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Clio in its US$1-billion acquisition of vLex and US$500-million Series G investment round

Osler advised Clio in its acquisition of vLex for US$1billion. This acquisition is the largest M&A transaction in the legal technology sector in history. Alongside this transaction, Clio announced a US $500-million Series G funding round at a US$5-billion valuation led by New Enterprise...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Closed: November 10, 2025 Value: US$1billion

Wellington-Altus in its nearly $400-million minority investment from Kelso & Company

On October 20, 2025, Wellington-Altus announced a nearly $400-million secondary minority common equity investment from Kelso & Company, a leading U.S. private equity firm. Upon completion, Kelso will acquire a 25% minority stake in Wellington-Altus in a common equity transaction, confirming an...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: October 20, 2025 Value: $400 million

Ontopical in its acquisition by SOVRA

On August 18, 2025, SOVRA announced that it has acquired Ontopical. Ontopical is a Calgary-based government market intelligence platform designed to help companies win more work with local governments by detecting early signals of new business using AI. Among other things, this acquisition will...

Lead Office: Calgary Date Announced: August 18, 2025 Value: --

Cohere in its acquisition of Ottogrid

On May 19, 2025, Cohere announced its acquisition of Ottogrid. This acquisition supports Cohere expansion of its AI capabilities, through the integration of Ottogrid’s technology into Cohere’s broader platform offering. Cohere is a Toronto-based AI company that specializes in providing...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: May 19, 2025 Value: --

InfoSec Global in its acquisition by Keyfactor

On May 13, 2025, Keyfactor announced that it acquired InfoSec Global. This strategic acquisition will contribute to Keyfactor’s position as a leader in developing solutions to discover cryptographic assets with automated certificate lifecycle management and quantum-ready PKI and signing...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: May 13, 2025 Value: --

StructureFlow in its acquisition of Blue J Diagramming

On February 18, 2025, StructureFlow announced its acquisition of the Blue J Diagramming platform from Blue J Legal. Following this acquisition, Blue J Diagramming customers will be migrated to StructureFlow, which is part of a greater strategic shift to leverage its generative AI solution for tax...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: February 18, 2025 Value: --

Agnostiq Inc. in its acquisition by DataRobot

On February 10, 2025, DataRobot announced that it acquired Agnostiq. Through this acquisition, the company plans to advance its agentic AI application with compute orchestration and optimization. Agnostiq develops software to make quantum and high-performance computing resources easily...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: February 10, 2025 Value: --

Purolator in its acquisition of Livingston International

On February 4, 2025, Purolator announced the completion of its acquisition of Livingston International, an international trade services firm that is one of the largest customs brokers in North America and also specializes in global freight forwarding and trade consulting, from Platinum...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: February 4, 2025 Value: --

Cygnus Metals in its business combination agreement with Doré Copper Mining Corp. for $24 million

On October 15, 2024, Cygnus Metals announced its business combination agreement with Doré Copper Mining Corp. for a total value of $24 million.  This merger will offer the funding, expertise and strategy for superior shareholder returns through the brownfields exploration and operations in...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Announced: October 15, 2024 Value: $24 million

LumiQ in connection with its strategic investment from Vertu Capital

On September 24, 2024, LumiQ announced it received a strategic investment from Vertu Capital. This strategic investment represents the fourth platform investment for Vertu Capital through its Vertu Partners Fund I. LumiQ is a podcast platform focused on the accounting and finance...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Announced: September 24, 2024 Value: --