Lawyer
Jean-Christophe Imbeau
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Jean-Christophe Imbeau is a member of our business law and corporate finance team and is known for his understanding of business issues and his ability to find practical solutions for his clients.
As such, he works with various clients, ranging from startups and established companies to Canadian and foreign investment funds and public issuers that have chosen the province of Québec for their growth. Jean-Christophe is involved in every step of a transaction, be it national or cross-border. He handles the drafting and review of contracts as well as the issuance of shares, bonds and other capital market transactions. He is also interested in corporate and regulatory issues as well as in the human aspects of the merger and acquisition process. Since joining BCF, he has been eager to share his passion and is actively involved in selecting and mentoring our students and interns.
Jean-Christophe has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Association des diplômés en droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke (ADDUS) since 2019. As a student, he worked as a teaching assistant in charge of research courses at the Faculté de droit, in addition to working with other professors and lecturers in the business law department. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association Law Students Section and has co-founded Jeunesse Enrichie in Sherbrooke, a non-profit organization whose main mission is to increase financial literacy among young people through finance courses given in high schools.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Called to the Barreau du Québec (2020)
- Master of Business Administration, Université de Sherbrooke (2019)
- Bachelor of Laws, Université de Sherbrooke (2019)
Recognition(s)
- Lieutenant Governor's of Québec Medal (2015)
Publications
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2018 : Vers une collaboration étudiante encore plus forte
Canadian Bar Association. January 16, 2018.
Representative Work
- 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 CIRION BioPharma Research Inc. and its shareholders in connection with its acquisition by Cerba HealthCare (September 2023);
- Acted on behalf of Genesis Drug Discovery & Development, member of Genesis Global Group, in its acquisition of JSS Medical Research, an enterprise with corporate headquarters in Montréal, Canada, and regional offices in Bogotá, Columbia, Faridabad, India, and Warsaw, Poland, which provides pre- and post-approval clinical development services to support pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutraceutical and medical device companies worldwide. (May 2023);
- Acted on behalf of Civitanavi Systems S.p.a, a company listed on Euronext Milan, in its acquisition of an equity interest in PV Labs Ltd, a Canadian-based company active in the field of intelligent imaging for the aeronautical industry (May 2023);
- Acted on behalf of Grandio Group in its acquisition of Gibby's Restaurants (May 2023);
- Acted on behalf of Dals Lighting Inc. in its recapitalization led by BDG Partners (January 2023);
- Acted on behalf of Sunshine Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ: “SBFM”), a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, in its acquisition of Nora Pharma Inc., a Canadian pharmaceutical company offering generic and specialty drugs and one of North America’s fastest growing generic pharmaceutical companies (October 2022);
- Acted on behalf of an American investment fund in the acquisition in Québec of a security company operating in Canada and the United States (September 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Groupe Grandio (Sportscene) in the acquisition of Groupe Restos Plaisirs and Groupe Bistronomie, owners of the restaurants and chains Café du monde, Madame Chose, Cochon Dingue, Chez Lionel and Iru Izakaya, among others (August 2022);
- Acted on behalf of the acquiring group in the acquisition of Kozy Boutique-Cadeaux Inc. (August 2022);
- Acted on behalf of GFL Environment and Matrec in multiple acquisitions of companies in the province of Quebec (May 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Groupe Soucy and JLD-Laguë, supported by Champlain Financial Corporation, in its acquisition of Location Sauvageau and Location Légaré (June 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Resonetics LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of AGILE MV, a Montreal-based medical device development company. (June 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Notarius, a Quebec-based and Canadian leader and provider of solutions that safeguard the long-term reliability of electronic documents, in its acquisition by Portage CyberTech Inc., a subsidiary of Converge Technology Solutions Corp., a software-enabled IT & Cloud Solutions provider. (June 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Marshall Fields International BV, an Amsterdam-based holding company, in its acquisition of CannTrust Equity (March 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Andlauer Healthcare Group (TSX: AND) in connection with its acquisition of the shares of Unité de Support Logistique (LSU) Inc. (March 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Sika, a global manufacturer of specialty construction products, in its acquisition of Sable Marco Inc. (February 2022);
- Acted, as Canadian counsel, on behalf of GTCR LLC, a Chicago-based U.S. investment fund, and Jet Support Services Inc., in connection with its acquisition of the shares of Traxxall, an aviation maintenance software (December 2021);
- Acted on behalf of the acquiring group in the going private transaction of Sportscene Group Inc. owning, among others, La Cage-Brasserie Sportive restaurants (January 2022);
- Acted on behalf of Dye & Durham, as Quebec counsel, in its acquisition of Telus’ Financial Solutions Business (December 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Groupe Nexio Inc., in connection with its acquisition by NovaCap. (August 2021);
- Acted on behalf of GTCR LLC, a Chicago-based private equity fund, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Fiso Technologies, a Quebec-based medical fiber optics company. (October 2021);
- Acted on behalf of DMDConnects Services Inc. in the sale of its direct and indirect interests in, and assets used in connection with the operation of, DMD Marketing Corp., a healthcare identity provider dedicated to connecting marketers to key healthcare audiences, to IQVIA Inc. (NYSE:IQVIA) (August 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Epsilyte Holdings LLC, a leading North American EPS producer based in the United States, in its acquisition of StyroChem, a global polystyrene producer based in Quebec (October 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Consolidated Uranium Inc. (TSXV:CUR) in its acquisition of the Matoush Project, located in the Otish Mountains, Baie-James (August 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Sika (SWX:SIKA) in its acquisition of American Hydrotech Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary Hydrotech Membrane Corporation (July 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Sherweb, a global cloud solutions provider, in its acquisition of Global Mentoring Solutions Inc. a North American IT support and management company (March 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Clean Biologics SAS, a French biopharmaceutical services company, in its acquisition of Biodextris Inc. a Canadian provider of services to clients in the vaccine and biopharmaceutical industries (March 2021);
- Acted on behalf of the vendors in the sale of In Fidem, a Canadian company specialized in cybersecurity services, to Atos SE, a French multinational information technology service company listed on Euronext Paris (January 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Angany Inc., a private French-Canadian pharmaceutical company, expert namely in precision medicine against allergies, in its private Series A round of financing (January 2021);
- Acted on behalf of Sherweb in the acquisition of C2 Innovations Inc. (October 2020);
- Acted on behalf of Sherweb in the acquisition of PurelyHR, a Canadian leader in software solutions (October 2020);
- Acted on behalf of a major U.S. public company as Canadian counsel in its acquisition of the assets of an information technology services company for more than $40 million (February 2020).
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Barreau du Québec
- Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
- Association des MBA du Québec (AMBAQ)
- Association des diplômés en droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke (ADDUS)
Involvement
- Member of the Association des diplômés en droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke (currently)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association Law Students Section (2016 to 2019)
- Member of the Nominating Committee, Mercuriades (2019)
- Co-founder and President, Jeunesse Enrichie/Penny Drops Sherbrooke (2016-2018)
- Student, Clinique juridique entrepreneuriale de l'Université de Sherbrooke (2017)