Overview

Alain works exclusively in the field of tax, and in particular with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing and corporate reorganisations.
He is an active member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF) as well as the International Fiscal Association. Alain is also a member of the Montreal Regional Activities Committee of the APFF and wrote on numerous topics relating to tax laws and is also a speaker at different conferences on tax matters.
Stay22 Technologies Inc. in its US$122-million minority growth investment from Summit Partners
Farm Credit Canada in its investment in Yaletown Partners’ third Innovation Growth Fund (IGF III)
Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est and Invenergy in its closing of $1.1 billion in financing for the Pohénégamook-Picard-Saint-Antonin-Wolastokuk 1 (PPAW 1) Wind Energy Centre
TandemLaunch Technologies Inc. in its closing of $37-million fund
BrainBox AI in its business combination with Trane Technologies
ELNA Medical Group Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in its court-approved Sale and Investment Solicitation Process (SISP) under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
General Motors Corporation in its joint venture with Lithium Americas Corp.
BDC Capital in connection with Cyclic Material’s $71-million Series B financing round
Amplitude Ventures in its closing of its $263 million venture capital fund
Powerside in its securing of strategic growth funding from Energy Growth Momentum LP.
Luge Capital in its closing of $71 million of its target $100 million fund
Inversago Pharma in its US$1.075 billion business combination with Novo Nordisk
Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co. in its US$100-million sale to Ellimist Singapore Pte. Ltd.
General Motors Co. in its US$650 million equity investment in Lithium Americas Corp.
Bailey International in connection with its acquisition of Hydrolico International
CarbiCrete in its combined $23.5 million Series A financing round
Amarillo Gold Corp. in its acquisition by Hochschild Mining PLC
iNovia Capital in connection with Talent.com’s US$120 million Series B financing round
Join members of Osler’s National Tax practice for an overview of the key measures introduced in Budget 2024.
On December 19, the Minister of Finance announced that, although the government intends to move forward with the employee stock option proposals from...
On August 22, 2019, the Québec Revenue Agency announced that the deadline for filing the information return to disclose the requested information...
On June 17, 2019, the Canadian government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion with proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act (Canada) to...
Osler is proud to announce that 23 of our lawyers are recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Restructuring and Insolvency 2025. This prestigious...
Osler is proud to announce 42 of our lawyers have been recognized as leaders in the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2023.
APFF Symposium : Corporate reorganizations and commercial transactions
Speaker, Review of recent legislative changes at both the provincial and federal levels, March 12, 2020
APFF Annual Conference
Speaker, Pitfalls to avoid in corporate reorganization with Jean-Philippe Dionne, October, 2019

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Privacy Law
• Taxation Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2003 (QC)