Vance Street Capital LLC, 2024
Acted for Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles private equity fund, in the sale of Terra Insights, a Vancouver-based geotechnical, structural and geospatial monitoring company, to Orica for cash consideration of C$505 million.
RLH Equity Partners, 2024
Acted as Canadian counsel to RLH Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Red Clay Consulting, an Atlanta based business focused on providing software platforms using Oracle Utilities applications.
Outfront Media Inc., 2024
Acting as Canadian counsel to OUTFRONT Media Inc. in the C$410-million sale of its Canadian outdoor advertising business to Bell Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE.
RelationShop Inc., 2024
Acted as Canadian counsel for RelationShop Inc. in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mercatus Technologies, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions for regional grocers and independents.
Bruker Corporation, 2024
Acted for Bruker Corporation in its acquisition of Tornado Spectral Systems Inc., a company that provides chemical analysis and measurement systems for Raman spectroscopy primarily used in pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and biotechnology applications.
ROBIC, LLP, 2023
Acting as counsel to partners of ROBIC, LLP, one of Canada's preeminent intellectual property firms, in connection with ROBIC’s business combination with IPH Limited.
Beanfield Metroconnect, 2023
Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in securing a strategic equity investment from OMERS Infrastructure.
Shaw Communications Inc., 2023
Successfully acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in a landmark trial before the Competition Tribunal and subsequent appeal before the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the company’s C$26-billion merger with Rogers Communications Inc. This was the largest case ever heard by the Tribunal and the first pre-closing merger challenge to go to trial before the Tribunal. This case won Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the 2023 Canadian Law Awards and was named the #1 business decision of 2023 by Law360 Canada.
Numerix LLC, 2023
Acted as Canadian counsel to Genstar Capital-backed Numerix LLC, a leader in capital markets risk management technology, in its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of FinancialCAD Corporation.
IOU Financial Inc., 2023
Acted for IOU Financial Inc., a fintech company listed on the TSX-V, in its sale to 9494-3677 Québec Inc., a corporation created by a group composed of funds managed by Neuberger Berman, Palos Capital and Fintech Ventures, for an all-cash consideration.
HID Global Corporation, 2023
Acted for HID Global, a subsidiary of Swedish conglomerate Assa Abloy, in its acquisition of Vancouver-based Guard RFID Solutions, a manufacturer of real-time location systems used in healthcare environments.
Valley Fiber Ltd., 2023
Acted for Valley Fiber, a portfolio company of DIF Capital, with the establishment of credit facilities by a syndicate of lenders led by National Bank of Canada.
Aptum Technologies, 2023
Acted for DigitalBridge, a global digital infrastructure investment firm, in its portfolio company Aptum Technologies’ acquisition of CloudOps, a cloud consulting, managed services and software company.
Mountaingate Capital, 2023
Acted for Mountaingate Capital Management II, L.P. in its strategic investment in Bond Brand Loyalty Group, a leading marketing, customer experience and loyalty software management group.
Design World LLC d/b/a WTWH Media, LLC, 2023
Acted as Canadian counsel to Design World LLC d/b/a WTWH Media, LLC, a Mountaingate Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition via a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of substantially all the assets of Engineering.com Incorporated, a media website operator focused on engineering related content.
DIF Capital Partners, 2023
Acted for DIF Capital Partners, through its DIF Core Infrastructure Fund III (DIF CIF III), in its acquisition of RFNow Inc., an independent enterprise fiber, residential fiber, fixed wireless internet and phone services provider in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Integrated Media Company, 2023
Acted for Integrated Media Company, a TPG platform dedicated to the new media ecosystem, in its C$147.5-million acquisition of Toon Boom Animation Inc., an Emmy® Award-winning Montreal-based animation software company, from Nelvana Limited, a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment Inc.
WideOrbit Inc., 2023
Acted for WideOrbit, Inc., a California-based media vertical software provider, in its sale to Constellation Software Inc. and its subsidiary Lumine Group Inc., and the related spin-out of the combined Lumine Group Inc. as a new public company listed on the TSX-V.
Rogers Communications Inc., 2023
Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its U.S. registration statement, registering up to US$8 billion of future public offerings of debt securities and preferred shares in the United States pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Rogers Communications Inc., 2023
Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in a C$3-billion Canadian private placement of senior notes issued across four tranches.
Rogers Communications Inc., 2023
Acted as Canadian counsel for Rogers Communications Inc. in its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding US$7.05-billion senior notes previously issued under a private placement for an equal principal amount of new notes with substantially identical terms that are registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Kroll, LLC, 2023
Acted for Kroll, the independent financial advisor to Hut 8, in connection with its merger with U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. doing business as US Bitcoin Corp, to establish “New Hut”, a large scale, publicly traded Bitcoin miner.
