Michael Matheson Partner | Toronto

Transactions in which Michael has been involved include representing:

•  The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the go-private of Sleep Country Canada Inc.

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities and mezzanine credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Staples Canada Inc.

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Polycor Inc.

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Smartsweets

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Fairstone Financial

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Home Trust

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the private equity acquisition of Parklawn Funeral Homes

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of Intouch Canada

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of Yorkville University

• The lead arrangers in connection with senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of Spectrum Healthcare Corporation

• The lead arrangers and lenders in connection with debtor in possession credit facilities made available to Chesswood Group in connection with its CCAA proceedings

• Counsel to Kinross in connection with its senior secured and other credit facilities

• Counsel to Definity Financial in connection with its senior secured credit facilities

• Counsel to Element Financial in connection with its senior credit facilities

• Counsel to lenders in connection with a number of margin loan facilities in respect of publicly traded securities

• Counsel to lender in connection with a number of capital call facilities made available to various private equity sponsors

Michael has been recognized as a leading banking and financial services lawyer in the following publications:

• The Legal 500 Canada 2025 (Banking and Finance)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 (Asset-Based Lending Practice, Banking and Finance Law)

• Chambers Canada Legal Guide 2025 (Banking & Finance)

• Lexology Index: Banking 2025 (Banking – Finance)

• Lexology Index Thought Leaders: Global Elite 2024 (Banking – Finance)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2024

• Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada 2024 (Banking & Financial Institutions)

• Chambers Global Legal Guide 2024 (Banking & Finance)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 (Asset-Based Lending, Banking & Financial Institutions, Project Finance)

• IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms 2023 (Banking – Highly Regarded)

• Lexology Index: Canada 2022 (Banking)

• Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers in Banking, Finance and Transactional Law 2017 (Banking)

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 1994
LLB, University of New Brunswick – 1992
BA, Queen's University – 1989