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Marc Abdelsayed

Associate

Montréal
[email protected]
514.954.2548

Expertise

Nathalie Michaud

Practice Assistant

Montréal
[email protected]
514.954.2555 x27223

Marc practices corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements.

Marc has worked with public and private companies of all sizes, as well as entrepreneurs, startups, institutional investors, and private equity and venture capital funds. He is regularly involved in transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and reorganizations and joint ventures across a wide array of industries, particularly in the information technology field and regulated professional industries (such as the veterinary, dental and legal fields).

Marc articled at BLG before joining the firm’s Corporate Commercial Group. He has also completed secondments with National Bank of Canada and Bell Media.

Experience

  • Acted for Bell Canada in its acquisition of StrateJM.
  • Acted for Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) in its acquisition of Fruitland Manufacturing.
  • Acted for Bell Media in its divestiture of radio station businesses across Canada.
  • Acted for Two Authenticators Inc. in connection with the sale of its assets to Fashionphile.
  • Acted for one of the foremost global leaders in online education, IU Group (a portfolio company of Oakley Capital), in its acquisition of the University of Fredericton.
  • Acted for Bell Canada in its acquisition of cloud managed and professional service provider FXInnovation.
  • Acted for Bell Media in its acquisition of a minority stake in TV, film and animation indie production company Sphere Media.
  • Acted for Cycle Capital, Desjardins Capital and Brightspark Ventures in 3D digital twin technology company Prevu3D’s US$ 10M Series A financing round.
  • Acted for Alcumus Group Limited (a portfolio company of Apax Partners) in connection with its acquisition of Cognibox.
  • Acted for Wilkar Property Management Inc. in connection with an investment from Canderel.
  • Acted for Genus plc, a publicly listed animal genetics company based in the U.K., in connection with its acquisition of Québec-based company Génétiporc; the transaction involved the purchase of the seller’s Canadian porcine genetics business in addition to shares of several U.S. and Mexican subsidiaries.
  • Acted for BlueMed Medical Supplies in its sale to Aspen Surgical Products, Inc., a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.
  • Acted for Illumiti in the sale of its SAP systems integration and management consultancy business to Syntax.
  • Acted for several purchasers, sellers and entrepreneurs in the establishment, acquisition and sale of veterinary clinics across Canada.
  • Acted for East West Manufacturing, LLC in its acquisition of all the assets of Groupe Varitron, Inc., a top five electronics manufacturing services provider in Canada.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, Bar of Québec

Bar Admission & Education

  • Québec, 2020
  • JD, Université de Montréal, 2021
  • LLB, Université de Montréal, 2019
  • Law Exchange, University of Milan, 2018
  • Law Exchange, China University of Political Science and Law, 2018