Jean-François Pelland
Partner
Montréal
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Tel :
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514.987.5081
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Fax :
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514.987.1213
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Professional Experience
Member of the Québec Bar since 1994, Jean-François has a domestic and international business law practice with an emphasis in the fields of institutional, public and private financing, mergers and acquisitions, structuring and tax planning for private and public corporations and institutions.
Since 2002, Jean-Francois acted as lead counsel for issuers, agents and capital pool corporations for listing and for public equity financings, mainly in emerging sectors such as mining, oil and gas, technologies, cleantechs and biotechs. He also serves from time to time as director or officer of issuers listed on the TSX and TSX-V.
Jean-François also regularly supervises M&A transactions, both on the vendor and the purchaser' side, by way of sale of shares, of assets, mergers or other business combinations. He is particularly active in the life sciences industry, representing local and international clients, including pre-clinical and clinical contract research organizations, contractual manufacturing corporations, bio-techs (drug development, formulation, drug-delivery platforms), pharmaceutical companies and wholesalers. He is experienced in providing legal services and business advice in fields which are more specific to this industry (in and out licensing, co-development, manufacturing, distribution, regulatory) in addition to his more general transactional experience in financing, M&A, and tax.
Finally, Jean-François has published a number of articles on the use of domestic and non-resident trusts for tax-planning and asset-protection purposes and is the holder of a post-graduate tax degree which he obtained in 1998.
Representative Transactions
- Reverse take-over and concurrent private placements for various issuers
- Purchase and sale of shares/assets in various multi-million dollar deals, including for transactions involving listed issuers
- Negotiation of licensing, manufacturing and distribution agreements with major pharmaceutical corporations
- Regulatory advice to wholesalers and manufacturers on Quebec prescription drug pricing legislation
publications and presentations
Unless otherwise indicated, all the presentations were published and presented in the French language.
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