Ecometrica Limited, 2023
Acted for the shareholders of Ecometrica Limited, a leading EHS and ESG software provider, in the sale of their 100% interest to EcoOnline UK Limited.
Smile CDR Inc., 2023
Acted for Smile CDR Inc. (doing business as Smile Digital Health), a leading FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, in its approximately $30-million Series B funding round led by existing investors.
Plusgrade Inc., 2023
Acted for Plusgrade Inc. in its purchase of all the issued and outstanding shares of Israel-based technology and hospitality company, Ancillary Streams Ltd., a global software provider of upgrade solutions to hotels, known as “UpStay.”
Industrial and Financial Systems AB, 2023
Acted for Industrial and Financial Systems AB in its acquisition of Poka Inc., a Québec-based provider of connected worker platform software.
Hankook & Company Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., 2022
Acted as Canadian counsel to Hankook & Company Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. in their acquisition of an interest in Preciseley Microtechnology Corporation, a developer of optic micro-electromechanical system solutions.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 2022
Acted as Canadian counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, financial adviser to Semtech Corporation, in Semtech’s acquisition of Sierra Wireless, Inc., a company valued at approximately US$1.2 billion.
Hydrostor Inc., 2022
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing a US$250-million preferred equity financing commitment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management - one of the largest investments in the emerging long-duration energy storage sector.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., 2022
Acted for MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in its equity investment in Raptor Maps Inc., a SAAS growth-stage startup operating in the solar industry.
Points.com Inc., 2022
Acted for Points.com Inc., the global leader in powering loyalty commerce, in its sale by plan of arrangement to Plusgrade Parent L.P. in an all-cash transaction valuing Points at US$385 million.
Vance Street Capital, 2022
Acted for Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, and its portfolio company Polara Enterprises, in their acquisition of Carmanah Technologies, a Vancouver-based leading provider of solar LED pedestrian and traffic safety technology.
E-Cycle Solutions Inc., 2022
Acted for E-Cycle Solutions Inc. in its sale to JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, a leading supplier of consumable electronic materials.
Vance Street Capital, 2022
Acted for Vance Street Capital, a U.S. private equity firm, and its portfolio company Terra Insights, in its acquisition of NavStar, a Vancouver-based global leader in monitoring technology for automated detection of movement on slopes and structures.
Beringer Capital, 2022
Acted for Beringer Capital in its acquisition (and related bank financing) of a majority stake in Dig Insights, a Canadian tech-enabled services company that delivers consumer insights and market research consulting, tools and solutions to leading brands across a range of sectors.
Logiciels Metrio Inc., 2022
Acted for Logiciels Metrio Inc., a Montréal-based ESG reporting and analytics firm, in its sale to Nasdaq, Inc., a global technology company.
Valley Fiber Ltd., 2022
Acted for Valley Fiber, a portfolio company of DIF Capital, in its acquisition of Commstream GigaLinks, an independent internet service provider in Manitoba.
Kesson Group, 2022
Acted for the Kesson Group, a Canadian technology company that operates the Teach Away, Klassroom and Skooli platforms within the growing eLearning market, in its sale to Pluribus Technologies Corp.
Ingeniarts Technologies Inc., 2022
Acted for Ingeniarts Technologie Inc., operating as UgoWork, in its C$22.8-million series B financing from investors such as Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.), Export Development Canada, Capital Régional et Coopératif Desjardins and Investissement Québec.
Shaw Communications Inc., 2022
Acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in its joint C$2.85-billion sale with Rogers Communications Inc. of Freedom Mobile Inc. to Videotron Ltd., a subsidiary of Québecor Inc.
Meta Investments, 2022
Acted for co-lead investor Meta Investments in the US$90-million Series B investment in Sygnum, a digital asset technology group with a Swiss banking license and a Singapore asset management licence.
Epiq Systems, Inc., 2022
Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global technology-enabled leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of Fireman & Company, a leading legal industry management consulting firm.
SK hynix Inc. and SK hynix America Inc., 2022
Successfully represented SK hynix Inc. and SK hynix America Inc. in their defence of multiple class actions across Canada alleging anticompetitive conduct in respect of the sale of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, including with respect to cross-border issues arising out of parallel U.S. class actions. Davies successfully defeated certification in the Québec Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal, a result that is rarely seen in competition class actions.
Valley Fiber Ltd., 2022
Acted for Valley Fiber, a portfolio company of DIF Capital, in its acquisition of Waterside Wireless, an independent internet service provider in Manitoba.
Beanfield Technologies Inc., 2022
Acted for Beanfield Technologies Inc., a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in its acquisition of Urbanfibre, a leading internet service and wholesale fibre provider operating in the Greater Vancouver Area.
