Dentons

Capital Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities and Corporate Finance; Private Equity; Technology; Mining

Partner

Giancarlo’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on technology and emerging growth companies. He has extensive experience in the private equity and venture capital area and has acted as counsel on many VC financings in Canada. Giancarlo also advises TSX, TSX-V and NASDAQ listed companies on IPOs, financings, mergers and acquisitions (public and private) and stock-based compensation strategies. Giancarlo also has experience listing companies on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Giancarlo is very frequently involved in complex cross-border and international transactions in key industries such as technology and renewable energy. He advises clients on matters in the following transactions: private equity and venture capital financings, public offerings, private placements, plans of arrangement, takeover bids, takeover defenses and strategies, leveraged buyouts and Canada-U.S. exchangeable share structures.

Giancarlo also works with a number of technology startups based in Montreal, San Francisco and New York. He has extensive experience navigating them through seed-financing rounds and later stage financings as well as providing general corporate and commercial advice. Likewise, Giancarlo works with and donates his time to a number of technology startup incubators.

Read Giancarlo's full biography here.

English; French

Member, Québec Bar Member, Canadian Bar Association

Universite de Montreal, 2007, LLB London School of Economics, 2003, Game Theory and Market Structure Dalhousie University, 2002, B.A. Economics and Political Science King's College, 1998, Fondation Year Program Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Fall 2006, French and European Law