Emerging and High Growth Companies

MoonPay in its acquisition of Nightshift

MoonPay
Key Contact
Chad Bayne

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Team
Justin Dharamdial

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Jeremy Lin

Associate, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Steven Dickie

Partner, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Summer Danakas

Associate, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto

Adam LaRoche

Associate, Privacy and Data Management; Employment and Labour, Calgary

Shuli Rodal

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment
Chair, Diversity Committee, Toronto

Reba Nauth

Associate, Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Toronto

Josh Disenhouse

Partner, Real Estate, Toronto

Nathaniel Lipkus

Partner, Intellectual Property, Toronto

Sydney Young

Associate, Intellectual Property, Toronto

Sam Ip

Partner, Technology, Toronto

Paul Litner

Partner, Pensions and Benefits, Toronto

Sandra Sbrocchi

Head, Osler Works - Transactional, Ottawa

Jonathan Wypych

Associate, Pensions and Benefits, Toronto

 

On January 19, 2023, MoonPay acquired Nightshift, a Web3 creative agency focusing on branding and strategy. MoonPay plans on utilizing Nightshift’s services to provide companies, brands and creative agencies with world-class, end-to-end support to unlock new revenue through groundbreaking Web3-based products, experiences and ideas.

MoonPay is a financial technology company which focuses on creating payment infrastructure for cryptocurrency and NFT clients and is currently active in over 160 countries.

Following the acquisition, Nightshift has been rebranded to Otherlife and will continue to service new and existing clients as a subsidiary of MoonPay.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised MoonPay with a team consisting of Chad Bayne, Justin Dharamdial, Andrew Chorney, Darren Gill, Jeremy Lin (Emerging and High Growth Companies), Steven Dickie, Summer Danakas (Employment and Labour), Dov Begun (Tax), Adam LaRoche, Gemma Devir (Privacy and Data Management), Shuli Rodal, Reba Nauth (Competition Law and Foreign Investment), Josh Diesenhouse (Real Estate), Nathaniel Lipkus, Sydney Young, Kenza Saleh (Intellectual Property), Sam Ip (Technology), Paul Litner, Jonathan Wypych (Pension and Benefits), Sandra Sbrocchi and Marah Smith (Osler Works, Transaction).

Value
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Date Closed
January 19, 2023
Lead Office
Toronto
Key Contact
Chad Bayne

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Team
Justin Dharamdial

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Jeremy Lin

Associate, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Steven Dickie

Partner, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Summer Danakas

Associate, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto

Adam LaRoche

Associate, Privacy and Data Management; Employment and Labour, Calgary

Shuli Rodal

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment
Chair, Diversity Committee, Toronto

Reba Nauth

Associate, Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Toronto

Josh Disenhouse

Partner, Real Estate, Toronto

Nathaniel Lipkus

Partner, Intellectual Property, Toronto

Sydney Young

Associate, Intellectual Property, Toronto

Sam Ip

Partner, Technology, Toronto

Paul Litner

Partner, Pensions and Benefits, Toronto

Sandra Sbrocchi

Head, Osler Works - Transactional, Ottawa

Jonathan Wypych

Associate, Pensions and Benefits, Toronto