FS Investors, 2022
Acted for FS Investors, as lead investor, as well as Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction, Fonds économie circulaire and MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in connection with their respective investments in the Montréal green tech company CarbiCrete Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc., 2022
Acted for the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, Inc., in the Canadian private placement of C$500-million senior secured notes of Maxar Technologies Inc.
QuadFi, 2022
Acted for QuadFi, a Canadian mission-driven global fintech firm, in securing a US$100-million financing commitment from Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit manager.
Block Inc., 2022
Acted for Block Inc., a U.S. fintech company, in its C$3-million investment in Indigenous Growth Fund, a government-backed loan fund for Indigenous entrepreneurs.
Viking Global Investors LP, 2022
Acted for funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP in their acquisition of a minority stake in Valsoft Corporation Inc., whose business involves the acquisition and growth of vertical software businesses that provide mission-critical solutions to their clients.
OSRAM GmbH, 2022
Acted for OSRAM GmbH in connection with its participation in a US$140 million financing round, including a Series D first close of $116M, by Leddartech, a leading provider of sensing technology for autonomous driving headquartered in Québec City.
Tegus, 2022
Acted for Tegus, a leading research platform for investors, with its acquisition of Canalyst, a provider of data and analytics on listed companies.
Beanfield Metroconnect, 2022
Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in its acquisition of FibreStream, an Internet service provider operating in the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa and Vancouver.
SPS Commerce, Inc., 2022
Acted for SPS Commerce, Inc., an American retail cloud services company, in its US$49-million acquisition of InterTrade Systems Inc., a Canadian SaaS commerce technology solutions company, from mdf commerce inc.
Wattpad Corp., 2021
Acted for Wattpad Corp., a global multi-platform storytelling entertainment company headquartered in Canada, in its acquisition by Naver Corporation, a public South Korean Internet conglomerate. This transaction is valued at more than US$600 million.
TRAXXALL Technologies Ltd., 2021
Acted as Canadian special tax counsel to TRAXXALL Technologies Ltd., a significant software-as-a-service solutions provider for aircraft maintenance tracking, in its sale to Jet Support Services, Inc.
An institutional investor, 2021
Advising an institutional investor in connection with a major ransomware attack involving critical infrastructure facilities in which the client holds a substantial interest, including with respect to related litigation.
TD Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Canada Inc., 2021
Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Canada Inc., as joint bookrunners, on the C$402.5-million initial public offering of Softchoice Corporation, a leading technology solutions provider in North America.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, 2021
Acted for Bentley Systems, Incorporated in its acquisition of Canadian software company Minalytix Inc., the developer of the MX Deposit mining software.
Xplornet Communications Inc., 2021
Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest rural-focused broadband service provider, in its acquisition of Swift High Speed, a facilities-based rural broadband service provider in Manitoba.
Canadian Business Growth Fund, 2021
Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in its investment in Kudos Inc., a Calgary-based employee recognition, people analytics, and organizational communications technology company.
Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec and Investissement Québec, 2021
Acted for Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) and Investissement Québec as private placement subscribers in mdf commerce inc.'s private placement of $52.6 million in subscription receipts in the context of mdf's acquisition of Periscope Intermediate Corporation for a purchase price of approximately US$207.3 million.
LiveBarn Inc., 2021
Acted for LiveBarn Inc., a Canadian streaming service provider headquartered in Montréal, Québec, that specializes in Live and On Demand online broadcasts of amateur and youth sports from venue locations across the United States and Canada, in connection with its Series D round of equity financing.
Generac Holdings Inc., 2021
Acted as Canadian counsel to Generac Holdings Inc., a leading energy technology company, in its US$770-million acquisition of ecobee Inc., a leader in sustainable smart home solutions.
DigitalBridge, 2021
Acted for DigitalBridge, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc., in connection with the sale of the Canadian data centres and the associated colocation business of one of its portfolio companies, Aptum Technologies, to eStruxture Data Centers Inc.
Hydrostor Inc., 2021
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing $10 million in growth capital financing from BDC Capital to advance four A-CAES projects in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Blackstone Growth, 2021
Acting as Canadian counsel to funds managed by Blackstone Growth in their minority investment, alongside Atairos, in GeoComply Solutions Inc., a leading geolocation and compliance technology company.
Xplornet Communications Inc., 2021
Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest rural-focused broadband service provider, in its acquisition of fibre assets from Brant Fibre Optics, a network operator providing gigabit speed Internet services to enterprise customers in Brant County, Ontario.
Kroll, 2021
Acted for Kroll, a premier global provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency, in its acquisition of Security Compass Advisory, a leading Canadian provider of cyber security solutions and advisory services with operations in Canada, the U.S. and India.
Cell AG Tech Inc., 2021
Acted for Cell AG Tech Inc. in an anchor investment round and services arrangement with Cult Science Food Corp.
