of her securities regulatory experience, Tracy is regularly engaged in transaction work in the investment product and wealth management industries, fund governance and registrant compliance matters including for new entrants in the fintech space that require assistance navigating the securities regulatory compliance requirements.

Tracy is an active leader of the firm’s life sciences industry group with significant experience advising clients of varying stages of development in the industry.

 

Achievements

  • Recognized in Securities Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 to 2025
  • Named in the Repeatedly Recommended list of Lawyers in the Investment Funds & Asset Management Area, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2013 to 2014

Client Work

  • Metamaterial Inc. closes business combination with Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc., [Deal - Metamaterial Inc.], On June 28, 2021 Metamaterial Inc., a developer of high-performance functional materials and nanocomposites, today announced closing of the business combination with Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (“Torchlight”). The business combination was implemented by way of a plan of arrangement under th...
  • Majority investment in Meazure Learning by Gryphon Investors, [Deal - ProctorU Inc.], On December 22, 2020, Gryphon Investors, a leading middle-market private equity firm, announced that it has become the majority investor in Meazure Learning, a full-service exam delivery and online proctoring solution provider. Meazure Learning was formed by the merger of ProctorU, the world’s la...
  • Experlogix, LLC Acquires Xpertdoc Technologies, Inc., [Deal - Experlogix, LLC], Experlogix, the leading provider of cloud-based CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) software, announces the acquisition of Xpertdoc Technologies
  • 4Front Ventures Corp. Completes a C$17.25 million Bought Deal Public Offering, [Deal - 4Front Ventures Corp.], On November 23, 2020, 4Front Ventures Corp (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) (“4Front” or the “Company”) completed a bought deal prospectus offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company for aggregate gross proceeds of C$17,251,150, including full exercise of the over‐allotment option granted to the ...
  • Metamaterial Technologies Inc. acquires Continental Precious Minerals Inc. in a reverse takeover transaction, [Deal - Continental Precious Minerals Inc.], On March 5, 2020, Metamaterial Technologies Inc. (“MTI”), a Nova Scotia-based developer of smart materials and photonics, completed a business combination with Continental Precious Minerals Inc. (“CPM”) by way of a three cornered amalgamation (the “Transaction”). Pursuant to the Transaction, MTI ...
  • Foresters Asset Management acquired by Fiera Capital, [Deal - Foresters Asset Management Inc], Fiera Capital Corporation ("Fiera Capital") (TSX: FSZ), a leading independent asset management firm completed its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of Foresters Asset Management Inc. from Foresters Life Insurance Company. Upon closing, Foresters Asset Management Inc. was rename...
  • Gallagher Benefit Services Group acquires Leystone Insurance & Financial, [Deal - Arthur J. Gallagher/ Gallagher Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc.], On August 9, 2018, Gallagher Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc., a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), announced the acquisition of Leystone Insurance & Financial, Inc. (“Leystone”). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Leystone offers employee benefits and retirement con...
  • Nuuvera completes qualifying transaction and US$20 million equity financing, [Deal - Nuuvera Inc.], On December 29, 2017, Nuuvera Inc. ("Nuuvera") (formerly Mira IX Acquisition Corp.) completed its qualifying transaction (the “Transaction”) under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”). In connection with the Transaction, Nuuvera Holdings Limited (formerly Nuuvera Corp.) amalgamat...
  • Gallagher Benefit Services Group acquires the DiBrina Group, [Deal - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.], On October 4, 2017, Gallagher Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc., a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of the DiBrina Group. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The DiBrina Group provides human resources, employe...

Career & Education

Education

  • MBA, Corporate Finance York University
  • LLB Osgoode Hall Law School at York University
  • BSc (Hons), Life Sciences Queen's University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of Corporate Directors
  • Member, Women Get on Board
  • Member, American Bar Association – Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity & Venture Capital Sub Committees and Life Sciences Task Force
  • Member, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
  • Member, National Association of Women Lawyers     
  • Past Member, Life Sciences Ontario - Breakfast Meeting Committee
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association

Knowledge

Events

News

Publications

  • The Private Equity Review - Edition 9, 5/25/2020
  • The Results Are In: CSA Review of Gender Diversity and Term Limit Disclosure, 11/1/2019
  • The Private Equity Review - Canada, 7/11/2019

Speaking Engagements

  • Access to Capital Panel, 10/20/2016
  • Access to Capital Panel, 10/15/2015
  • Partnerships: A Necessary Evil, 11/1/2013
Access to Capital Panel Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) Knowledge & Networking Forum location location Toronto Toronto, ON
Access to Capital Panel Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) Knowledge & Networking Forum location location Toronto

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