Jacques Du Plessis

Jacques Du Plessis

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies

Contact Information

jduplessis@osler.com

tel: 778.785.2743

Office

Vancouver

Bar Admission

British Columbia, 2013

Education

University of Alberta, J.D.

Memorial University, B. Comm.

Language(s)

Afrikaans, English

Jacques is a partner in Osler’s Vancouver office and is a member of our Corporate Group. He has a general corporate commercial practice, with an emphasis on matters relating to corporate finance and securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, technology and corporate governance.

Jacques represents public and private Canadian and international companies and advises them on a wide range of issues including start-up, incorporation, share and asset sales, debt and equity financing, private placements, public offerings, continuous disclosure, corporate reorganizations and general corporate law matters.

  • Pagefreezer Software Inc.

    Pagefreezer Software Inc. in its acquisition of the X1 Social Discovery Product from X1 Discovery Inc.

  • Inverted AI

    Inverted AI in its closing of a $5.3 million seed funding round

  • Procurify

    Procurify in its closing of a $68 million Series C financing round

  • Canada Drives

    Canada Drives in its $40 million convertible equity financing led by goeasy

  • Certn

    Certn in its acquisition of Credence

  • Lucent Biosciences

    Lucent Biosciences in its $4.2 million investment round

  • SkyHive

    SkyHive in its US$40 million Series B financing round

  • Canada Drives

    Canada Drives in its $100 million Series B funding round led by Honor Ventures

  • BDC Capital, Pender Ventures and GroundBreak Ventures

    BDC Capital, Pender Ventures and GroundBreak Ventures in Spark RE Technologies’ US$5 million Series A investment round

  • Outside Interactive

    Outside Interactive in it acquisition of Pinkbike, CyclingTips and Trailforks

  • Foodee

    Foodee in its acquisition by Sodexo

  • Perpetua

    Perpetua in its US$52 million acquisition by Ascential

  • Sokanu Interactive

    Sokanu Interactive in its acquisition by Penn Foster

  • Beanworks

    Beanworks in its $104 million acquisition by Quadient

  • HYAS

    HYAS in its $20 million Series B financing round

  • NewSpring Capital

    NewSpring Capital in MacroHealth's $54 million Series A financing round

  • Coastal Genomics

    Coastal Genomics in its acquisition by Yourgene Health

  • Foodee

    Foodee in its acquisition of Chewse

  • Yaletown Venture Partners & BDC Capital

    Yaletown Venture Partners and BDC Capital in Charli AI's $1.6 million Seed Financing

  • Rise People Inc.

    Rise People Inc. in its acquisition of Hazel Innovations

  • Goldman Sachs Growth Equity

    Goldman Sachs Growth Equity in connection with Trulioo’s $70 million Series C financing

  • Vendasta Technologies Inc.

    Vendasta Technologies Inc. in its $40 million growth funding

  • Sauce Labs

    Sauce Labs in its acquisition of Screener Technologies

  • Echosec Systems Ltd.

    Echosec in its $2 million secured loan from TIMIA Capital

  • Ecoation

    Ecoation in its $5.4 million Seed financing by Pallasite Ventures

    • Sprout Wellness Solutions Inc., a wellness engagement company, in connection with a strategic investment by TELUS Ventures
    • Vanedge Capital in its preferred share investment in MediaCore Technologies Inc.
    • Yaletown Venture Partners and BDC Capital in their convertible loan financing of Elastic Path Software Inc.
    • Ivanhoe Energy Inc. on the sale of its subsidiary, Pan-China Resources Ltd., to MIE Holdings Corporation for US$45 million
    • Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (formerly Ivanplats Limited) in its $493-million initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange
    • Legal counsel to multiple public mining companies in connection with equity offerings, listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and continuous disclosure matters
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