Carl Tremblay

Biography

Carl Tremblay focuses on corporate and technology law, particularly private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and business restructurings. He has acted in private placements and public offerings for both established and start-up technology companies. He also acts occasionally for investors in private placements and has assisted a number of research centres in the Québec region in setting up spin-off companies. Mr. Tremblay is an advisor to the boards of directors of a number of Quebec-based technology companies.

Mr. Tremblay is the Managing Partner of our Québec office.

Year of Call

• Quebec Bar 1989

Law School

• LL.B., Université Laval, 1988

Selected Client Work

Mr. Tremblay has acted in private placements or public offerings for the following companies:

• Medical Intelligence Inc. ($25 million)
• Coveo Solutions Inc. ($15 million)
• Nstein Technologies Inc ($75 million)
• Optosecurity Inc. ($25 million)
• Obzerv Technologies Inc. (undisclosed amount)
• Epiderma (undisclosed amount)
• Fortsum Business Solutions Inc. (undisclosed amount)
• Lyrtech Inc. (undisclosed amount)
• Amadeus International Inc. ($10 million)
• Biopharmacopae Design International inc. ($10 million)
• Several investors including Accès Capital, Fonds de Solidarité des Travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.), BDC Capital inc., Société Innovatech Québec Chaudière-Appalaches and various Regional Economic Intervention Funds (FIERs) for a number of different investment opportunities
• Silicycle inc. for various financings and for the establishment of its new plant in the Technology Park
• Cogiscan inc. (undisclosed amount)
• Gespro Technologies inc. ($20 million)
• Copernic Technologies inc. (undisclosed amount)

He has also acted in merger and acquisition transactions, including:

• The acquisition by Services Nobel Biocare Procera Inc. of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the share capital of BioCad Medical Inc. ($40 million)
• The sale of Copernic Technologies Inc. to Mamma.com for $28 million
• The sale of Biogénie S.R.D.C. Inc. to Environmental Management Solutions Inc. for $55 million
• Various acquisitions by Lyrtech Inc., including the acquisition of Innovator Electronic Assembly Inc. and associated financing for an aggregate amount of $26 million
• Various acquisitions by Nstein Technologies Inc., including the acquisition of the French company Société Nouvelle EuroCortex SAS
• The sale of Virocell Inc. to the Swedish company LTB4
• The financing by National Bank of Canada of a take-over bid by Pan-O-Lac Ltée for the publicly traded company Amisk Inc.
• The acquisition by Roche Ltée of a substantial part of the assets of the publicly traded company Groupe Conseil Omnitech inc.
• Various acquisitions by Epiderma inc.
• Various acquisitions by Gespro Technologies inc.
• The acquisition of the Massif du Sud ski resort (acting for the purchasers)
• Various investments by l'Union Canadienne
• Various acquisitions by Amadeus International inc.
• Various acquisitions by Propage Technologies inc.
• The acquisition of Cybernétique Technologie inc. (acting for the purchasers)
• Various financings for Savard Ortho Confort inc. and its acquisition of Dépanago inc.

Rankings and Recognitions

• The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2010 - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Technology

Memberships and Activities

• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Institute of Information Technology
• Réseau Capital
• Institute of Corporate Directors

Directorships

• Aéroport de Québec inc.
  • Board of Directors
  • Governance and Human Resources Committee
• Epiderma Inc.
  • Board of Directors
• Past director of several companies, including Copernic Technologies inc., Coveo Solutions inc., Photintech inc., Société investissement jeunesse du Québec, Société d'aide aux jeunes entrepreneurs
• Cœur d'OR, a non-profit foundation