Lafortune Cadieux was the choice of numerous private corporations and of their shareholders and directors with respect to many sales and acquisitions of shares or assets or mergers, including:
Sale of a fire protection systems company as part of shareholders’ retirement planning;
Advisory services to a digital marketing agency and a technology company in connection with their acquisition by a communications group;
Advisory services to a leading Quebec television production company in connection with its corporate reorganization;
Merger and acquisition of a medical aesthetic products distributor;
XPNDCroissance Fund L.P., for legal advice in connection with the listing of one of its investments at the New-York Stock Exchange;
The shareholders of Relation1 Inc. (a Canada-wide corporation working in the fields of e-commerce and consultation in customers’ experience), with respect to the sale of all their shares to OSF Global Services Inc.;
Ideali Group Inc., for its acquisition of Group TC Media 1:1 Marketing Solutions and Data Insights;
The founding shareholder with respect to the sale of Kanuk Inc.’s assets;
A major distributor and wholesaler in the field of sanitary products, with respect to the acquisition of its shares by a public corporation, for an amount of $30M;
Motion Composites Inc., for the purchase of all the issued and outstanding shares of Ontario’s corporation Dynamic Health Care Solutions;
A smartphone video game developer, with respect to the sale of its shares to an American public corporation;
The HK Group, for mergers and acquisitions aiming to consolidate their position in the field of heavy vehicles maintenance and repair;
De Champlain Groupe Financier Inc., with respect to corporate reorganizations aiming to implement its succession plan and the arrival of new shareholders;
The shareholders of FXTI Inc. (a business offering services in managed IT, computer security and cloud computing solutions to businesses everywhere in North America), for the acquisition of their shares by MS Solutions Équipement Inc.;
Numerous clients with respect to major commercial real estate sales or acquisitions, including assistance in the due diligence process and the drafting of the relevant legal documents;
A private hospital for the sale of its shares;
A corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of natural health products, with respect to the sale of its shares and trademarks;
A holding, with respect to the purchase and development of an inn and restaurants.
Lafortune Cadieux was the choice of numerous private corporations and of their shareholders and directors with respect to many sales and acquisitions of shares or assets or mergers, including:
Sale of a fire protection systems company as part of shareholders’ retirement planning;
Advisory services to a digital marketing agency and a technology company in connection with their acquisition by a communications group;
Advisory services to a leading Quebec television production company in connection with its corporate reorganization;
Merger and acquisition of a medical aesthetic products distributor;
XPNDCroissance Fund L.P., for legal advice in connection with the listing of one of its investments at the New-York Stock Exchange;
The shareholders of Relation1 Inc. (a Canada-wide corporation working in the fields of e-commerce and consultation in customers’ experience), with respect to the sale of all their shares to OSF Global Services Inc.;
Ideali Group Inc., for its acquisition of Group TC Media 1:1 Marketing Solutions and Data Insights;
The founding shareholder with respect to the sale of Kanuk Inc.’s assets;
A major distributor and wholesaler in the field of sanitary products, with respect to the acquisition of its shares by a public corporation, for an amount of $30M;
Motion Composites Inc., for the purchase of all the issued and outstanding shares of Ontario’s corporation Dynamic Health Care Solutions;
A smartphone video game developer, with respect to the sale of its shares to an American public corporation;
The HK Group, for mergers and acquisitions aiming to consolidate their position in the field of heavy vehicles maintenance and repair;
De Champlain Groupe Financier Inc., with respect to corporate reorganizations aiming to implement its succession plan and the arrival of new shareholders;
The shareholders of FXTI Inc. (a business offering services in managed IT, computer security and cloud computing solutions to businesses everywhere in North America), for the acquisition of their shares by MS Solutions Équipement Inc.;
Numerous clients with respect to major commercial real estate sales or acquisitions, including assistance in the due diligence process and the drafting of the relevant legal documents;
A private hospital for the sale of its shares;
A corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of natural health products, with respect to the sale of its shares and trademarks;
A holding, with respect to the purchase and development of an inn and restaurants;
Legal advisers for many corporations with respect to major financings (loans, convertible debentures and share subscriptions), with financial institutions, venture capital corporations and governmental or quasi-governmental organizations, including, for example:
Financings (over $10M), by venture capital corporations, in production and distribution corporations in the television industry and in manufacturers;
Financings from Business Development Bank of Canada and Investissement Québec with our clients;
Financing in the form of loans from a financial institution totaling more than $50M with one of our clients.
Legal advisers for many corporations with respect to major financings (loans, convertible debentures and share subscriptions), with financial institutions, venture capital corporations and governmental or quasi-governmental organizations, including, for example:
Financings (over $10M), by venture capital corporations, in production and distribution corporations in the television industry and in manufacturers;
Financings from Business Development Bank of Canada and Investissement Québec with our clients;
Financing in the form of loans from a financial institution totaling more than $50M with one of our clients.
