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French and English

Offered services
  • Corporate and commercial law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financing
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Securities
  • Transactional
Education

LL.B., Law, 2010, Université Laval; LL.M., Law, 2013, McGill University (Recipient of the Aubrey-Senez Bursary); MBA, Business Administration, 2015, Université Laval

Called to the bar

2012

Pierre-Olivier Plante

Lawyer

Professional career

Partner

Mr. Pierre-Olivier Plante practises mainly in the fields of corporate and commercial law and securities law.

Mr. Plante practice is mainly focused on corporate transactions and matters, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, corporate financing, private placements, and securities.

After completing his legal articling in 2012, Mr. Plante obtained a master’s degree in law at McGill University for which he was awarded the Aubrey-Senez Bursary. He subsequently completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Université Laval during the summer of 2015.

Honours

Mr. Plante is recognized in the prestigious legal directory The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for his work in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

Significant mandates

2021

  • Acquisition of assets held by an engineering firm in 2021
  • Application to list the common shares of a corporation on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.
  • Bought deal public equity offering by way of a prospectus of $ 28.75 million in 2021 – OpSens Inc.
  • Conclusion of an arrangement governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act in the context of the sale of assets for a consideration of approximately $ 200 million in 2021 – Monarch Gold Corporation
  • Bought deal public equity offering by way of a prospectus of $ 17 million in 2021 – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.

2020

  • Private equity offering (including a portion in charitable flow-through shares) of $ 13 million in 2020 – Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
  • Acquisitions of pharmacies in 2020
  • Bought deal private equity offering of $ 13 million in 2020 – Monarch Gold Corporation
  • Share acquisition of a corporation involved in the catering industry in 2020
  • Acquisition of assets of a corporation involved in the field of architectural products in 2020
  • Acquisition of the Radio Station 99.5 FM by Leclerc Communication in 2020

2019

  • Bought deal Private equity offring of $ 6 million in 2019 – Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
  • Acquisitions and sales of pharmacies in 2019
  • Establishment of a limited partnership and acquisition of a real estate project in 2019

2018

  • Implementation of a significant portion of a $1.1B global financing structure in 2018 – Nemaska Lithium inc.

* Bought deal public equity offering by way of prospectus of $280M
* Private equity offering of $80M
* International bonds offering of US$350M on a private placement basis

  • Graduation on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2018 – Monarques Gold Corporation
  • Private equity offering of $8.8M through the issuance of units and flow-through shares in 2018 – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.

2017

  • Private offering of $6.5M through the issuance of subscription receipts in 2017 – Monarques Gold Corporation
  • Acquisition of Richmont Mines Inc.’s mining assets located in Québec in 2017 – Monarques Gold Corporation
  • Bought deal public equity offering by way of prospectus of $ 50M in 2017 – Nemaska Lithium Inc.
  • Bought deal equity offering of $50M in 2017 – Nemaska Lithium Inc.
  • Qualifying transaction between Orletto Capital Inc. and Devonian Health Group Inc. in 2017

2016

  • Equity offering of $14,95M by way of prospectus in 2016 – Opsens Inc.
  • Equity offering of $69M by way of prospectus in 2016 – Nemaska Lithium Inc.
  • Public offering of $15M and concurrent private placement of $8,3M in 2016 – NAPEC Inc.

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