DIF Capital Partners and Valley Fiber Limited, 2021
Acted as lead transaction counsel to DIF Capital Partners and Valley Fiber Ltd. in their investment together with Canada Infrastructure Bank in the $328-million Manitoba Fibre project, which involves the construction of 2,657 kilometres of mainline fibreoptic cabling, targeting 48,500 underserved households with dedicated fibre-to-the-home.
WeCommerce Holdings Ltd., 2021
Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Archetype Themes Inc., a leading designer and developer of premium Shopify themes, for an aggregate purchase price of up to US$32 million.
Leaseweb Global B.V., 2021
Acted for Leaseweb Global B.V., a leading hosting and cloud services company, in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of iWeb Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Internap Holding LLC and one of Canada's foremost providers of cloud services and server hosting.
r2p GmbH, 2021
Acted for r2p GmbH, a leading Germany-based international smart public transportation technology company, in its acquisition of T.G. Baker Americas Inc. and Intelligent Passenger Solutions Inc., two Ontario-based companies specializing in supplying scalable and integrated passenger information systems for transit operators.
StratoDem Analytics, 2021
Acted for StratoDem Analytics, an early-stage company offering data-science-as-a-service for the real estate sector, in its sale to Altus Group.
A global retailer, 2021
Advising a global retailer in responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting operations in multiple jurisdictions, including with respect to the forensic investigation, consumer and employee notifications, and regulatory reporting.
A large institutional investor, 2021
Advising a large institutional investor in connection with its cybersecurity insurance coverage.
Scotiabank and Echelon Capital Markets, 2021
Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Scotiabank and Echelon Capital Markets in mdf commerce inc.'s bought deal public offering of $67.8 million in subscription receipts in the context of mdf's acquisition of Periscope Intermediate Corporation for a purchase price of approximately US$207.3 million.
Points International Ltd., 2021
Acted for Points International Ltd. in its $31.6-million bought deal public offering of common shares.
Xplornet Communications Inc., 2021
Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest rural-focused broadband service provider, in its acquisition of TowerCo Inc.'s tower assets in Manitoba.
Valley Fiber Ltd., 2021
Acted for Valley Fiber Ltd., a Manitoba-based telecommunications infrastructure company, in its purchase of the shares of High Speed Crow Inc., a company providing wireless and fiber optic internet services in the rural areas of Manitoba.
Smile CDR Inc., 2021
Acted for Smile CDR Inc. in a Series A financing round, raising US$20 million to further develop Smile CDR's health data storage and integration platform.
CDW LLC, 2021
Acted as Canadian counsel for CDW LLC in its acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., for a purchase price of US$2.5 billion.
Confidential Client, 2021
Acted for a confidential client in an action against a former service provider and software developer who misappropriated software and other electronic information, including valuable and proprietary software.
Epic Games, Inc., 2021
Acted for Epic Games, Inc., in its acquisition of Montréal-based ArtStation, an online marketplace and industry hub for digital artists.
Canadian Business Growth Fund, 2021
Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in the C$340-million sale of PayBright Inc., one of Canada's leading buy-now-pay-later provider, to Affirm Holdings Ltd.
iNovia Capital Inc., 2021
Acted for iNovia Capital Inc. in connection with Canadian travel startup Hopper Inc.'s US$170-million Series F financing round with Capital One, GS Growth, iNovia Capital Inc., WestCap Group and Citi Ventures.
RST Instruments Ltd. and Measurand Instruments Inc., 2021
Acted for Vance Street Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, and its portfolio companies RST Instruments Ltd. and Measurand Instruments Inc., in their acquisition of 3v Geomatics Inc., a world leader in the use of radar satellite images to detect and measure ground and infrastructure displacement across large areas.
Triage Technologies Inc., 2021
Acted for Triage Technologies Inc., a leader in dermatological mobile health, in connection with the strategic equity investment and licensing agreement with Advanced Human Imaging Limited.
Shaw Communications Inc., 2021
Acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in the acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc. of all of Shaw's issued and outstanding Class A and Class B shares in a transaction valued at approximately C$26 billion, including debt, representing a significant premium for Shaw's shareholders.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, 2021
Acted for Bentley Systems, Incorporated in its acquisition of Ontracks EAM Consulting Ltd., a company specializing in strategic asset management and operational performance improvement for asset-intensive organizations in energy, utilities, transportation, mining, manufacturing, and government.
Solutions Perkuto Inc. and Technologies Perkuto Inc., 2021
Acted for the shareholders of Solutions Perkuto Inc., a Montréal-based leading Canadian marketing automation agency, and Technologies Perkuto Inc., its affiliated SaaS company, in their sale to MERGE, a Chicago-based marketing and technology development agency backed by Keystone Capital.
WeCommerce Holdings Ltd., 2021
Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in its up to US$110-million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Stamped.io Pte. Ltd., a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables online merchants to implement and manage customer reviews and loyalty programs.