Legal advisers of professional corporations, including:
Corporate reorganization of a law firm for the integration of successor partners;
For the acquisition of firms’clients;
In connection with the merger of two major chartered professional accounting firms;
In connection with the repurchase of founders’participations;
With respect to the admission or eviction of partners or shareholders;
For the drafting of partnership agreements (real or nominal partnerships) and shareholders’ agreements;
For the review of the compliance of operating corporations’ articles, shareholders agreements and partnerships agreements with the regulations respecting the practice of professions within a corporation or a partnership;
For the negotiation of agreements with hospitals;
For the transformation of general partnerships or limited liability partnerships into legal persons or incorporated corporations.
Legal advisers of professional corporations, including:
Corporate reorganization of a law firm for the integration of successor partners;
For the acquisition of firms’clients;
In connection with the merger of two major chartered professional accounting firms;
In connection with the repurchase of founders’participations;
With respect to the admission or eviction of partners or shareholders;
For the drafting of partnership agreements (real or nominal partnerships) and shareholders’ agreements;
For the review of the compliance of operating corporations’ articles, shareholders agreements and partnerships agreements with the regulations respecting the practice of professions within a corporation or a partnership;
For the negotiation of agreements with hospitals;
For the transformation of general partnerships or limited liability partnerships into legal persons or incorporated corporations;
Legal advisers of non-profit organizations:
Advising our clients on the incorporation and legal organization of non-profit organizations, as well as with respect to the holding of their annual members’ meeting;
Supporting management and the board of directors of non-profit organizations in the adoption of by-laws, codes of ethics, membership admission and renewal policies, and advising them on various governance matters.
Legal advisers of non-profit organizations:
Advising our clients on the incorporation and legal organization of non-profit organizations, as well as with respect to the holding of their annual members’ meeting;
Supporting management and the board of directors of non-profit organizations in the adoption of by-laws, codes of ethics, membership admission and renewal policies, and advising them on various governance matters;
Other Representative Work
Corporate reorganization of a leading digital marketing agency for the implementation of an employee ownership trust;
Establishment, organization and restructuring of numerous private corporations, including the preparation of subscription agreements, shareholders agreements, convertible debentures, the review of the share capital of private corporations, the review of tax planning memorandums and the drafting of corporate documentation;
Entrepreneurs’ legal advisers in business transfers, in favor of family members or key employees;
Legal advisers of corporations working in the field of information technology, particularly for the protection of their intellectual property, the establishment of terms and conditions and privacy policies for applications and web sites and the drafting of contracts to be used on digital and internet platform;
Legal advisers of property owners and tenants with respect to the negotiation and drafting of lease offers, commercial leases, undivided co-ownership agreements and management agreements;
Legal advisers of corporations with respect to the negotiation of licences regarding the commercialization of intellectual property;
Legal advisers of various television and movie producers and distributors with respect to the financing of productions, co-productions and acquisitions of intellectual property rights;
Legal advisers for the negotiation and drafting of shareholders’ agreements;
Legal advisers of our clients in connection with the disvestment of venture capital corporations;
Legal advisers of many corporations to set up incentive plans for their top executives and employees;
Legal advisers of franchisees and distributors to negotiate agreements with their franchisors or manufacturers;
Legal advisers to our clients for the drafting of letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements.
Other Representative Work
Corporate reorganization of a leading digital marketing agency for the implementation of an employee ownership trust;
Establishment, organization and restructuring of numerous private corporations, including the preparation of subscription agreements, shareholders agreements, convertible debentures, the review of the share capital of private corporations, the review of tax planning memorandums and the drafting of corporate documentation;
Entrepreneurs’ legal advisers in business transfers, in favor of family members or key employees;
Legal advisers of corporations working in the field of information technology, particularly for the protection of their intellectual property, the establishment of terms and conditions and privacy policies for applications and web sites and the drafting of contracts to be used on digital and internet platform;
Legal advisers of property owners and tenants with respect to the negotiation and drafting of lease offers, commercial leases, undivided co-ownership agreements and management agreements;
Legal advisers of corporations with respect to the negotiation of licences regarding the commercialization of intellectual property;
Legal advisers of various television and movie producers and distributors with respect to the financing of productions, co-productions and acquisitions of intellectual property rights;
Legal advisers for the negotiation and drafting of shareholders’ agreements;
Legal advisers of our clients in connection with the disvestment of venture capital corporations;
Legal advisers of many corporations to set up incentive plans for their top executives and employees;
Legal advisers of franchisees and distributors to negotiate agreements with their franchisors or manufacturers;
Legal advisers to our clients for the drafting of letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements;

