M&A Awards Gala Quebec
Celebrate the winning transactions closed in 2023 at the 8th edition of the Annual M&A Awards Gala with the most successful Quebec dealmakers and advisory firms.
Nominations
The nomination process is now closed.
M&A Awards Gala Winners 2024:
- Deal of the Year: Law Firm
- Maxime Cloutier, KRB Lawyers Inc.: Management buy-out by Anthony Sleiman of the Cellcom group.
- Deal of the Year: Accounting Firm
- Martin Deschênes & Martin Belhumeur, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - Solotech
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor (< $25M)
- Alexis Iché, Oaklins E. Canada: ExPretio Technologies Inc vendue a Modaxo du groupe Constellation Software
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor ($25M-$100M)
- Charles Godbout, PwC Corporate Finance Inc.: Starlink Aviation has been acquired by Financière Outremont
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor (>$100M)
- Todd Caluori, EY Orenda Corporate Finance Inc.: Nature’s Touch Frozen Fruits’ acquired the assets of SunRise Growers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc. focused on the sale of private label frozen fruit in the US grocery retail, foodservice and industrial channels
- Deal of the Year: Private Equity
- Fares Kabbani, Alfar Capital: MSP Corp Acquired by Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners and Merged with Groupe Access
- Deal of the Year: Debt Financing
- Madalina Dragomirescu, Fiera Dette Privée & Ibtihel Sassi, Scotiabank: Cellcom Group
- Deal of the Year: ESG
- Saki Tzanidis & Nicholas Capuano, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton: EMSPEC joins Hapam, strengthening the Van Halteren Group of Companies
- Deal of the Year: Strategic Acquisition
- John Tentomas, Nature's Touch Frozen Foods: Nature’s Touch Frozen Fruits’ acquired the assets of SunRise Growers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc. focused on the sale of private label frozen fruit in the US grocery retail, foodservice and industrial channels
- Deal of the Year YPMA: Young Professionals in M&A
- Guillaume Savard, Dentons Canada: Acquisition of Les Industries Flexpipe, Inc. by MPE Partners
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2024 M&A Awards Gala Finalists
- Deal of the Year: Law Firm
- Stephen Lloyd, Dentons: Harnois Énergies acquiert auprès de Couche-Tard Inc. les actifs de station-service Wilsons « Projet Lighthouse » dans les provinces de l'Atlantique.
- Antonio Fratianni, GC Plus Advisory Services Inc.: Sale of Fastco Canada's Wheel Manufacturing and Wheel and Tire Distribution Business to Groupe Touchette
- Maxime Cloutier, KRB Lawyers Inc.: Management buy-out by Anthony Sleiman of the Cellcom group.
- Vincent Girard, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin: Acquisition de NuChem Sciences par le groupe britannique Sygnature Discovery
- Deal of the Year: Accounting Firm
- Frédéric Bouchard, PwC: Groupe Sélection and banking syndicate led by National Bank of Canada has successfully completed a Sale and investment process (SISP) through a restructuring plan affecting approximately $1.3B of total indebtedness under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), by selling the Company's assets to Blackstone, Revera, Corev and Fonds immobilier de Solidarité FTQ
- François Tellier, EY: Norbec Group Inc. completed the recapitalization of debt and equity with Desjardins Group and Sagard Private Equity Canada with EY acting as the exclusive financial advisor to the Company and its shareholders.
- Martin Deschênes & Martin Belhumeur, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - Solotech
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor (< $25M)
- Alexis Iché, Oaklins E. Canada: ExPretio Technologies Inc vendue a Modaxo du groupe Constellation Software
- Michael Pesner, Hermitage Canada Finance Inc.: Ivys, Inc. Announces Purchase of Key Climate-tech Assets of Xebec Adsorption Inc. and subsidiary Compressed Air International Inc. along with a strategic investment by Enbridge.
- Rita Kasparian, BDC Capital: Acquisition de Roulottes Prolite par Frédéric Delwiche
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor ($25M-$100M)
- Charles Godbout, PwC Corporate Finance Inc.: Starlink Aviation has been acquired by Financière Outremont
- Jean-Daniel Leclair, Beara Mergers: Photonis / Exosens acquires Telops
- Saki Tzanidis & Nicholas Capuano, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton: EMSPEC joins Hapam, strengthening the Van Halteren Group of Companies
- Todd Caluori, EY Orenda Corporate Finance Inc.: M.A.C. Métal Architectural Inc. has been sold by EY M&A Lead Advisory to Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
- Deal of the Year: Financial Advisor (>$100M)
- Christine Pouliot, PwC Corporate Finance Inc.: Fednav sold its Canadian and U.S. marine terminal business to Logistec
- Frédéric Bouchard, PwC Corporate Finance Inc.: Groupe Sélection and banking syndicate led by National Bank of Canada has successfully completed a Sale and investment process (SISP) through a restructuring plan affecting approximately $1.3B of total indebtedness under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), by selling the Company's assets to Blackstone, Revera, Corev and Fonds immobilier de Solidarité FTQ
- Todd Caluori, EY Orenda Corporate Finance Inc.: Nature’s Touch Frozen Fruits’ acquired the assets of SunRise Growers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc. focused on the sale of private label frozen fruit in the US grocery retail, foodservice and industrial channels
- Deal of the Year: Private Equity
- Christian Roy, Desjardins Capital: Norbec Group Inc. completed the recapitalization of debt and equity with Desjardins Group and Sagard Private Equity Canada, with EY acting as the exclusive financial advisor to the Company and its shareholders
- Fares Kabbani, Alfar Capital: MSP Corp Acquired by Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners and Merged with Groupe Access
- François Gaudreau, Thornhill Capital Inc. (Groupe Thornhill Capital): Acquisition de la firme d’ingénierie québécoise FNX-INNOV par l’entreprise française Artelia
- Stephane Huot, Martin Latreille, Charles Vennat, Namakor Holdings / Fonds de solidarité FTQ / CMI inc.: Acquisition de CMI Mulching par Namakor Holdings et le Fonds de solidarité FTQ – une relève d’entreprise complétée avec brio avec son PDG repreneur, Charles Vennat
- Deal of the Year: Debt Financing
- Madalina Dragomirescu, Fiera Dette Privée & Ibtihel Sassi, Scotiabank: Cellcom Group
- Rita Kasparian, BDC Capital: Acquisition de Roulottes Prolite par Frédéric Delwiche
- Stephan Julien, Moderco Inc.: Avec l’accompagnement de 2G Capital, Moderco Inc. et sa filiale immobilière ont financé leur projet phare et ambitieux de Moderco 5.0.