Plusgrade L.P., 2021
Acted for Plusgrade L.P., a recognized leader in providing innovative revenue-generating solutions for the global travel industry, and its partners in connection with an equity investment by Novacap.
Explorance Inc., 2021
Acted for Explorance Inc. in connection with the investment by Investissement Québec.
Moka Financial Technologies Inc., 2021
Acted as special Canadian and U.S. securities law and tax counsel to Moka Financial Technologies Inc. in its sale to Mogo Inc., a digital payments and financial technology company listed on the TSX and Nasdaq, in a share-for-share transaction valuing Moka at approximately $50 million.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, 2021
Acted for Bentley Systems, Incorporated, in its acquisition of Seequent Holdings Limited, a global leader in 3D modelling software for the geosciences, for US$1.05 billion.
Highshare Inc., 2021
Acting for various taxpayers in a tax appeal before the Court of Appeal of Québec in proceedings against Revenu Québec, concerning the qualification of a tax shelter.
Warner Media, LLC, 2020
Acted for Warner Media, LLC in its indirect acquisition, by way of plan of arrangement, of all of the issued and outstanding shares of You i Labs Inc., a leading provider of cross-platform development tools for television and media companies.
Epic Games, Inc., 2020
Acted for Epic Games, Inc. in its investment in Toronto-based SideFX, the company behind the Houdini 3D animation software used in video game development as well as for visual effects in film productions.
IOU Financial Inc., 2020
Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in its strategic transaction with Neuberger Berman, which comprised a non-brokered private placement of common shares of the company for gross proceeds of approximately C$2.1 million and a loan purchase agreement with a fund managed by Neuberger Berman for up to US$150 million per year over the next two years.
Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., 2020
Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. in mdf commerce inc.'s $47.8-million bought deal public offering of common shares including the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters.
Boutique Linus Inc., 2020
Acted for Boutique Linus Inc. which operates Fortnine.ca, a leading Canadian online retailer and distributor in the powersports industry, in a sale of an interest to Novacap.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., 2020
Acted for a group of investors led by MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in connection with AddEnergie Technologies' $53-million Series C financing round.
Panache Digital Games, 2020
Act for Panache Digital Games for its general and commercial matters.
Input Capital Corp., 2020
Acted for the independent committee of the board of directors of Input Capital Corp. in its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of SRG Security Resource Group Inc.. in exchange for 50% cash and 50% shares of Input Capital.
Novacap Management and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 2020
Acted for various funds managed by Novacap Management Inc. (as selling shareholders) and for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with the US$833-million initial public offering and concurrent private placement of Nuvei Corporation, representing the largest technology IPO, by both equity capital raised and market capitalization at the time of listing, in TSX history.
A long-term shareholder of BlackBerry Limited, 2020
Acted for a long-term shareholder in BlackBerry Limited, in engaging with staff of the TSX and OSC regarding requiring shareholder approval of BlackBerry's September 2020 recapitalization. Successful in having BlackBerry provide additional public disclosure and compelling BlackBerry to amend the transaction terms.
Hypixel Studios Inc., 2020
Acted for the founders of video game studio Hypixel Studios Inc. in its sale to Riot Games, Inc. a game developer and publisher best known for League of Legends.
PSP Investments, 2020
Acted for PSP Investments in its strategic investment in SitusAMC, the leading provider of services and technology supporting the real estate finance industry.
Hypertec Infrastructures Inc., 2020
Acted as lead tax counsel for Hypertec Infrastructures Inc. in the sale of its data center and colocation services business to Vantage Data Centers, one of the world's leading hyperscale data center providers.
Beanfield Metroconnect, 2020
Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in its acquisition of Epik Networks Inc., a Toronto-based telecommunications service provider.
NetEase Interactive Entertainment Pte. Ltd, 2020
Acted for China-based NetEase, a world-leading Internet and video game company, in its Series A investment in a Montréal-based video game studio.
A significant real estate investment fund, 2020
Acted for a significant real estate investment fund in an arbitration relating to the termination of an offer to purchase a property to establish a crypto-mining facility and a dispute relating to the release of a purchase price of $3.5 million held in trust by a third party.
BofA Securities, 2020
Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, in the private placement of US$150 million of high yield notes of Maxar Technologies Inc.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 2020
Acted for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in an appeal concerning the applicability of arbitration clauses to class actions in Ontario.
DigitalBridge, 2020
Acted for DigitalBridge in connection with the additional $148.5 million of bank financing raised to recapitalize Beanfield Metroconnect and the related tuck-in acquisition by Beanfield of the fibre business of Aptum Technologies.
Google LLC, 2020
Acted for Google LLC in its acquisition of North Inc., a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses.
Square, Inc., 2020
Acted as Canadian counsel to Square, Inc. in its acquisition of Dessa, a Toronto-based company building machine learning applications that address significant real-world challenges for all types of businesses.
