Lawyer Profile
Olivier Désilets
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Olivier uses his deep knowledge of securities and corporate law to provide clients with detailed and creative advice. Olivier offers business-minded solutions on a wide variety of corporate finance activities, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
He has extensive experience in equity and debt public offerings, takeover bids, plans of arrangement, private placements and corporate governance matters, as well as general securities law compliance.
Public companies, investment banks and private equity funds – Canadian and international – can count on Olivier’s meticulous approach and thoughtful manner. He has significant expertise in the retail, entertainment, media and mining industries.
Olivier is a member of the Advisory Committee on Corporate Finance of the Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec’s securities regulatory authority). Olivier is also the coordinator of the Capital Markets practice in the Montréal office. He chairs our Montréal Student/Stagiaire Evaluation Committee and is a member of our Lawyer Evaluation Committee.
Acted as counsel to Stingray Group Inc. in its $15.4-million targeted share buyback from La Caisse.
Acted for Stingray Group Inc. in its acquisition of TuneIn Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in live audio streaming and ad monetization, a transaction valued at up to US$175 million.
Acted as Canadian counsel for eStruxture Data Centers in its C$750-million securitization transaction, which formed part of eStruxture's aggregate C$1.35-billion financing round, and which will be used to advance AI-ready data centers across Canada.
Acted for Amzak Health and Lumira Ventures in connection with a US$16.5-million Series A funding round for Sound Blade Medical Inc., a medical device company developing handheld ultrasound-guided histotripsy technology.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1998 (QC)