Laurie McQueen

Representative Work

Acted on behalf of AWL-ELECTRICITY INC. (“AWL-E”), a Montreal-based tech start-up with a revolutionary technology for wireless power transmission, in connection with the final closing of its Seed financing round by way of issuance of Series 3 Class Seed Preferred Shares

Acted on behalf of CDS Foods Inc. (“CDS”), a business of importing and distributing food including but not limited to garlic, ginger, shallots and turmeric, in connection with the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares held by the shareholders of CDS to the private equity firm, a North American private equity firm

Acted on behalf of Polystyvert Inc., a Montreal-based cleantech start-up in the recycling space with a revolutionary technology for recycling polystyrene, in connection with its $16M Series B financing round involving new investors and current shareholders from the Netherlands, Canada, USA and France

Acted on behalf of SupremeX Inc., a leading North American manufacturer and marketer of envelopes and growing provider of paper-based packaging solutions, in connection with its USD 1.8M acquisition of Forest Envelope Company, a regional leader in specialty envelope manufacturing located in the Chicago area

Acted on behalf of a group of companies engaged in the business of commercial and industrial water treatment, and research, development and manufacturing of specialty chemical products for industrial, commercial, institutional and municipal applications, in connection with the sale of all of said corporations to a U.S.-based strategic buyer

Acted on behalf of the owner of a network of infusion clinics in respect of its acquisition of a competitor, enabling it to expand its network of clinics across the Province of Quebec

Acted on behalf of the owner of an educational technology company in the acquisition of a company developing customer-specific product knowledge training content for its customers, enabling it to expand its presence and expertise in this area

Acted on behalf of Proventus Bioscience, a corporation involved in the development, manufacturing and distribution of bacterial and other microbial products for application across various industries, in connection with the subscription and acquisition by NCH Corporation of a minority equity interest in Proventus

Acted on behalf of SupremeX Inc., a leading North American manufacturer and marketer of envelopes and growing provider of paper-based packaging solutions, in connection with its approximately $6M acquistion of Graf-Pak Inc., a manufacturer of folding carton products primarily provided to the food and cosmetics sectors

Acted on behalf of a group of corporations providing management and outsourcing services in Morocco to customers located in Canada and France in connection with the sale of all their issued and outstanding shares to a major international player in such field of business

Acted on behalf of BXVentures Studio Canada in respect of the creation and first round financing of the first Canadian cleantech venture studio, which focuses on the accelerated development and commercialization of cleantech IP originating in Canadian universities and laboratories

Acted on behalf of the acquirer of a federally chartered, registered financial services and financial planning brokerage firm, authorized to act as the Managing General Partner (MGA) for numerous notable financial institutions, whose products it distributes through licensed independent financial security advisors throughout Canada

Acted on behalf of a VoIP, unified communications and fiber optics solutions provider in connetion with its acquisition of all issued and outstanding shares of a supplier of IP telephony services

Acted on behalf of a group of investors in connection with the Series A financing in a Montreal-based MedTech start-up developing a novel patented system

Acted on behalf of SupremeX Inc., a leading North American manufacturer and marketer of envelopes and growing provider of paper-based packaging solutions, in connection with its USD$20M acquisition of substantially all the assets of Chicago-based Royal Envelope Corporation, a preeminent North American envelope manufacturer and lithography company

Acted on behalf of a leading network of hearing care clinics across Quebec in respect of the acquisition of the assets of a competitor, helping to further secure our client’s reach across Quebec as well as their status as an industry leader in the provision of hearing care

Acted on behalf of Planète Mobile Inc., one of the largest networks of authorized Rogers and Fido dealers in Canada, in connection with its strategic acquisition of Communications Méga-Sat Inc. and Communications Méga-Sat Trois-Rivières Inc., two companies with an important presence in the mobile communication distribution industry in the Province of Quebec; this transaction further solidified our client’s market share by adding an additional 12 locations throughout Quebec to its existing 25-location network

Acted for Mylo Financial Technologies Inc. in its private equity offering of securities and convertible debt

Memberships and Affiliations

Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Quebec

Association of Quebec Women in Finance (AFFQ)

Candian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA)

Law Society of Ontario

M&A Club Canada

Quebec Bar (2008)

Réseau Capital