Simon A. Romano

First Year of Call
1989

Areas of Practice
Administrative Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Securities, Wills, Estates and Trusts

Description
Simon Romano is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. His practice focuses on securities, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. He advises public companies, financial institutions, underwriters, investment funds, private equity funds, real estate investment trusts and income trusts, alternative trading systems and regulatory and self-regulatory organizations. He also advises on corporate governance and executive compensation matters.

Simon was instrumental in the structure and launch of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in Canada. As a knowledgeable lawyer with over 30 years of experience, Simon is known to take on the most complex and technical legal challenges in Canadian capital markets. He is highly regarded for his extensive expertise, as recognized by national and international legal directories.

Professional Activities
Simon is a member of the Canadian Bar Association. He has been an instructor in business law at the Law Society of Ontario’s Bar Admission Course and is a frequent lecturer. Simon was previously a member of the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission.

He is the co-author of Canadian Income Funds, the first authoritative guide to income trusts, published in November 2004.

Background
Simon was formerly a clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. He previously practiced in the firm’s New York office. From 1995 to 1996, Simon was seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission as special counsel, where he dealt with takeover bids, mergers, Policy 9.1 (now MI 61-101) matters, the early warning reporting initiative and other projects.