Lawyer
Ashley Weiss
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Ashley Weiss is a member of BCF’s business law team in Montréal. She focuses her practice on banking, corporate financing and real estate law.
Ashley has joined our firm in 2021 after working as legal counsel for one of Canada’s largest chartered banks in the commercial and financing sector.
She was called to the Barreau du Québec in 2020, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Law and a Juris Doctor from Université de Montréal. As a student, she took part in exchange programs in Beijing and Israel.
Ashley is fluent in both English and French.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Barreau du Québec (2020)
- J.D., North American Common Law, Université de Montréal (2019)
- LL.B., Civil Law, Université de Montréal (2018)
- Israeli Law and Society, Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2017)
- Certificate in Law, China University of Political Science and Law (2016)
Publications
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"New York’s Citibank Decision: A Canadian Law Perspective (2021)"
by Ashley Weiss and Kiriakoula Hatzikiriakos, Business Law Today, American Bar Association.
Representative Work
- Acted on behalf of Sandibe Global B.V., a Dutch company specialized in the leisure industry, and more specifically in global-scale tourist attractions, in the context of the sale of all of the shares of Les Holdings La Grande Roue de Montréal Inc., which owns and operates the Montreal ferris wheel, an iconic site in the Old Port of Montreal;
- Acted on behalf of Walter Capital Partners Inc. a private equity firm that is part of the Walter Group, in its acquisition of Martins Industries, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of tire and wheel equipment and supplies;
- Acted on behalf of ANGUS Capital Inc. a private equity fund specializing in the acquisition of Quebec-based SMEs in traditional sectors, in its acquisition of Les Équipements Médicaux Leika Ltée, a leading family-owned company specializing in the distribution and rental of wound care and pain relief products;
- Acted on behalf of a private equity fund in the acquisition of a Québec leader in the design and manufacture of high-efficiency recovery, heating and ventilation systems;
- Acted on behalf Novolecs in the acquisition of the assets of Stace, a factory specializes in the design and manufacture of low and medium voltage auxiliary equipment, serving a large local and international customer base;
- Acted on behalf of ANGUS Capital Inc. a private equity fund specializing in the acquisition of Quebec-based SMEs in traditional sectors, in its acquisition of Groupe Alpha-Vico, Quebec's only manufacturer of school furniture and one of Canada's industry leaders;
- Legal counsel to Epsilyte Holdings LLC, a leading provider of advanced materials, in its acquisition of StyroChem Canada, Ltd.
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Barreau du Québec
- Lord Reading Law Association
