Harris Mathew Rosen

Harris Rosen was admitted to practice law in Ontario in 1994. Since then, he has headed up a regulatory department in a public company, engaged in private practice, and raised venture capital in his own business. Harris has had considerable experience in administrative law, regulatory, and corporate matters. His clients have included large Fortune 100 Companies, as well as a diverse number of small and medium-sized businesses. On May 1, 2018, Harris established his own professional corporation after leaving the capital partnership of a mid-sized Toronto law firm where he had enjoyed practicing for many years.

During the last five years, the private career college sector has matured considerably, attracting increasingly sophisticated clients. The firm has routinely represented investor groups and other law firms (as regulatory counsel to transaction counsel) on transactional deals involving the purchase and sale of private career colleges and private universities, amalgamations, and other structural changes that are “material” in the eyes of each provincial regulator. These transactions range in size from the hundreds of thousands of dollars well into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Whether you are a foreign or domestic investor, or a local or national law firm, we have been integral in getting large dollar value transactions completed.

We continue to represent a significant number of private career colleges and private training institutions across the country. We routinely advise colleges on regulatory matters, human rights and accommodation issues, labour and employment issues, and other education-specific litigation issues. We also have considerable experience with the Program Approval Registration and Information System (“PARIS”) which both existing registrants and new applicants must use to interface with the Superintendent of Career Colleges.