MoonPay

MoonPay in its acquisition of Nightshift

Client

MoonPay

Value

-

Service

Emerging and High Growth Companies

Date Closed

January 2023

Industry

Technology

Lead Office

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).