 Bennett Jones Education University of Toronto, BA, 1998 University of Toronto, JD, 2003 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2004 Jesslyn Maurier has a general business law practice with a focus on corporate development and commercial transactions, primarily for technology and media based businesses, and a corporate governance practice focusing on governance and risk management issues. Overview As a member of the Bennett Jones LLP Technology, Media & Entertainment Group, Jesslyn’s practice includes representation of start-up, growth and mature businesses, as well as venture capital and private equity sources on all aspects of the law relevant to the life cycle of a technology or media business. Jesslyn advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters including shareholder arrangements, corporation reorganizations, the protection of intellectual property rights, employment and human resources issues, domestic and international distribution arrangements, strategic alliances, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing, private financings and mergers and acquisitions. As a member of the Bennett Jones LLP Corporate Governance & Director Protection Group, Jesslyn advises boards, directors, directors’ committees and management on corporate governance and risk management issues, including roles and responsibilities of the board, strategic transactions and director protection matters (including directors' duties, indemnities and D&O insurance). Jesslyn is a lead co-author of Directors' Duties in Canada, 7th Edition, published by LexisNexis in 2021. She is also a participant in the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA), as well as a member of and contributor to the CVCA’s Model Documents Committee. Additionally, Jesslyn is a director of Yorkminster Park Meals on Wheels, a non-profit community organization that delivers meals to elderly, disabled and infirm residents in the North Toronto area. Jesslyn is the recipient of an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto, in recognition of her outstanding personal service to the university. Select Experience • MustGrow Biologics in its acquisition of NexusBioAg, which provides crop nutrition solutions, including micronutrients, nitrogen stabilizers, biostimulants, and foliar products, from Univar Solutions Canada • EFL Global, LLC in its acquisition of Locher Evers International Inc., a provider of logistics services, including air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, rail service, warehousing, distribution, fulfillment, domestic trucking, and drayage. • ecobee Inc. in the US$770-million acquisition by Generac Holdings Inc. of all of ecobee Inc.'s outstanding securities by way of a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. • Just Cash, in its sale of a controlling investment position to Coinsquare Ltd. • The Board of Directors of Sears Canada, in Sears' CCAA proceedings, one of the largest court-supervised liquidations in Canadian history. • FlashStock Technology Inc., in its sale to Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery, for approximately US$50 million. • District Ventures, in formation of venture capital fund and fund investments in companies in the consumer packaged goods industry. • Special Committee of Halogen Software Inc., in a $293 million acquisition by way of plan of arrangement. • Intrafinity Inc., doing business as SharpSchool, in the acquisition of substantially all of its assets by West Corporation • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $9 million Series A funding round of Busbud. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $46 million Series C funding round of Wattpad. • OMERS Ventures LP, in a $100 million investment, led by OMERS and Insight Ventures, in Shopify Inc. • OMERS Ventures LP, in a $165 million investment, led by OMERS and Insight Ventures, in Hootsuite Media Inc. • Advising Special Committee of CML Healthcare, in the proposed C$1.22 billion acquisition of the company by LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services. The acquisition is subject to approval by shareholders and the court, in addition to customary regulatory approvals. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in a $7.65 million investment in 360Incentives.com. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its $500,000 investment in LeadSift. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its Class A Preference Share, Series 2 Investment in AppHero, Inc. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $80 million investment in Desire2Learn. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its $20 million investment in Vision Critical. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $12 million funding round of Hopper Inc. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in a $2.5 million investment in Sweet Tooth Inc. • OMERS Ventures LP, in its Series B investment in Wattpad. • TigerTel Communications Inc., and an independent directors'
committee of the board, in a going-private
transaction by its controlling shareholder. • Hunter Keilty Muntz & Beatty Limited, in its
acquisition of Morris & Mackenzie Inc.'s insurance brokerage
business. • An international carbon emissions broker, in a Clean Development Mechanism transaction involving the purchase and sale of over $1 billion in certified emissions reductions (CERs). • Syncapse Corp., a social media marketing company, in corporate development, and angel and venture capital financings. • HUB International Limited, in acquisitions of insurance brokerage operations. • BFA Securities Inc., in the establishment and
structuring of a $480 million "strip bond" program. • Natsource CF Corporation, in the completion of a series of transactions involving the forward purchase and syndicated onward sale of approximately 44 million certified emission reductions expected to be created by a nitrous oxide decomposition project in China. |