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Stephen Nguyen

Partner

Toronto
[email protected]
416.367.6021

Expertise

Gelsy Diamante

Practice Assistant

Toronto
[email protected]
416.367.6749
416.367.6061

Stephen advises private companies on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. He has particular expertise in:

  • private mergers and acquisitions
  • corporate reorganizations
  • commercial arrangements and agreements

He also advises non-profit organizations on corporate, commercial and governance matters.

Stephen articled with BLG before joining the firm. He also summered in-house with an international manufacturer of consumer goods.

Experience

  • Advised Trilliant Networks (Canada) Inc., a leading international provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smart grid systems, in its acquisition of PrimeStone, a privately owned intelligent data collection and analytics company.
  • Advised Captionmax, a US-based close captioning company, in its acquisition of Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC). CaptionMax is one of North America's largest closed captioning and media accessibility companies. Captionmax serves a variety of industries including: Media and Entertainment, Corporate, Education, and Government.  
  • Advised Rester Management in its acquisition of Elad Canada Realty Inc. for a purchase price of over C$500 M.
  • Advised Fidelity Investments Canada ULC with its participation in ApplyBoard's C$100 M Series C Funding Round.
  • Advised Trilliant in its acquisition of Colombian data-analytics firm PrimeStone.
  • Advised a major private education provider in connection with its sale to a private equity fund for C$400 million.
  • Advised Capital Power Corporation in its C$977 million acquisition of Goreway Power Station Holdings Inc., from joint owners JERA Co. Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
  • Advised Nuseed Canada Inc. and its affiliate in their acquisition of carinata assets from Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.
  • Advised ZYUS Life Sciences Inc. in connection with its acquisition of intellectual property and information technology assets from Ehave, Inc. for C$3.2M.
  • Regularly advises an HVAC service and rental company with multiple asset and share transactions.
  • Regularly advises a national lubricants manufacturer with respect to general commercial matters.
  • Regularly advises Ontario public colleges with respect to commercial and governance matters.
  • Advised an aerospace and defense company with a global restructuring in connection with the realignment of its business segment.
  • Advised Cushman & Wakefield Inc. with its acquisition of 20 VIC Management Inc.
  • Advised a purchaser in connection with its acquisition of a major food processing company.
  • Advised Tender Choice Foods Inc. in connection with its sale to Blue Goose Pure Foods Ltd. of its secondary meat processing business.
  • Advised Joe Johnson Equipment Inc. in connection with the sale of its Canadian and U.S. municipal equipment business to Federal Signal Corporation for USD$79M.
  • Advised several Ontario public hospitals in connection with intellectual property commercialization transactions, use of excess real estate asset transactions, joint venture arrangements with for-profit businesses and other revenue-generating activities.
  • Advised multiple Ontario veterinarians with respect to reorganizations and share transactions.
  • Advised Anixter Canada Inc. in connection with obtaining a $325M credit facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL)
  • Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)

Community Involvement

  • BLG Mentor
  • Member, BLG Student Committee
  • Member, BLG Race Action Committee

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 2015
  • JD, Queen's University, 2014
  • BA, University of Waterloo, 2009