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, 2020
Acted for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, a fund managed by Blackstone, in its sale of TITUS Inc., an Ottawa-based leading provider of data classification and categorization solutions, to an affiliate of HelpSystems Holdings, Inc.
iNovia Capital Inc., 2020
Acted for iNovia Capital Inc., WestCap, BDC Capital Inc., Investissement Québec and CDP Investissements Inc. in connection with Hopper Inc.'s Series E-1 financing round of an aggregate value of US$65 million with iNovia Growth Fund, L.P. and iNovia Growth Fund-A, L.P., WestCap Hopper, LLC, BDC Capital Inc., Investissement Québec, CDP Investissements Inc., OMERS Ventures III, LP and Accomplice Fund II, L.P.
Google LLC, 2020
Acted for Google LLC on competition matters relating to its acquisition of Fitbit, Inc., a leader in wearable health-focused technology.
Novacap Management Inc., 2019
Acted for Novacap Management Inc. in its fundraising and equity raise for Nuvei, a leading global payment technology provider valued at US$2 billion. The equity financing raised US$270 million with investments from several major Canadian institutional investors.
Beanfield Metroconnect, 2019
Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in its acquisition of Openface Inc., the largest independent enterprise fibre solutions provider in Montréal.
Northspyre, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in an investment in Northspyre, a company offering project management software for real estate owners and developers.
LG Electronics, 2019
Acted for LG Electronics and its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries in multiple class actions commenced across Canada. The class actions alleged that LG and a number of other electronics companies engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy in connection with the sale of optical disk drives and products containing them, and included a certification motion in the British Columbia Supreme Court and subsequent appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.
Hasbro, Inc., 2019
Acted for Hasbro, Inc., and its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast in their acquisition of Montréal-based Tuque Games, a video game studio making a Dungeons & Dragons triple-A game.
Total System Services Inc. (TSYS), 2019
Acted for Total System Services Inc. (TSYS), a leading global payments provider, on competition matters related to its US$26-billion merger of equals with Global Payments Inc., to create a global technology-enabled payments company.
Bode, LLC, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in a Series B round investment in Bode, LLC, a hospitality company that offers big data solutions to the real estate industry.
Vista Equity Partners, 2019
Acted for Vista Equity Partners in its joint investment with TA Associates in Aptean, a leading global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific enterprise software solutions.
Epiq Systems, Inc., 2019
Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of H&A eDiscovery, a leading Canadian eDiscovery and litigation support firm.
Hydrostor Inc., 2019
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing a US$37-million growth financing to advance their global pipeline of utility-scale energy storage projects, including equity, debt, an asset acquisition, cash commitments, a project development partnership with Meridiam, a global infrastructure developer, and a strategic technology partnership with Baker Hughes, a GE Company.
DigitalBridge, 2019
Acted for DigitalBridge in its acquisition (and related bank financing) of Beanfield Metroconnect, an independent bandwidth infrastructure provider serving the enterprise, carrier and multi-dwelling unit markets in Toronto and Montréal over its owned fibre network.
Cimpl Inc., 2019
Acted on behalf of Cimpl Inc., a leading cloud-based telecom expense management platform, in its sale to Upland Software, Inc., a publicly traded company based in Austin, Texas.
Vance Street Capital LLC, 2019
Acted for Vance Street Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, and its portfolio company R.S.T Instruments in the acquisition of Measurand Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of geotechnical instrumentation based in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Valmet Technologies and Services Inc., 2019
Acted as Canadian counsel to Valmet Technologies and Services Inc. in its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of GL&V Canada Inc., a global provider of technologies and services to the pulp and paper industry.
eStruxture Holdings Inc., 2019
Acted for eStruxture Data Centers in the acquisition of Shaw's Calgary-1 data centre, by way of an asset purchase.
GMP Securities L.P., 2019
Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and including Haywood Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. in the marketed public offering of 3,077,902 common shares of VOTI Detection Inc., for gross proceeds to the corporation of approximately $5.4 million.
BofA Securities, Inc., 2019
Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, in the US$1.0-billion private placement of high yield notes of a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies Inc.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Business Development Bank of Canada, 2019
Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Business Development Bank of Canada regarding the restructuring of Portag3 Ventures, an early-stage investor initially formed to establish a leading, interconnected fintech ecosystem, operating in Toronto, Montréal, New York and Singapore.
Return Path, Inc., 2019
Acted for Return Path, an email deliverability firm, in the sale of its business to Validity, a specialist in customer data management.
XCCommerce Inc., 2019
Acted for XCCommerce Inc., a software development and implementation company that specializes in retail-specific solutions, in its sale to Otimo Retail Inc.
Honeywell Venture Capital LLC, 2019
Acted for Honeywell Venture Capital LLC, one of the lead investors in a $25-million series B funding round by Attabotics, a robotics supply chain company based in Calgary.
