Valerio Arcobelli

Associate

Valerio is an Associate in KRB’s Business Law group, and more specifically KRB’s Emerging and Growth Companies group. He joined the team as an Articling Student in the summer of 2022 after completing his legal studies at the University of Ottawa, where he graduated with summa cum laude honors. During his studies, Valerio gained practical experience working as a student at a boutique firm in the corporate and real estate sectors.

His practice focuses on start-ups, venture capital, private equity and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Valerio represents emerging companies in various industries, investors and private corporations. He assists clients with their corporate, commercial and venture capital transactions, including guiding them throughout all stages of financing and regularly assists with due diligence, venture capital investments, purchase and sale transactions and drafting commercial agreements.

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 in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest of an entity operating in the telecommunications industry responsible for distributing and selling products throughout Canada

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 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 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

Memberships and Affiliations

Association of Italian-Canadian Jurists of Quebec (AICJQ)

Quebec Bar

Practice Areas

Emerging and Growth Companies

Private Equity and Venture Capital

M&A/Corporate

Education

University of Ottawa, LL.L. (2021)

Year of Call

Quebec Bar (2022)

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