Calvin is a partner in our Montreal office and is a member of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group. He practices in corporate law with a focus on corporate finance, particularly in venture capital and growth capital, emerging and high growth companies, private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
He works with companies at all stages of their life cycle and leads a range of Canadian and international transactions, including negotiated and contested acquisitions and divestitures, strategic investments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and other commercial and corporate matters. As part of his practice in venture and growth capital and private equity, he advises investment funds on their formation and on their investments and divestiture of portfolio investments.
Calvin is listed as a "one to watch" lawyer in mergers and acquisitions law in the ranking of Best Lawyers in Canada for the year 2021. Calvin is called to the bar in Québec, Ontario and New York.
Areas of Expertise
Representative Work
- Simmunome
Simmunome in its securing $2 million of pre-seed funding
- Inversago Pharma
Inversago Pharma in its US$1.075 billion business combination with Novo Nordisk
- Cloud Imperium Group
Cloud Imperium Group in its acquisition of Turbulent
- Prospector Capital Corp.
Prospector Capital Corp. in its business combination with LeddarTech for US$ 348 million
- Deep Sky
Deep Sky in its securing of $10 million of funding
- Motion Creative Cloud
Motion Creative Cloud in its raising of $6 million in Seed financing
- Inversago Pharma
Inversago Pharma in its $95 million Series C financing
- Vive Crop Protection
Vive Crop Protection in its US$26 million Series C financing round
- Interaxon
Interaxon in its US$9.5 million Series C financing round
- Resson Aerospace
Resson Aerospace in its acquisition by McCain Foods Limited
- Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies in its acquisition of Matrox Imaging
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its US$1.9 billion sale of Barrette Outdoor Living with TorQuest Partners to CRH plc
- Export Development Canada, Canadian Business Growth Fund & Investissement Quebec
Export Development Canada, Canadian Business Growth Fund & Investissement Quebec in connection with Amilia Technologies’ $30 million financing round
- OSF Digital
OSF Digital in its US$100 million Series C financing round
- iNovia Capital
iNovia Capital in connection with Talent.com’s US$120 million Series B financing round
- Deerfield Specialty Papers Inc.
Deerfield Specialty Papers in connection with the sale of Glassine Canada to Nordic Paper Holding.
- eLeapPower
eLeapPower in its $21 million Series A financing round
- Harvest Ventures
Harvest Ventures in its $14 million venture fund
- Vertu Capital
Vertu Capital in its acquisition of PathFactory
- Flinks
Flinks in the acquisition by National Bank of Canada of a majority stake for $103 million
- Promark Electronics Inc.
Promark Electronics Inc. in its acquisition by Electrical Components International
- Information Venture Partners
Information Venture Partners in the $124 million closing of its third venture capital fund
- Element AI
Element AI in its acquisition by ServiceNow
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its majority investment in Barrette Outdoor Living
- Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb in its acquisition of Forbius
Simmunome in its securing $2 million of pre-seed funding
Inversago Pharma in its US$1.075 billion business combination with Novo Nordisk
Cloud Imperium Group in its acquisition of Turbulent
Prospector Capital Corp. in its business combination with LeddarTech for US$ 348 million
Deep Sky in its securing of $10 million of funding
- Motion Creative Cloud
Motion Creative Cloud in its raising of $6 million in Seed financing
- Inversago Pharma
Inversago Pharma in its $95 million Series C financing
- Vive Crop Protection
Vive Crop Protection in its US$26 million Series C financing round
- Interaxon
Interaxon in its US$9.5 million Series C financing round
- Resson Aerospace
Resson Aerospace in its acquisition by McCain Foods Limited
- Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies in its acquisition of Matrox Imaging
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its US$1.9 billion sale of Barrette Outdoor Living with TorQuest Partners to CRH plc
- Export Development Canada, Canadian Business Growth Fund & Investissement Quebec
Export Development Canada, Canadian Business Growth Fund & Investissement Quebec in connection with Amilia Technologies’ $30 million financing round
- OSF Digital
OSF Digital in its US$100 million Series C financing round
- iNovia Capital
iNovia Capital in connection with Talent.com’s US$120 million Series B financing round
- Deerfield Specialty Papers Inc.
Deerfield Specialty Papers in connection with the sale of Glassine Canada to Nordic Paper Holding.
- eLeapPower
eLeapPower in its $21 million Series A financing round
- Harvest Ventures
Harvest Ventures in its $14 million venture fund
- Vertu Capital
Vertu Capital in its acquisition of PathFactory
- Flinks
Flinks in the acquisition by National Bank of Canada of a majority stake for $103 million
- Promark Electronics Inc.
Promark Electronics Inc. in its acquisition by Electrical Components International
- Information Venture Partners
Information Venture Partners in the $124 million closing of its third venture capital fund
- Element AI
Element AI in its acquisition by ServiceNow
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its majority investment in Barrette Outdoor Living
- Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb in its acquisition of Forbius
Awards and Recognition
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Best Lawyers: Recognized as “One to Watch” in Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Media Mentions
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Osler News Feb 16, 2024
Osler welcomes seven new partners and one new counsel in 2024
Osler is pleased to announce the addition of seven new partners and one new counsel across our offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver,...
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Osler News May 4, 2022
Osler shortlisted for three ‘Deal of the Year’ M&A Awards 2022
Osler is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for three “Deal of the Year” awards at the M&A Awards Gala 2022, reflecting our work...
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Community Involvement
- National Representative (Canada) Young Lawyers’ Committee, International Bar Association
Credentials
Education
- Queen's University, J.D.
- McGill University, B.Sc.
- Université de Montréal, LL.B.
Languages
- English
- French
