Gowling WLG
Global firm Gowling WLG leverages the bench strength of its 7 national locations and dedicated general corporate, corporate commercial, capital markets and public M&A, private M&A, and private funds teams, to provide a full service to international and domestic corporates involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The group’s client portfolio spans sectors ranging from food, cannabis, life sciences and tech to oil and gas, manufacturing, software and fintech. In addition, the firm’s offering extends to emerging areas, such as AI, blockchain and cryptocurrency. The practice is led in Calgary by Frank Sur, a specialist in energy and tech, who brings experience to private and public M&A, fund formation, public offerings, regulatory compliance and general commercial agreements. Partner Nurhan Aycan departed in October 2022.
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‘Collaborative and efficient in working with in-house counsel.’
‘Zafar Jaffer is outstanding in covering all aspects of Canadian M&A transactions. A problem solver. Always great to work with.’
Key clients
- The Bountiful Company
- DECIEM Beauty Group Inc.
- Bluma Wellness Inc.
- Red White & Bloom Brands Inc.
- IM Cannabis Corp.
- SOL Global Investments Corp.
- Coinsquare Ltd.
- The Real Brokerage Inc.
- ADCORE Inc.
- TickTrade Systems, Inc.
- Newlook Capital Inc.
- Edge Imaging Inc.
- Leading Edge Materials Corp.
- Sourced Group
- Novacap/FortNine
- Miovision Technologies Inc.
- Home Hardware Stores Limited
- Community Tax LLC
- Rugby Mining Limited
- Capella Minerals Ltd.
- Sysco Canada Inc.
- Feenics
- PlantX Life Inc.
- CPC Pumps
- EMERGE Commerce Ltd.
- JMB Crushing Systems Inc.
- Providence Therapeutics Inc.
- The Cadillac Fairview Corporation
- NextEra Energy Marketing Services
- McRock Capital
- Accenture Inc.
Work highlights
- Acted as Canadian counsel to PerkinElmer in the divestiture of its Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses to New Mountain Capital, for an aggregate consideration of $2.45bn.
- Advised the Bonduelle Group on negotiations with Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to sell 65% of Bonduelle Americas Long Life (BALL), with an enterprise value of C$850m.
- Advising Above Food, on its entry into a definitive business combination agreement with Bite Acquisition, a US special purpose acquisition company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Frank Sur