Bruker Corporation

Acted for Bruker, a Nasdaq-listed provider of scientific instruments and analytical and diagnostic solutions, in its acquisition of Neurescence Inc., a Toronto-based innovative provider of optical functional neuroimaging.

Vance Street Capital

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.

Vance Street Capital

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.

FS Investors

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.

RST Instruments Ltd. and Measurand Instruments Inc.

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.

Ceská zbrojovka Defense SE

Acted as Canadian counsel for Ceská zbrojovka Group SE (CZG), a firearms manufacturer based in the Czech Republic, in its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity interest in Colt Holding Company LLC, the parent company of the storied U.S. firearms manufacturer Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC, as well as its Canadian subsidiary, Colt Canada Corporation.

Wattpad Corp.

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.

LiveBarn Inc.

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. 

Alstom S.A.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Alstom S.A. in its EUR4.4-billion strategic acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.

Boutique Linus Inc.

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.

Trivest Partners L.P.

Acted for Trivest Partners L.P., a U.S. private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market founder- and family-owned businesses, in its add-on acquisition of Total Power Limited, a Canadian provider of generators and climate control systems operating in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. The purchase was financed through various arrangements, including equity contributions and an increase in Trivest's senior secured facility with its bank syndicate.

eStruxture Holdings Inc.

Acted for eStruxture Data Centers in the acquisition of Shaw's Calgary-1 data centre, by way of an asset purchase.

Valmet Technologies and Services Inc.

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.

Vance Street Capital LLC

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.

Michelin Group

Acted for the Michelin Group in its acquisition of Camso Inc., one of the global leaders in the design, manufacturing and distribution of off-road tires, wheels, tracks and conveyer belts, for a purchase price of US$1.7 billion. Camso has facilities in more than 25 jurisdictions world-wide.

Trivest Partners L.P.

Acted for Trivest Partners, a U.S. private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market founder- and family-owned businesses, in its acquisition of GAL Power Systems, a leading Canadian provider of commercial and industrial power generator sets and climate control systems operating across Canada, including Québec.

eStruxture Holdings Inc.

Acted for eStruxture Data Centers in its acquisition of Backbone Datavault, a Vancouver-based colocation provider, by way of an asset purchase.

Meyer Housewares Canada Inc.

Acted for Meyer Housewares Canada Inc. in connection with its acquisition from Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, of the Padinox business in Prince Edward Island, which manufactures and distributes kitchenware.

The Aldo Group Inc.

Acted for The Aldo Group Inc. in connection with the sale of its Little Burgundy division to a Canadian subsidiary of Genesco Inc., a U.S. public company.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) and Fonds de solidarité FTQ investissements croissance I, s.e.c. in connection with the sale of the shares held by all shareholders of Distech Controls Inc. for approximately $318 million, to Acuity Brands, Inc., a NYSE-listed leading provider of lighting solutions.

Tippmann US Holdco, Inc. (part of the G.I. Sportz Group)

Acted for G.I. Sportz Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Kee Action Sports, a leading manufacturer and distributor of paintball sporting goods, equipment and apparel, based in New Jersey with distribution facilities located across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Zoom Media Group Inc.

Acted for Zoom Media Group Inc. in the sale of its non-fitness indoor advertising business (consisting of campus, fashion, business, medical and golf networks) to Newad Media Inc. and in the acquisition of Newad Media Inc.'s fitness indoor advertising business.

Oceanwide Inc.

Acted for Oceanwide Inc., a Montréal based insurance software firm, in connection with the sale of its business to Insurity Inc., a provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analysis solutions, based in Hartford, Connecticut.

WSP Global Inc.

Acted for WSP Global Inc., a publicly traded global professional engineering services firm based in Montréal, Québec, in connection with its entering into of an arrangement agreement regarding the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Focus Group Holding Inc., a multi-disciplinary engineering and consulting firm based in Alberta principally serving oil, gas and civil markets in Western Canada, for an aggregate purchase price of $366,050,000.

Recochem Group Inc.

Acted for the majority shareholders of Recochem Inc., a leading producer, formulator and marketer of specialty consumer and industrial chemical products in connection with the sale of their interest to Swander Pace Capital, a US based private equity firm.

G.I. Sportz Inc.

Acted for G.I. Sportz Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Tippmann Sports, LLC, a leading manufacturer and distributor of markers and goggles for the paintball, airsoft and laser tag industries.

Shareholders of MIP Inc. and M.I.P. Global Inc.

Acted for the shareholders of MIP Inc. in connection with the sale to Banyan Capital Partners of a majority interest in MIP Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of textile and related products for the health care industry in North America, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia. In addition to its Canadian operations, the acquired business of MIP includes subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, China and Peru.

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Partners Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its acquisition of two retail properties in Montréal and a portfolio of four retail properties located in the cities of Montréal, Sorel, Saint-Rémi and Repentigny in the province of Québec for a total purchase price of $98,885,500.

Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) et al.

Acted for Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.), Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Enertech Capital Partners IV L.P., Export Development Canada, Fonds de solidarité FTQ investissements croissance I s.e.c., SVIC No. 25 New Technology Business Investment L.L.P. and Investments W2 Inc. in connection with their investment in the share capital of Distech Controls Inc., a Québec private company held by Étienne Veilleux and Technovator International Limited.

Morgan Stanley US, Investing Division

Acted for MSG Lac Mirabel, SEC, a joint venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Gordon Group Holdings, LLC, in connection with the sale to Simon Property Group Inc., Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust and SmartCentres, of a portion of the Lac Mirabel site, for the development of a Premium Outlet Centre, Phase I of which will be comprised of 350,000 square feet of gross leasable area and 80 stores.

Westerkirk Capital Inc. and Ironbridge Equity Partners Limited Management

Acted for Westerkirk Capital Inc. and Ironbridge Equity Partners Management in the acquisition by Westerkirk and Ironbridge, together with management, of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Demers' Ambulance Manufacturer Inc., a Canadian leader in ambulance design, manufacture and distribution.

Dassault Systèmes SE

Acted for Dassault Systèmes SE in connection with its acquisition of the shares of Gemcom Software International Inc., a geological modeling and simulation company which is a world leader in mining industry software solutions with operations in 13 jurisdictions around the world, for approximately US$360 million.

Partners Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted as lead counsel to Partners Real Estate Investment Trust in respect of its acquisition of Place Desormeaux, a 250,000 square foot enclosed shopping centre in Longueuil, Québec for approximately $32.2 million.

Claridge Inc.

Acted for Claridge Inc. in the sale of Importations DE-RO-MA, owned by Claridge Food Group, to Smart Balance, Inc. for $66 million.

Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Acted for the Fonds de solidarité FTQ in its $85-million acquisition of a shopping centre in the greater Montréal area.

Wellspring Capital Management LCC

Acted for Wellspring Capital Management LLC in connection to the acquisition by a wholly owned subsidiary of Packaging Solutions Holdings Inc. of the plastic flexible packaging business operated by Excel-Pac Inc., a Montréal-based manufacturer specializing in the dairy, food and confectionary markets.

Corus Entertainment Inc.

Acted for Corus Entertainment Inc. on the sale of its Québec radio stations to Cogeco Inc. in a deal valued at $80 million.

Bell Canada

Acted for Bell Canada in connection with the acquisition of the hosting division of 6126472 Canada Inc. (dba Hypertec Availability Systems), Québec's leading top tier data hosting provider.

Paladin Labs Inc.

Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. as it entered into a strategic partnership with Isotechnika Pharma Inc. for the commercialization of voclosporin. The transaction was achieved by way of a Plan of Arrangement.