1000 De La Gauchetière St W, Suite 2100, Montréal, QC
Year called to bar: 1990 (QC)
Mark is a tax partner and leads Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP’s Tax Group in Montreal. He is the past Chair of the Canadian Tax Foundation (Canada’s leading organization for tax professionals) having occupied the office of Chair of the Board of Governors of the CTF in 2019. Mark is also co-editor of the Corporate Tax Planning feature of the Canadian Tax Journal published by the CTF. Mark frequently advises on important business transactions and critical tax disputes. His practice is broad based, focusing on domestic and international tax-planning, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, financings and tax dispute resolution. Mark has extensive experience in advising Canadian and foreign multi-national corporations, private equity funds, venture capital funds and privately owned businesses. Mark also has significant expertise in advising private family enterprises and family offices on succession and estate planning.
On July 8, 2015, TPG Capital LP (TPG), a global private investment firm, acquired a majority stake in Cirque du Soleil (Cirque), Canada’s iconic entertainment company, for an undisclosed amount. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec along with Fosun Capital Group, one of China’s leading privately-owned investment groups, also acquired a minority stake in Cirque. In addition, Mitch Garber, Chair of the Cirque Board, Claridge, Stephen Bronfman’s family investment arm, and Cirque President and CEO Daniel Lamarre acquired ownership stakes.
DAVIDsTEA Inc. (the Company) completed its initial public offering in the United States of 3,414,261 common shares at a price per share of US$19.00, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately US$64.9 million (the Treasury Offering). On the same day and in connection with the Treasury Offering, certain existing shareholders of the Company also sold common shares on a secondary basis at a price per share of US$19.00, for aggregate gross proceeds to those selling shareholders of approximately US$46.6 million (together with the Treasury Offering, the Offering).
Complete Innovations, a provider of fleet telematics and mobile workforce technology, has received an investment from funds managed by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. The investment, which is the second institutional financing since Complete Innovations’ inception in 2000, provides liquidity to shareholders of Complete Innovations, including its prior institutional investor, Symmetric Capital, and additional capital to further accelerate the company’s growth.
DataWind Inc. (“DataWind”) completed its initial public offering in Canada of 6,316,000 common shares at a price of $4.75 per common share for gross proceeds of $30,001,000 (the “Offering”) and commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “DW”.
