Practices

Canada

Cooley’s Canada market focus reflects the growing trend in cross-border business transactions between the US and Canada. We have represented numerous Canadian and US public and private companies, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in issues dealing with transactional, securities, corporate, regulatory and litigation matters.

Cooley understands the Canadian legal system, business landscape and culture, and we work with Canadian law firms to help clients navigate cross-border legal and business issues.

Cooley’s global momentum:

  • Represent 7,000+ private, high-growth companies and many of the largest and most sophisticated companies in the world
  • In the last five years, handled 7,900+ venture capital financings, closed 1,540+ M&A transactions with an aggregate value of $745+ billion, and advised on 250+ initial public offerings (IPOs) and 1,000+ public offerings
  • Only international law firm with transactional depth and multi-industry experience – both domestically and internationally

Cooley’s exemplary matters include representing:

  • US investors in a variety of investments in Canada – including Altos Ventures, Audacious Ventures, Battery Ventures, Brick & Mortar, DCVC, Decibel, Founders Fund, Georgian Partners, Globalive, Haystack Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • Canadian investors in a variety of investments in the US – including Georgian Partners, Globalive, Relay Ventures and Wittington Investments
  • North Labs in its sale to Google for $180 million
  • Repare Therapeutics in its IPO
  • Centerview Partners as financial adviser to Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its sale to AstraZeneca for $2.4 billion
  • Maple VC in the closing of its $16.5 million fund dedicated to investment in Canadian entrepreneuers
  • Liminal BioSciences in its all-cash cross-border sale to Structured Alpha
  • Absolute Software in its sale to Crosspoint Capital for $870 million
  • Kik in its $50 million investment from Tencent Holdings
  • New Enterprise Associates as lead investor in the $80 million Series A financing of Desire2Learn
  • Representative clients include Trulioo, Vidyard, Denvr Dataworks, Jobber, DealMaker, LUS Brands, Ranovus and League