Triage Technologies Inc., 2019
Advising Triage Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based and AI-powered digital health company, with its business structure, commercial agreements and equity raise.
Tech Mahindra Limited, 2019
Acted for Tech Mahindra Canada, Inc. with its acquisition of ObjectWise Consulting Group, a Canadian information technology consulting company.
Elevate Rooms, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in a seed round investment in Elevate Rooms, a company offering marketing solutions to the hospitality industry.
Management Systems Resources Inc., 2019
Acted for Management Systems Resources Inc., a leading provider of automated global trade compliance software solutions, in the sale of the Visual Compliance and eCustoms business to Descartes Systems Group for $330 million.
eStruxture Holdings Inc., 2018
Acted for eStruxture Data Centers in its acquisition of Backbone Datavault, a Vancouver-based colocation provider, by way of an asset purchase.
GMP Securities L.P., 2018
Acted for a syndicate of agents led by GMP Securities L.P. in connection with a going public transaction by way of reverse takeover involving VOTI Detection Inc. and Steamsand Capital Corp., and VOTI's concurrent brokered private placement of subscription receipts for gross proceeds of approximately $9.2 million.
Business Development Bank of Canada, 2018
Acted for Business Development Bank of Canada in its investment, as an anchor investor, in Framework Venture Partners, a newly-formed venture capital fund focused principally on software as a service, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies.
Explorance Inc., 2018
Acted for Explorance in its acquisition, as well as the financing of the acquisition, from Gartner, Inc., of Metrics That Matter, a leading provider of learning and development data and analytics solutions for the corporate market.
National Bank of Canada, 2018
Acted for National Bank of Canada in a $80-million secured capital call loan made available to a fintech venture fund focused on investments in the global financial technology sector.
Hypixel Studios Inc., 2018
Acted for Québec-based Hypixel Studios Inc. in its Series A financing round with Riot Games as lead investor and other prominent investors from the video game community.
The Bank of Nova Scotia, 2018
Acted for a syndicate of lenders, led by The Bank of Nova Scotia, in the financing of Thinking Capital Financial Corporation, Canada's leading fintech lender to small businesses, which was acquired by Purpose Financial LP.
Plusgrade L.P., 2018
Acted for Plusgrade L.P. and its partners in the $200-million equity investment by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Plusgrade is a leading provider of revenue solutions to the travel industry, such as seat upgrades and other premium services, through its proprietary software platform.
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, 2018
Acted for Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive infrastructure software solutions, in its acquisition of AIworx Inc., a Québec City based provider of machine learning and Internet of Things technologies and services.
Vista Equity Partners III LLC, 2018
Acted for Vista Equity Partners in the carve-out sale of the vertical business applications group of its Aptean portfolio companies to a subsidiary of ESW Capital, LLC.
PelicanCorp Pty Ltd., 2018
Acted as counsel to Australia-based PelicanCorp in its acquisition of TelDig Inc., a Québec-based provider of damage-prevention software solutions doing business across Canada and the United States.
Ergoresearch Ltd., 2018
Acted for the management shareholders of Ergoresearch Ltd., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in a going-private transaction in partnership with Walter Capital Partners Inc.
Advantech Wireless Inc., 2018
Acted for Advantech Wireless Inc., a leading wireless broadband communications solutions provider, in the sale of its radio frequency, terrestrial microwave and antenna equipment divisions to a subsidiary of Baylin Technologies Inc., a TSX-listed company.
OSRAM, 2018
Acted for OSRAM, a German publicly listed company and lead investor in a convertible loan financing by LeddarTech, a Québec-based corporation that develops LiDAR sensor systems for driverless cars.
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 2018
Acted as Canadian counsel to a syndicate of underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities, in a US$950-million offering of The Stars Group Inc.'s common shares by way of a treasury and secondary offering in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system. The net proceeds from the treasury offering were, together with debt financing and cash on hand, to fund the acquisition of Sky Betting & Gaming.
The Sierra-Cedar Group, Inc., 2018
Acted for The Sierra-Cedar Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in the sale of its Canadian subsidiary, Sierra Systems Group, Inc., to NTT DATA Services, a Texas-based recognized leader in global technology services.
tZERO.com, subsidiary of Overstock.com, 2018
Acting as Canadian counsel for tZERO.com, the financial technology subsidiary of Overstock.com, in its USD$250-million offering of security tokens using blockchain technology by way of a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE).
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2018
Acted for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in a mutual agreement with a grocery retailer regarding their long-running arrangement and the wind down of the retail on-line bank branded by that grocery retailer and provided by CIBC.
Birch Hill Equity Partners, 2018
Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners and one of its portfolio companies, Sigma Systems, in the amendment and restatement of a US$55-million loan provided by The Bank of Nova Scotia and a syndicate of lenders.
