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Michael Leaver Joins Partnership

January 2019
We are pleased to announce that Michael Leaver became a Partner of the firm on January 1, 2019. Michael joined Kelly Santini LLP as an articling student in 2011. As a member of our business law team, Michael has quickly developed his reputation for M&A and corporate finance transactions. He has...
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Kelly Santini Advises on International Acquisition

December 2018
On December 4, 2018, London, UK based private equity firm, Elysian Capital LLC completed the purchase of Facilisgroup Canada Inc., based out of Ottawa, Ontario and Facilisgroup, LLP, based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Facilisgroup was advised in Canada by Kelly Santini LLP with a team lead by Andrew...
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Kelly Santini Advises Assent Compliance on $130M Investment

October 2018
Kelly Santini LLP advised Ottawa-based Assent Compliance Inc. on the $130M investment in the company by American private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The firm's team was led by Michael Leaver and assisted by Kate Craner , Kentt Coburn , Aaron Van Tassell and Sasha Wilms. This was the third...
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Trends in Corporate Finance

October 2018
I recently chaired a panel on ‘Trends in Corporate Finance’ at the USLAW/TELFA Network cross-border business and transactions conference. Five panelists from Switzerland, USA, Brazil, China and England shared their insights on what’s attracting investment and how technology is influencing financing...
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Assent Compliance Secures $40M Equity Investment

July 2017
Kelly Santini LLP advised Ottawa technology company Assent Compliance on their $40M equity investment led by Greenspring Associates of Maryland. Assent's suite of products manages materials compliance, ethical sourcing, inspections, supplier management and supply chain data collection from one...
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Kelly Santini Advises on $15M Mezzanine Financing

May 2017
Kelly Santini LLP advises The Pythian Group Inc. in its $15 Million mezzanine financing with BDC Capital Inc. with a team led by Andrew Godfrey and including Michael Leaver and Kristina Kang . For more on the financing, please see the Ottawa Business Journal .
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Acquisition of technology company as easy as Pii

November 2016
Kelly Santini LLP’s Andrew Godfrey , Michael Leaver and Kristina Kang advised PiiComm on its acquisition of Sibyl Groupe Conseil, a Montreal-based IT services and software development firm. PiiComm delivers enterprise mobility solutions and has grown rapidly since its inception in 2007. The company...
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Kelly Santini Helps Engineer Merger of McIntosh Perry and CCI Group

October 2016
Kelly Sample , André Munroe and Madelaine Thurston led Kelly Santini’s team advising McIntosh Perry on its recent merger with CCI Group. The merger was facilitated and supported by a capital investment by Signal Hill Equity Partners, a private equity fund focusing on Canadian mid-market companies...
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