Mike Hollinger

Mike Hollinger is a Partner at Dentons, based in Toronto, where he leads the firm's venture technology practice. His practice focuses on Technology Law, practising securities, corporate and commercial law with a focus on the venture technology sector.

Mike has transactional experience gained from mergers and acquisitions as well as private and public markets financings in a wide range of industries. He advises entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, investors and acquirers at all stages of growth, and also acts as corporate secretary and adviser to boards and executives facing bet-the-company transactions.

His recent experience includes advising the University of Toronto on the formation of the Genesys University Seed Fund, an early-stage life sciences venture capital fund, advising StackAdapt on its US$235 million financing led by Teachers' Venture Growth and its US$250 million financing led by Summit Partners, and representing Endy in its CA$89 million sale to a subsidiary of Sleep Country Canada.

He also advised SecureKey Technologies Inc. on strategic equity investments worth CA$27 million from six leading Canadian financial institutions, and advised the Independent Committee of Brookfield Renewable Power Fund on the strategic combination with Brookfield Renewable Power to form Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners with 170 hydropower facilities in Canada, the United States and Brazil.

Mike joined Dentons' Toronto office as a partner in 2014, after practising with another large Canadian law firm. He holds an LLB from the University of Toronto and a B.Comm. (First Class Honours) from Dalhousie University.

He is recognised by The Best Lawyers in Canada for Venture Capital Law and Technology Law, by Who's Who Legal for Fintech & Blockchain, by The Legal 500 Canada for Technology, by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Technology Transactions, by Chambers FinTech for Legal services (Canada), by Chambers Canada for Start-ups & Emerging Companies, and by Lexology Index Canada as a Thought Leader for Fintech & Blockchain.