- Deal of the Year: ESG
- Jeffrey St-Amant, Desjardins Entreprises: Fermes Terra Agri acquisition of Boucherie B. Poirier
- Pierre Labbé, QScale: QScale’s Strategic Investment from Aligned Data Centers, with Ongoing Support from Québec Government (via Investissement Quebec) and Desjardins Capital, enabling rapid acceleration in the development of its sustainable computing center.
- Saki Tzanidis & Nicholas Capuano, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton: EMSPEC joins Hapam, strengthening the Van Halteren Group of Companies
- Deal of the Year: Strategic Acquisition
- Alex Brisson, Norda Stelo Inc.: Norda Stelo acquiert CWA Engineers : un partenariat canadien, ancré dans l’innovation et la durabilité, qui redéfinit l’ingénierie de l’extraction à la distribution des ressources, mondialement.
- Étienne Brassard, Gabrielle Ahélo & France Camille De Mers, Lavery: Gen V devient le Leader de la production en serre au Québec en faisant l’acquisition de Les Serres Royales inc.
- John Tentomas, Nature's Touch Frozen Foods: Nature’s Touch Frozen Fruits’ acquired the assets of SunRise Growers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc. focused on the sale of private label frozen fruit in the US grocery retail, foodservice and industrial channels
- Deal of the Year YPMA: Young Professionals in M&A
- Benoit-Gabriel Corriveau, PwC Corporate Finance Inc.: Groupe Selection and banking syndicate led by National Bank of Canada has successfully completed a Sale and Investment Sollicitation (SISP) process through a restructuring plan affecting approximately CA$1.3B of total indebtedness under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), by selling the Company's assets to Blackstone, Revera, Corev Immobilier and Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ
- Guillaume Felx, BDC Capital: BDC Capital acquires significant minority stake in Truck’N Roll.
- Guillaume Savard, Dentons Canada: Acquisition of Les Industries Flexpipe, Inc. by MPE Partners
- Milad Jawabra, Partenaires Thrust Capital: Partenaires Thrust Capital, en partenariat avec Investissement Québec et Desjardins Capital, fait l’acquisition du Groupe DCM Inc.
M&A Awards Gala Guest of Honor
Kim Thomassin
Executive Vice-President and Head of Québec, CDPQ
As Executive Vice-President and Head of Québec, Kim Thomassin leads CDPQ’s investment strategy in Québec and financing and support activities for medium and large companies in the province. She also oversees the Québec investment and operating partner teams. She sits on the Executive Committee and on the Investment-Risk Committee.
Before joining CDPQ in 2017, Ms. Thomassin was National Client Leader and Managing Partner for the Québec Region at McCarthy Tétrault. As a member of the Leadership Team, she contributed to the firm’s regional and national management while strengthening its national presence. In her 17 years at the firm, she held various important positions and specialized in project finance and acquisition transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She has been involved in several transactions related to large-scale Canadian and international projects. She has also represented public institutions and developers in connection with public-private partnerships.
Ms. Thomassin holds a B.C.L./LL.B. from Université Laval and a minor in psychology at McGill University. She also studied at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law. Ms. Thomassin is a member of the Québec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association.
M&A Awards Gala Guest of Honor
Sylvain Corbeil
Partner - Corporate and Business Development, RCGT
Vivane Croux
Head, Corporate Finance, Québec, BMO
Viviane Croux is Head of BMO’s Corporate Finance Division, Quebec, which provides midsize companies with a single point of access to an integrated suite of commercial and capital products and financial options. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, with a unique background, having worked in capital markets, led teams in wealth and, for the past five years, built a strong commercial banking franchise. Viviane started her career at KPMG in audit and financial advisory services. She joined TD in 2002 in Investment Banking, where, for the next ten years, she advised companies on equity, debt and M&A transactions. Viviane then moved to a senior role in Private Wealth, and assumed accountability for building out TD’s wealth business in Quebec, before assuming similar accountability in Eastern Ontario. She moved to her most recent role in 2017 where, through an ambitious growth plan, led the team in it’s effort to significantly increase market share.
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