Partner, Lawyer
Valérie Charpentier
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Valérie Charpentier is a partner in the Business, Commercial and Corporate Law Department of our Montréal office. Valérie has a practice focused on business law and primarily acts on behalf of private companies, private equity firms and other investors in domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and financing in a wide range of sectors, such as the natural resources field. She advises her clients in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions as well as securities offerings in the Québec private market, general corporate law and takeover bids, public offerings, and private investments.
Valérie regularly acts on behalf of major clients in the implementation of joint ventures, limited partnership agreements and in all aspects of fund creation. She also assists companies of all sizes throughout their growth, such as incorporation, shareholder agreements, support for the board of directors and the various governance committees, partnerships, financing, and acquisitions.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Barreau du Québec (2015)
- Law degree (LL.B.), Université de Sherbrooke (2014)
Recognition(s)
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to watch (2025) - Corporate Law
- Best Lawyers in Canada : Ones to Watch (2022) - Mergers and Acquisition
Representative Work
- Acted on behalf of Groupe DPJL Cabinet en assurance de dommages Inc, a casualty insurance brokerage firm with over 50 years of experience, in the sale of all its shares to La Turquoise Cabinet en assurance de dommages et services financiers Inc. and La Turquoise Agence en assurance de dommages Inc. (2025);
- Acted on behalf of Humance Inc., a company that provides business and human resources strategy advice to organizations, in its reorganization and acquisition of the shares of HRM Group, which specializes in HR marketing and strategic human resources management, and Oranje Group, a company specializing in video design and production (2023 & 2024);
- Acted on behalf of Groupe DPJL Cabinet en assurance de dommages Inc., a casualty insurance brokerage firm with over 50 years of experience, in the acquisition of all the assets of Boomerang Assurances Inc., another casualty insurance firm (2024);
- Acted on behalf of Serres Toundra Inc, a Québec greenhouse grower and the largest producer of English cucumbers in Québec, in various reorganizations and financings (2024);
- Acted on behalf of Renaud-Bray in its acquisition of Omer DeSerres, Lamarche Importation and Cadres Verbec, corporations specialized in the retail sale of art, DIY, leisure and office supplies, and offering framing and laminating services (2024);
- Acted on behalf of KSH Solutions Inc., a Montréal-based consulting, engineering and EPC/EPCM services company specializing in the pulp and paper, chemicals, biorefinery, energy, water and environment and chemical sectors, and its shareholders in the sale of the shares of KSH Solutions Inc. to AFRY Group Finland OY (2023);
- Acted on behalf of the shareholders of Les Espaces Memoria Inc. and its affiliates in the sale of their shares to Athos Commemorative Services Inc., the largest privately owned network of funeral complexes in Québec (2023);
- Acted on behalf of Epiq Solutions, a portfolio company of The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund, L.P., in its acquisition of the assets of Xiphos Systems Corporation, a provider of high-performance embedded systems for space markets (2023);
- Acted as lead counsel on behalf of Assura Group Inc., in the sale of its assets to Essor Wealth Management Inc. (2022);
- Acted on behalf of Télécon Inc. in its financing with its bank consortium (2022);
- Acted on behalf of Clareo Inc., Québec's largest network of dental clinics, in the context of its strategic partnership with the International Dental Institute (IDI) (2022);
- Acted on behalf of Archimed through MED III in the context of its investment in Corealis Pharma, a North American CDMO, this partnership enabling Americas' leading CDMO to formulate oral pharmaceutical dosage and manufacture clinical supplies of growth accelerants (2022);
- Acted on behalf of Groupe Nexio Inc. in connection with its acquisition by NovaCap;
- Acted on behalf of DMDConnects Services Inc. in the sale of its direct and indirect interests and assets used in connection with the operation of DMD Marketing Corp., a healthcare information provider dedicated to connecting marketers to key healthcare audiences, to IQVIA Inc. (NYSE:IQVIA) (2021);
- Acted on behalf of North Sky Capital, general partner of Clean Growth V, L.P., in the context of its investment as limited partner in Persistence Capital Partners (International) III, L.P. (2021);
- Acted on behalf of Epsilyte Holdings LLC, a leading provider of advanced materials, in its acquisition of StyroChem Canada, Ltd. (2021);
- Acted on behalf of EVAH, in relation with the signing of four contracts with Elanco Animal Health Incorporated to acquire and develop technologies in animal health (2021);
- Acted on behalf of Clean Biologics SAS, a French biopharmaceutical services company, on its recent acquisition of Biodextris Inc, a Canadian service provider for clients in the vaccine and biopharmaceutical industries (2021);
- Acted on behalf of Alliance Magnesium Inc. in a $145 million financing transaction for its commercial demonstration plant for magnesium production (2020);
- Acted on behalf of Medline Industries Inc. in the acquisition of Médi-Select, a Québec City-based distributor of medical and dental supplies (2020);
- Acted on behalf of an important investor in the IPO of LightSpeed POS Inc. (2019);
- Acted on behalf of Humania Assurance Inc. in the sale of Aurea Signature Inc. to IDC Worldsource Insurance Network Inc., one of Canada’s leading life Insurance Managing General Agencies (2019);
- Acted on behalf of Prevtec Microbia Inc. in its sale to Elanco Canada (2019);
- Acted on behalf of Humania Assurance Inc. in its acquisition of all the assets of Tour+Med Assistance, Inc. and Multi+Med Inc. (2019);
- Acted on behalf of DMD Digital Health Connections Group Inc. in its plan of arrangement under the CBCA in connection with a privatization and management buyout transaction and related financing (2018).
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Member of the Young Bar of Montreal (YBM)
- Member of the Barreau du Québec
