Brigitte Nepveu

Expertise

Business, Commercial and Corporate Law

• Business Start-Ups
• Corporate Reorganization
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Equity Financing
• Management Buyout
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Venture Capital Financing

Intellectual Property

• Commercial Contracts Related to Intellectual Property
• Technology Transfers

Strategic Teams

• Business and Technology
• Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Corporate Services
• Life Sciences
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Venture Capital

Professional background

Brigitte Nepveu has been a member of BCF’s business, commercial and corporate law practice and its Intellectual Property team since 2002.

Ms. Nepveu specializes in biotechnology, the pharmaceutical industry and clinical research. She represents and advises businesses from a variety of sectors in connection with their venture capital financing files. She also assists clients with their incorporation and organization. A member of the Corporate Governance and Compliance strategic team, Ms. Nepveu serves as corporate secretary on several boards of directors.

Publications

• "How to buy a small business", co-author, HEC Montréal - Desjardins Conference, Montréal, September 2007.
• "Le refus de traitement : questions légales et éthiques," Actes des 2e, 3e et 4e Colloques VIH et Droit, CPAVIH, Montréal, 2001.
• "Énoncé de principes : Recherche génomique humaine," Réseau de médecine générique appliquée (RMGA), 2000.
• "L'encadrement des biotechnologies : un retour vers un pluralisme juridique" (2000) 7 R.E.J.

Involvement

• Ms. Nepveu has taught the Commercial Transactions course to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Law at the Université de Montréal since 2005. She also teaches the course on valuing knowledge, in the Faculty’s Masters program. She also participated, from 2005 to 2008, in the industrial property course intended for Masters students.

• Ms. Nepveu serves as corporate secretary on several boards of private companies and advises them in matters of governance.

• Volunteer for the Fondation du maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse since 2009.

• Member of the Comité des jeunes mécènes de la Fondation de la Place des Arts since 2010.

• Member of the Honorary Committee of the Fondation O Vertigo since 2011.

Professional affiliations

• Bio Québec
• Chambre de commerce française du Canada

Conferences

• "La nouvelle Loi sur les sociétés par actions (Québec)," conference presented at different accounting firms, 2011.

• "L’impact de la Loi sur le transfert des valeurs mobilières et l’obtention de titres intermédiés sur les émetteurs fermés," BCF s.e.n.c.r.l., Montreal, January 28, 2009.

• "Les pratiques contractuelles en matière de transfert de technologies," UQÀM, Montreal, April 8, 2006.

• "Stem Cells and Law," Centre de recherche en droit public, Montreal, January 2001.

• "Étude comparative de diverses approches normatives propres au clônage thérapeutique et reproductif," 11e colloque de la Société canadienne de Bioéthique, Edmonton, October 1999.

• "Le refus de traitement: questions légales et éthiques," 2e colloque VIH et Droit, Clinique juridique du Comité des personnes atteintes du VIH du Québec, Montreal, February 1999.

Representative work

• Ms. Nepveu works closely with researchers and universities interested in promoting various technologies. She works with them in the different stages of their business, from incorporation to subsequent financing. Ms. Nepveu is particularly involved in Quebec’s life sciences community.

Publications

• Cas/Transactions > CIT/ABC Acquires the Assets of LAB Research Inc. May 18th, 2011
• Cas/Transactions > Neuralitic Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding February 3rd, 2011
• Cas/Transactions > Alethia Biotherapeutics secures 9.6 million Canadian dollars in Series A financing September 3rd, 2010