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Jordan Kay

Senior Associate

Vancouver
[email protected]
604.632.3441

Expertise

Jordan has a diverse corporate commercial practice, with a particular focus on merger and acquisition transactions for private companies.

Jordan has extensive experience advising clients in connection with corporate governance, commercial agreements, business structuring and reorganizations, venture capital and private equity transactions, and strategic alliances and partnerships. Jordan also has experience in the areas of public-private partnerships, procurement and infrastructure. 

Prior to joining BLG, Jordan worked in the legal department at Herschel Supply Company, a global clothing and accessory business based out of Vancouver.

Experience

  • Buy-Side Transactions

    • Aritzia in its acquisition of Reigning Champ.
    • The New York Times in its acquisition of The Athletic.
    • CLEAResult in its acquisition of Ecofitt.
    • JD Sports Fashion in its acquisition of Onepointfive Ventures (dba Livestock).
    • IFS AB in its acquisition of software developer Clevest Solutions.
    • Mycroft Holdings in its acquisition of Heartwood Manufacturing and Heartwood Distribution.
    • STN Video in its acquisition of Vedia Technologies (dba Raw Shorts).
    • Mercury Technologies in its acquisition of Teal Platforms.
    • Cornerstone OnDemand on Canadian matters in connection with its acquisition of the assets of SkyHive. 
    • Frontier Growth in its investment in Jane Software.
    • TriMech in its acquisition of CIMSoft Corp.

  • Sell-Side Transactions

    • Finning in its sale of 4Refuel to H.I.G. Capital.
    • FT Synthetics in its sale to an affiliate of Standard Industries.
    • STN Video in its sale to Minute Media, parent company to The Players Tribune, 90min and Fansided.
    • Sinclair Dental in its sale to Medline Canada.
    • PDG Mobility in its sale to Permobil.
    • Shearwater Research in the sale to New York-based private equity firm, BRS & Co.
    • ACI Argyle Communications, one of Canada's leading independent public relations and communications firms, in the creation of Believeco:Partners, a national public relations, brand management, and indigenous relations platform.
    • HHS Drilling & Blasting in its sale to Cassiar Partners.
    • Knappett Group of Companies in its sale to Matcon Construction. 
    • Global Physical Asset Management in its sale to Metso Outotec.
    • Bellpark Horticulture in its sale to an affiliate of AdeptAg.
    • Vendors of an international bakery equipment manufacturing business in their sale to a U.S. based private equity firm.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Co-Chair, Young Association for Corporate Growth (BC Chapter)
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of British Columbia

Community Involvement

  • Committee Member, The Arbutus Club, April 2022 to present
  • Volunteer reader, BLG Reads to Kids, August 2019 to present

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in 2024 as a "Rising Star" by the Association of Corporate Growth BC

Bar Admission & Education

  • British Columbia, 2020
  • JD, University of Victoria, 2019
  • JD (exchange semester), University of Hong Kong, 2019
  • BA, University of Western Ontario, 2015