Steven Dickie

• Recursion

  Recursion in its acquisition of Cyclica for US$40 million

• Nav Technologies Inc.

  Nav Technologies Inc. in its acquisition of Nuula

• MoonPay

  MoonPay in its acquisition of Nightshift

• iNovia Capital

  iNovia Capital in CommerceBear’s US$10.5 million funding round

• Signal 1

  Signal 1 in its collaboration with Unity Health Toronto and TD Bank Group along with its US$10 million Seed financing

• Agilysys

  Agilysys in its US$25 million acquisition of ResortSuite

• Security Compass Technologies

  Security Compass Technologies in the sale of its consulting business to Kroll

• Epiq

  Epiq in its acquisition of Simplex Services Inc.

• Roadmunk

  Roadmunk in its acquisition by Tempo Software

• Affinio

  Affinio in its acquisition by NowVertical

• Waabi

  Waabi in its launch and US$83.5 million Series A financing round

• Higher Logic

  Higher Logic in its acquisition of Vanilla

• Wealthsimple

  Wealthsimple in its $750 million financing

• Yolk

  Yolk in its acquisition by Astreya

• Borrowell

  Borrowell’s acquisition of Refresh Financial

• Verafin

  Verafin in its US$2.75 billion acquisition by Nasdaq

• Achievers

  Achievers in its acquisition of TemboSocial

• Managed Sentinel

  Managed Sentinel in its acquisition by BlueVoyant

• Lenders

  Lenders in Berkshire Partners’ acquisition of VetStrategy

• CryptoNumerics

  CryptoNumerics in its acquisition by Snowflake

• Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by AstraZeneca
• Daylight Automation in its acquisition by Quadient
• Recursion in its acquisition of Valence Discovery for US$47.5 million
• Recursion in its acquisition of Cyclica for US$40 million
• MoonPay in its acquisition of Nightshift
• Nav Technologies Inc. in its acquisition of Nuula
• iNovia Capital in CommerceBear’s US$10.5 million funding round
• Signal 1 in its collaboration with Unity Health Toronto and TD Bank Group along with its US$10 million Seed financing
• Agilysys in its US$25 million acquisition of ResortSuite.
• Security Compass Technologies in the sale of its consulting business to Kroll.
• Epiq in its acquisition of Simplex Services Inc.
• Roadmunk in its acquisition by Tempo Software. Affinio in its proposed acquisition by NowVertical.
• Waabi in its launch and US$83.5 million Series A financing round.
• Higher Logic in its acquisition of Vanilla.
• Borrowell’s acquisition of Refresh Financial.
• Verafin in its US$2.75 billion acquisition by Nasdaq.
• Achievers in its acquisition of TemboSocial.
• Managed Sentinel in its acquisition by BlueVoyant.
• Lenders in Berkshire Partners’ acquisition of VetStrategy.
• CryptoNumerics in its acquisition by Snowflake.
• Rubikloud in its US $60 million acquisition by Kinaxis.
• Affinity in its acquisition of Nudge.ai.
• Dessa in its acquisition by Square.
• Collage in its acquisition by People Corporation.
• Wealthsimple in its acquisition of SimpleTax.
• Intelex Technologies in its $570 million acquisition by Industrial Scientific.
• Wealthsimple Inc. in its $100 million investment round.
• Platinum Equity Advisors in its acquisition of Livingston International.
• Bain Capital Ventures’ $17 million Series A investment in Vention.
• RL Solutions in its acquisition by Datix.
• Artech Information Systems, LLC in its acquisition of the Talent & Technology Solutions business unit (“TTS”) of CDI Corporation.
• Chefs Plate in its acquisition by HelloFresh.
• Inversago Pharma Inc. in its Series A Financing round of $7 million.
• iNovia Capital in Careguide’s Series A Financing round of $6 million.
• Professor Sven Dickinson in his appointment to lead Samsung’s new Toronto AI Centre.
• Power Factors, LLC a subsidiary of MaxGen Energy Services, LLC, in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Arista Renewable Energies Inc.
• ThoughtWire in its combined Series A and debt financing of $20 million.
• Upchain in its Series A financing round of $7.4 million.
• Platterz Inc. in its US$15 million Series A Financing.
• Layer 6 Inc. in its acquisition by the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
• Corus Entertainment Inc. in the sale of French-language specialty channels to Bell Media Inc. for approximately $200 million.
• Deep Genomics in its Series A financing round of approximately US$13 million.
• Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its closure of an Oversubscribed US$46 Million Series A Financing.
• Rho Canada Ventures L.P. in the $5 million Series A financing round for SPORTLOGiQ.
• Borrowell Inc. in its $12 million Series A round of financing.
• Professor Raquel Urtasun in her hiring by Uber to lead a new Toronto-based research and development centre for its Advanced Technologies Group.
• Turnstyle Analytics Inc. in its acquisition by Yelp Inc.

Select Reported Work:

• Canada Bread Company Ltd. as counsel in Ontario Labour Relations Board proceedings relating to Teamsters’ attempt to organize the Franchisees’ of Canada Bread in five key depots in the Greater Toronto Area.
• Wealthsimple as an advisor on a broad range of Canadian workplace issues including providing business critical legal and strategic advice.
• Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc. as counsel on all employment and labour matters in Canada, spanning a diverse range of issues.
• Advised on the labour relations issues related to the integration of two public hospitals.
• Successfully resolved a human rights complaint against an employer and individual managers for a company in the entertainment industry.
• Defended a large manufacturer facing quasi-criminal charges related to a workplace fatality.
• Successfully resolved health and safety complaints made by a former employee to the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
• Devised and implemented a strategy to address executive employment issues, while avoiding any disruption to senior management, in connection with the acquisition of a business with approximately 700 Canadian employees.
• Advised a major U.S. manufacturer on complex issues involving interwoven employment, safety, regulatory and environmental risks in connection with the acquisition of a Canadian business.
• Advised an oil and gas company on a corporate reorganization in light of the union bargaining rights attached to various subsidiaries.