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Overview

Vanessa Trépanier's practice focuses on M&A, private equity, corporate finance and commercial matters. She advises private and publicly-listed clients on commercial and transactional work, including private acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, private equity investments, initial public offerings, private offerings, reverse take-over bids and plans of arrangement, as well as securities matters such as continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance practices and securities regulatory compliance obligations.

Vanessa has a diverse portfolio of experience and knowledge across sectors, having assisted clients in the renewable energy (including acquisitions of wind and solar projects), mining, manufacturing and services, food distribution and technology industries.

She is also active in developing the next generation of lawyers through recruitment, mentoring and coaching.

Vanessa is fluent in English and French.

Client Work

Piedmont Lithium, one of only two U.S.-domiciled lithium companies actively supplying in the market today, in its merger with Sayona Mining, creating a combined entity with enterprise value of approximately US$623 million, and in Piedmont's concurrent US$27-million private placement of shares
O3 Mining in its $204 million-acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines by way of a negotiated take-over bid 
J.S. Held, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of a Quebec-based leading consulting firm
A mining client whose assets are located in Greenland in connection with its initial public offering savings and its listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
Novacap on its acquisition of The Master Group, the largest independent distributor of air conditioning, refrigeration, heating, ventilation and geothermal energy in Eastern Canada
Clearview Capital Fund III in its acquisition by plan of arrangement of Novik, a company manufacturing and marketing exterior coverings, roofs and accessories innovators made of polymer

Recognitions & Awards

Best Lawyers in Canada

Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Montréal, BCL, 2012

Bar Admissions

  • Quebec, 2014