Overview
Hari Marcovici is a partner in the business law group at Goodmans. His practice focuses on M&A and securities law. He advises Canadian and foreign public and private companies on both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt issuances, restructurings and ongoing corporate governance matters.
Before joining Goodmans, Hari worked as an associate in the Capital Markets Group of a national law firm and obtained both regulatory and in-house experience in the several years he spent with the Ontario Securities Commission’s Enforcement Branch and Investment Funds & Structured Products Branch. He also worked at two large bank-owned asset managers.
Hari is fluent in Hebrew and Romanian and is a CFA Charterholder.
Hari is recognized in the 2022 and 2023 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada for Corporate Law. He is also featured in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Canada for his work in capital markets.
Featured Work
Hari’s representative work includes acting for:
M&A
- Brookfield Infrastructure in connection with its sale of Enwave Energy Corporation to IFM Investors and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board for over $4.1 billion
- Chord Energy Corp in connection with its acquisition of Enerplus Corporation for over US$3.8 billion in a cash and stock deal
- The Special Committee of Dream Global REIT in connection with its acquisition by Blackstone for $6.2 billion
- Pon Holdings B.V. in connection with its acquisition of Dorel Sports, creating a leading global bike company, for over $1 billion
- Hudbay Minerals in connection with its acquisition of Copper Mountain Mining for $439 million in shares
- Berkshire Partners in connection with its acquisition of VetStrategy and subsequent disposition of VetStrategy to IVC Evidensia (a portfolio company of EQT Partners), creating the second largest owner and operator of veterinary clinics in the world
- TRADER Corporation in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian operations of Cox Automotive
- Subversive Acquisition LP in connection with its qualifying acquisition with InterCure Ltd., the first successful qualifying acquisition between a Canadian SPAC and a public Israeli company
- Brookfield Principal Credit in connection Clover Leaf’s CCAA proceedings and the related Chapter 11 proceedings of Bumble Bee Seafoods
- The Special Committee of Aimia Inc. in connection with its corporate transformation and acquisition of Mittleman Brothers LLC
- Clairvest Group in connection with its acquisition of SunSystem Technology and Power Overhaul
- L’Oreal in connection with its investment in Functionalab
- TRADER Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Réseau LesPAC
- PerfectMind in connection with its acquisition by Advent International
- Bulloch Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of point-of-sale and related digital solutions to the convenience retail industry, in connection with its sale to Dover
Corporate Finance
- Dye & Durham Limited in its $150 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Nova Net Lease REIT with respect to its initial public offering, the first public Canadian REIT to focus exclusively on US cannabis properties
- Underwriters in connection with multiple debt issuances by a number of Brookfield entities
- Enwave Energy Corporation in connection with its note issuances
- Welltower Inc. in connection with its Canadian note offerings
Awards & Recognition
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Capital Markets 2024
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Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate Law 2024
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Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate Law 2023
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Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate Law 2022
Credentials
Credentials
- Western University, J.D., 2012
- York University, B.A., 2009, with Merit
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- CFA Society Toronto
Call to Bar
- 2013 Ontario
Insights
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Capital Markets
Quick Guide to the New Capital Pool Company Program: An Efficient Go-To-Market Strategy Complementing G-Corps and SPACs
The TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) announced a major update to its Capital Pool Company (CPC) program that took effect on January 1, 2021 (the “New CPC Policy”). The New CPC Policy is aimed at making the… -
Capital Markets
Canadian Securities Regulators and TSX Issue Temporary Exemptions From Certain Requirements in Response to COVID-19
An overview of the scope and availability of the Filing Relief issued by the Canadian Securities Adminitrators (CSA), as well as the temporary blanket relief package announced by the Toronto Stock… -
Capital Markets
Bitcoin, the OSC and the Retail Asset Management Market, The Lawyer's Daily
Allan Goodman, Hari Marcovici and Michael Partridge recently co-authored, "Bitcoin, the OSC and the Retail Asset Management Market", published in The Lawyer's Daily, November 29, 2019.Excerpt: A panel… -
Capital Markets
The Front Door is Open: OSC Panel Reverses Director Decision and Orders the Issuance of a Prospectus Receipt to a Bitcoin Investment Fund
A panel of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently reversed a decision of the Director of the Investment Funds & Structured Products Branch of the Commission (the “Director”) that denied…
News & Events
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Banking and Financial Services
Goodmans Continues to Receive Top Tier Recognition from The Legal 500 Canada
We are pleased to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top tier recognition from The Legal 500 Canada in their 2024 Guide released today. Recognition from The Legal 500 is based on… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
100+ Goodmans lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada: 2024 Edition
Goodmans is delighted to announce we have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada with 101 lawyers ranked across 41 practice areas.Congratulations to Harry Radomski… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
100+ Goodmans lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada: 2023 Edition
Goodmans is delighted to announce we have been recognized by the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada with 101 lawyers ranked across 41 practice areas.Congratulations to Dale H. Lastman, C…