333 Bay St, Suite 2400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, Box 20, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1997 (ON)
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 takeover 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.
Arthur J. Gallagher Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), completed its acquisition of Noraxis Capital Corporation from Roins Financial Services Limited, which also owns the RSA Canada group of companies (RSA). The aggregate purchase price for the business, including minority interests and subject to adjustment, was approximately $500 million. Noraxis management shareholders continue to hold approximately 11 per cent of the business.
