Jeff Hershenfield

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2008

Areas of Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions

Description
Jeff Hershenfield is a partner and Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He has a broad practice with a focus on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity, corporate governance and securities, as well as general corporate and commercial law.

Jeff has acted for issuers, sponsors and securities dealers in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity and debt financings (public and private). He has also acted for public and private companies, private equity funds, REITs, financial institutions, investment fund managers, capital pool companies, boards of directors and special committees in numerous public and private M&A transactions. He regularly provides advice on cross-border securities offerings (including MJDS) and M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters.

In addition to his practice, Jeff is a member of the firm’s Students Committee, former Co-Chair of the United Way Committee, and a past member of the Law Clerk Committee.

Professional Activities
Jeff served a three-year term as a member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), a committee of senior securities lawyers who provide policy and other guidance to the OSC. He is also a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association.

Background
Jeff completed a three-month secondment with an international bank where he focused on capital markets transactions and securities regulation.