Alfred’s legal practice covers all facets of the clearance, acquisition, enforcement, and exploitation of patents, trademarks, copyright, and designs. Alfred is also well versed in licensing and transactional IP, having led IP deal teams in corporate acquisitions, mergers, and financings. With almost 40 years of experience, he holds a master’s degree in engineering and graduated from the McGill Faculty of Law as an Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medallist. Alfred’s previous experience includes practicing as an equity partner in the intellectual property group of a national corporate law firm and, prior to that, as an IP attorney for a multi-national technology company focusing on drafting, preparing, filing, and prosecuting patent and trademark applications in computer hardware and software and electronics manufacturing. Alfred is a former president of the Canadian National Group of AIPPI and is currently chairman of the international standing committee on IT and internet of that organization.
On July 2, 2015, Euronet Worldwide, Inc. a leading electronic payments provider, acquired XE.com Inc., a global leader in digital foreign exchange information.
Euronet will use approximately $60 million from its revolving credit agreement together with about 640,000 Euronet shares and an undisclosed amount of cash to complete the deal. The deal provides Euronet a large Internet presence and user base attuned to foreign currency, while Euronet offers XE breadth and depth in foreign currency products, a strong balance sheet and geographic expansion opportunities.
City Centre Terminal Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. (PAHI), completed the sale of substantially all of its assets, including the passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA), to Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP (Nieuport), a consortium of Canadian and international infrastructure equity investors.
