Mergers and Acquisitions

WealthBar with respect to CI Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in WealthBar

WealthBar Financial Services Inc.
Key Contact
Mark Longo

Vancouver Managing Partner, Vancouver

Team
Adam LaRoche

Associate, Privacy and Data Management; Employment and Labour, Calgary

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto

Sam Ip

Partner, Technology, Toronto

Tara Folk

Business Architecture Lawyer – Osler Works Transactional, Vancouver

Patrick J. Sullivan

Partner, Corporate, Vancouver

On January 23, 2019, WealthBar announced the completion of their purchase transaction whereby CI Financial Corp. acquired 75% of WealthBar’s issued and outstanding common shares.

WealthBar is one of Canada’s leading wealth management and financial planning robo-advisory firms for retail investors and portfolio advisors.

Established in 1965, CI is one of the largest investment companies in Canada and has over $173 billion in fee-earning assets.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP represented WealthBar with a team consisting of Mark Longo, Patrick Sullivan and Tara Folk (Corporate), Adam LaRoche (Employment & Labour), Lori Stein (Investment Funds and Asset Management), Sam Ip (Technology) and Dov Begun (Tax).

Value
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Date Closed
January 23, 2019
Lead Office
Vancouver
Key Contact
Mark Longo

Vancouver Managing Partner, Vancouver

Team
Adam LaRoche

Associate, Privacy and Data Management; Employment and Labour, Calgary

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto

Sam Ip

Partner, Technology, Toronto

Tara Folk

Business Architecture Lawyer – Osler Works Transactional, Vancouver

Patrick J. Sullivan

Partner, Corporate, Vancouver