Lawyer

Alessia Talarico

• Called to the Barreau du Québec (2022)
• Juris Doctor, Université de Montréal (2020)
• Law Degree, Université de Montréal (2020)
• Certificate in International Law, Chinese Law and the Chinese Judicial System, China University of Political Science and Law (2019)
• B.Comm, major Finance, McGill University (2017)

• Acted as legal counsel to Hypertec Cloud Inc. in connection with the acquisition of the 5C Data Centers group of companies for USD $750,000,000;
• Acted on behalf of Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins and KF Matheson Holdings Corp., in their capacity as co-lead investors, in connection with a syndicated USD $ 15,000,000 investment in convertible Class A-2 Preferred Shares of Puzzle Medical Devices Inc;
• Acted on behalf of Epitopea Inc., a Canadian corporation, and Epitopea Limited, a U.K. corporation, in connection with the USD$31M (£24M) cross-border, pre-Series-A preferred share extension financing round of these companies, with an exchangeable share structure, led by a syndicate of international investors including Advent Life Sciences, CTI Life Sciences, Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec (FTQ), Investissement Québec, adMare BioInnovations (NEOMED Institute) and IRICoR. These companies are transatlantic biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of off-the-shelf RNA-based cancer immunotherapeutics;
• Acted on behalf of Theodorus, a venture capital fund dedicated to early stage investments in the life sciences, in its $2M pre-seed financing for the creation of Neomabs Biotechnologies, a company dedicated to the development of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer;
• Acted for Aerial Technologies Inc. in its financing round in secured convertible notes in series 5 preferred shares for a total round of $US 1,964,500 with various investors including Yaletown Innovation Growth Limited Partnership, as lead investor, Fonds Innovexport, S.E.C., TandemLaunch Ventures Aerial Investment I (2022) L.P., Greene Lane Investment, LLC, Telefonica Open Innovation S.L., and others (2022);
• Acted on behalf of a Québec-based telecommunications company in its sale to a leading telecommunications operator (2022);
• Acted on behalf of Québec counsel Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition from Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust of a Canadian office and retail portfolio consisting of six properties (2022);
• Acted on behalf of Sika, a global manufacturer of specialty construction products, in its acquisition of Sable Marco Inc. (2022);
• Acted on behalf of Epsilyte Holdings LLC, a leading materials supplier, in its acquisition of StyroChem Canada Ltd., a North American producer of expandable polystyrene (2021);
• Acted on behalf of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of the office component of Place Gare Viger (2021).