Epiq Systems, Inc., 2018
Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of Garden City Group from Crawford & Company.
RELX Group plc, 2018
Acted for an affiliate of Elsevier, part of the RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries, in its acquisition of Science-Metrix Inc., which specializes in research evaluation and bibliometric analysis.
Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc., 2018
Acted for Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc. (Pivot 88) in connection with an equity investment by Newtimes Development Ltd.
JAM Industries Ltd., 2018
Acted for the shareholders of JAM Industries Ltd. in the sale of its majority interest to DCC Technology Holdings Canada Inc., a subsidiary of DCC plc.
Greencopper Publishing Inc., 2018
Acted for Greencopper Publishing Inc. in its sale of shares to Patron Technology Inc., a portfolio company of Providence Strategic Growth, in order to integrate its event-oriented social media services into Patron Technology's platform.
Epiq Systems, Inc., 2018
Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of Bruneau Group, Inc., a prominent bilingual Canadian settlement administrator.
Claridge Inc., 2018
Acted for Claridge Inc. in its investment in Busbud.
Leonardo Worldwide Corporation, 2018
Acted for Leonardo Worldwide Corporation, a leading provider of digital asset management and digital marketing solutions for the global hospitality industry, on its sale to Jonas Software.
Koch Chemical Technology Group, 2018
Acted as Canadian counsel to Koch Chemical Technology Group, a leading design, engineering and manufacturing firm, in its strategic controlling investment in Genesis Robotics, a Canadian robotics technology innovator and subsidiary of Genesis Advanced Technology.
Equibit Group Ltd., 2018
Acted for Equibit Group Ltd., a blockchain development company focused on building a decentralized securities network that facilitates the issuance and transfer of securities on the blockchain.
Time Warner Inc., 2017
Acted for Time Warner Inc. in an equity financing of Vemba Corporation.
Golden Gate Capital, 2017
Acted as Canadian counsel to Golden Gate Capital in its acquisition of 20-20 Technologies, Inc.
IOU Financial Inc., 2017
Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with a private placement financing, with a brokered and a non-brokered portion, of approximately $3.5-million in common shares of the company.
Beringer Capital, 2017
Acted for Beringer Capital in connection with the acquisition of Blue Acorn, Inc., an e-commerce design, development, optimization and marketing services company.
Espial Group Inc., 2017
Acted for the Special Committee of Espial Group Inc. in successfully defending against a proxy contest brought by Vantage Asset Management Inc.
PSP Investments, 2017
Acted for PSP Investments as a member in a consortium that purchased Vantage Data Centers, a leading provider of data center solutions in support of mission-critical applications, from Silver Lake. Other members of the consortium included Digital Bridge Holdings LLC and TIAA Investments.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 2017
Acted as co-counsel for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in respect of trademark claims and antitrust defences against certain provincial Chartered Accountant and Chartered Professional Accountant institutes in Federal Court.
BlueCat Networks, Inc., 2017
Acted for The Hyatt Family Trust in the sale of BlueCat Networks, Inc. to Madison Dearborn Partners LLC.
Valtech S.E., 2017
Acted for Valtech in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Non-Linear Creations Inc., a multinational digital services company with headquarters in Toronto as well as offices in Brazil and the United Kingdom.
BNP Paribas S.A., 2017
Acted for BNP Paribas S.A. in connection with an investment by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in Innocap Investment Management Inc.
eStruxture Holdings Inc., 2017
Acted for eStruxture Holdings Inc., a new network and cloud-neutral data centre operator based in Montréal, in connection with the creation of its new platform and its initial $80-million capital raising led by Canderel and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
Optiva Inc., 2017
Acted for Optiva Inc., a digital monetization service provider, in its $68-million rights offering of subordinate voting shares and subsequent $28 million private placement with ESW Capital, LLC. The transaction is the result of a strategic review that was overseen by the Special Committee of Optiva's board of directors.
Cincinnati Bell Inc., 2017
Acted for Cincinnati Bell Inc. in its acquisition of OnX Enterprise Solutions, a leading enterprise technology services and solutions provider.
Rogers Communications Inc., 2017
Acting for Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with the appeal of an administrative decision of the Québec Privacy Commissioner that would prohibit the use by Rogers of any personal information to conduct credit verifications and fraud prevention measures in relation to consumer subscriptions for mobile telephone service.
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, 2017
Acted for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, a fund managed by Blackstone, in its acquisition of a majority stake in TITUS Inc., an Ottawa-based leading provider of data classification and categorization solutions.
TIO Networks Corp., 2017
Acted for the Special Committee of the board of directors of TIO Networks Corp., in connection with its $304-million acquisition by PayPal Holdings, Inc. TIO is a North American cloud-based multi-channel bill payment processing and receivables management company.
