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Guillaume Synnott | Corporate/Commercial Lawyer in Montréal

Guillaume Synnott

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Jurisdiction Québec, 2012
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Guillaume Synnott is a partner within the Corporate/Commercial Law Group. His practice focuses on the areas of venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings for high-growth technology companies.

Guillaume is known for his ability to provide creative solutions adapted to his clients’ strategic and business objectives. His clients range from start-up and emerging companies to well-established public companies. He also represents angel investors, venture capital and private equity funds and institutional investors.

Guillaume acts as legal counsel in a wide range of industries, including software as a service (SAAS), big data, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), the Internet of things (IoT), 3D printing, medtech, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), neurotechnology, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Guillaume provides a range of legal advice spanning the entire business lifecycle, from inception to liquidity event, including strategic planning, governance, financing rounds, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and business sale.

Guillaume completed the first part of his professional training in Shanghai. He is the first member of the Québec Bar to complete a part of his articling with a Chinese law firm in mainland China.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Radiant Biotherapeutics secured USD $35 million Series A financing, [Deal - Amplitude Ventures], Radiant Biotherapeutics closes USD $35 million Series A funding.
  • BDC Capital completed significant minority investment in The Dissan Group, [Deal - BDC Capital], Significant minority investment by BDC Capital in The Dissan Group.
  • Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital's Climate Tech Fund invested in Deep Sky's C$75 Million Series A Financing, [Deal - Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital's Climate Tech Fund], Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital's Climate Tech Fund invested in Deep Sky's C$75 Million Series A Financing.
  • Advised Nolk on the acquisition of Revant Optics and Rose Buddha, [Deal - Nolk Enterprises Inc.], Acquisition of Revant Optics and Rose Buddha by Nolk.
  • Ditch Labs secures C$ 3.25 million in seed funding, [Case - Ditch Labs], Seed funding for Ditch Labs to help treat nicotine addiction with technology.
  • GSoft, now Workleap, receives a C$125 million investment from CDPQ to fast-track its growth strategy, [Deal - Workleap], Advised GSoft, now Workleap, a leading software company behind products that improve the employee experience for 16,000 companies in more than 100 countries, on a C$125 million investment by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to fast-track its growth strategy.
  • Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners acquired MSP Corp and combined it with Groupe Access, [Deal - MSP Operational Corp], Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners acquired MSP Corp and combined it with Groupe Access to create a national Canadian platform of managed services poised to lead the industry in digital transformation, cloud computing and cybersecurity solutions.
  • Prevu3D closes $10 million Series A funding round, [Deal - PreVu3D Technologies Inc], Prevu3D raises $10 million to accelerate the development and deployment of its industrial digital twin software solution enabling enterprises to optimize their operations and accelerate their digital transformation taking their first steps into the industrial metaverse.
  • Nolk completes a $30M Series A funding round and also acquires Ergonofis and Opposite Wall, [Deal - Nolk Enterprise Inc.], This funding round will support acquisitions and accelerate the growth of the Nolk brand portfolio.

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Université de Montréal
  • Certificate, Chinese law China University of Political Science & Law

Accreditations

  • Course, Program on Negotiation Harvard Law School, Executive Education

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Québec Bar
  • Member of the Executive Committee, Young Canadians in Finance

Knowledge

  • Canadian Federal and Provincial Clean Tech Funding Initiatives, 11/27/2024

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