International Food Corporation

Acted for International Food Corporation (dba Bakery de France) and its shareholders in the sale of 50% of the issued and outstanding shares of International Food Corporation to La Lorraine Bakery Group.

Mondi plc

Acted for Mondi plc, a global leader in the production of sustainable packaging and paper, in its acquisition of the Hinton Pulp mill from West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (West Fraser) and its long-term partnership with West Fraser to access local, high-quality fibre from well-established wood basket, as well as with Mondi plc’s plans to invest €400 million in the expansion of Hinton.

Bureau Veritas

Acting for Bureau Veritas with the EUR$360-million sale of its food testing business to Mérieux NutriSciences.

Ember Infrastructure Management, LP

Acted for funds managed by Ember Infrastructure Management, LP, a New York-based private equity firm, in its $395-million acquisition of H2O Innovation Inc., a TSX-listed company, by way of statutory plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the associated rollover of shares by Investissement Québec, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and management.

Recochem

Acted as counsel to Recochem management in the acquisition of H.I.G portfolio company Recochem by funds managed by CapVest. 

EcoPro BM

Acting for Korea-based EcoPro BM in its C$1.2-billion joint venture with Ford and SK On to build a cathode manufacturing facility to produce electric vehicle (EVs) battery materials in Bécancour, Quebec.

Interfor Corporation

Acted for Interfor Corporation in its acquisition for over C$325-million of 100% of the equity interests of Kilmer Group-backed Chaleur Forest Products entities.

Ingeniarts Technologies Inc.

Acted for Ingeniarts Technologies 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.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Acted for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a leader in the design, development and marketing of diagnostic test instruments to monitor animal health and analyze dairy products and water, in its acquisition of the assets of Pathogen Detection Systems, Inc.

Habitations Trigone Inc.

Acted for Habitations Trigone Inc. in the sale of its partners' two-thirds ownership and Trigone's sale of its one-third interest in a 30-property apartment portfolio in Montréal to Centurion Apartment REIT. This sale represents the largest single multi-family transaction to date in Québec. 

Interfor Corporation

Acted for Interfor Corporation in its $490-million acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Kelso & Company-backed EACOM Timber Corporation.

Explorance Inc.

Acted for Explorance Inc. in connection with the investment by Investissement Québec.

Novacap Management Inc.

Acted for Novacap Management Inc. in the creation of the first major private equity continuation vehicle in Canada. Novacap's TMT VI Fund and the continuation vehicle, whose lead investor is the Vintage Funds within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, acquired a controlling interest in Montréal-based Syntax Systems Group Inc. from Novacap TMT IV and Novacap TMT V, along with other shareholders.

r2p GmbH

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.

Danone

Acted as Canadian counsel to Danone, a leading French multi-local food and beverage company, in the sale of Vega, the North American plant-based nutritional products brand, to funds managed by WM Partners, a U.S.-based private equity investment firm focused on the health and wellness industry.

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.

New Look Vision Group Inc.

Acting for New Look Vision Group Inc. and New Look (Delaware) Corporation in the acquisition of Luxury Optical Holdings, one of the largest retailers of ultra-luxury glass frames, sunglasses and other eyewear throughout the United States. 

Groupe Latécoère

Acted for Groupe Latécoère, a portfolio company of Searchlight Capital Partners, in its acquisition from Bombardier Inc. and certain of its affiliates of the assets relating to electrical wiring interconnection activities for the production of main and sub-electrical harnesses for commercial and business aviation programs.

Hypixel Studios Inc.

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.

NetEase Interactive Entertainment Pte. Ltd

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.

Teneo

Acted for Teneo in its acquisition of Hatley Strategy Advisors, a leading strategic communications and corporate advisory firm based in Montréal, Canada.

BGH Capital

Acted as Canadian counsel to BGH Capital, a private equity firm based in Australia, in its A$2.1-billion acquisition of Navitas Limited, an educational services provider with operations in Canada.

Moose International Inc.

Acted for Moose International Inc. in the sale of the Moose Knuckles business to a consortium of investors led by Cathay Capital.

Bank of Montreal

Acted for Bank of Montreal, the administrative agent for a syndicate of lenders, in the $91-million senior secured credit facility made available to Summit Industrial Income REIT under the credit agreement in connection with the acquisition of five industrial properties in Québec.

Hypixel Studios Inc.

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.

GMP Securities L.P.

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.

Canadian Business Growth Fund

Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in connection with its investment in Lift Auto Group, a consolidator of automotive collision repair centres, and its investment in PayBright, a technology-enabled point-of-sale consumer payments and lending platform.

Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc.

Acted for Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc. (Pivot 88) in connection with an equity investment by Newtimes Development Ltd.