• Quebec 2018

Mr. Valiquette has recently acted for the following clients:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., owner of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, on its C$4.3 billion going private acquisition by its controlling shareholder, Rio Tinto plc, by way of a Yukon plan of arrangement

• Le Club Piscine Plus Québec C.P.P.Q. Inc., Pioneer Distribution Inc. and Pool Supplies Canada Inc. in the sale of all of their issued and outstanding shares to Fulcrum Capital Partners

• The shareholders of Mistplay Inc., a play-to-earn and game discovery platform for mobile games, in a transaction with GrowthCurve Capital whereby GrowthCurve has become the majority shareholder in Mistplay

• BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group, a Chinese public company, in connection with the sale of a majority stake in its international group of marketing and advertising agencies, comprised of Cossette, Eleven, Citizen Relations, We Are Social and fuseproject, to a joint venture composed of CVC Capital Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and the rebranding of that group as Plus Company

• Germain Lamonde, the founder and controlling shareholder of EXFO Inc., on his C$133 million going private acquisition of EXFO Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement

Corporate Finance

• Patriot Battery Metals Inc., a hard-rock lithium exploration company, in connection with a private placement to Albemarle Corporation for total gross proceeds of approximately C$109 million
• Taiga Motors Corporation, a Canadian company reinventing the powersports landscape with breakthrough electric off-road vehicles, in connection with an extensive review of various options and alternatives by a special committee of independent members of the board of directors, culminating in the completion of a private placement of 10% secured convertible debentures maturing on March 31, 2028, in an aggregate principal amount of C$40.15 million, with the investors having been granted an option to acquire an additional C$10 million of debentures
• The agency syndicate in connection with a private offering of an aggregate principal amount of C$700 million senior unsecured notes of Dollarama Inc.
• The underwriting syndicate in various public offerings of common shares of BELLUS Health Inc. in Canada and the United States for total gross proceeds of approximately US$350 million

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Corporate Law, 2023-2024

• Young McCord Philanthropist
• Canadian Bar Association
• Young Bar Association of Montreal

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