Catherine Samuel is a partner in the Business Law Group and Technology Group in Calgary. Ms. Samuel's practice is broadly based, with an emphasis on complex M&A and commercial transactions.
Ms. Samuel has worked in both our Vancouver and Calgary offices. She gained valuable industry experience during a one-year secondment with the legal and commercial group of a large global consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.
Ms. Samuel is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, Law Society of British Columbia, Canadian Bar Association and Calgary Bar Association, and has served as a mentor for the University of Calgary's Venture Legal Clinic. She is very active within the firm and participates on the National Women's Committee, the Professional Resources Committee, and the Recruiting Committee. In 2009, Catherine was named amongLexpert magazine's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40.
Ms. Samuel received her B.A. in English from the University of Toronto in 1992, followed by an LLB (with Distinction) in 1998, from the University of Saskatchewan where she was a recipient of the Law Society of Saskatchewan Prize in Professional Responsibility and the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Prize in Natural Resources Law. She was called to the Alberta bar in 1999, and the British Columbia bar in 2004.
Transactions & Cases
Ms. Samuel advises public and private companies on commercial arrangements, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, outsourcing and technology-related matters, including licensing, reseller and distribution agreements, onshore and offshore BPO and IT outsourcing transactions, and e-commerce and privacy issues. Ms. Samuel also has experience with the financing of public and private companies through prospectus and private placement distributions of equity and debt securities, including special warrant financings and initial public offerings. Highlights of Ms. Samuel's recent experience include:
· Lead counsel to a global bank in its acquisition of a Canadian private wealth management company;
· Canadian counsel to a US purchaser on the acquisition of a Canadian advertising, marketing and media company;
· Acting for a technology supplier in respect of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) transaction involving the procurement of an AMI system and related services by an electric utility;
· Acting for a customer on a strategic offshore IT outsourcing transaction;
· Involved in the creation and structuring of several IPO income trusts;
· Acting for a technology company in the negotiation and drafting of agreements relating to the settlement of a patent infringement suit, including the sale and license-back of certain patents;
· Providing advice on the acquisition of a technology company, including conduct of IP-related due diligence;
· Advising the US vendor of two Canadian companies, including related corporate reorganization transactions;
· Advising a customer care service provider on various commercial technology arrangements, including licensing, hosting and reseller arrangements, as well as customer arrangements related to the provision of IT services;
· Acting for a technology company in a number of transactions related to the divestiture of certain non-core divisions;
· Assisting with the negotiation of a business process outsourcing on behalf of the supplier;
· Acting for an internet services company with respect to end-user commercial arrangements and supply agreements with local access service providers, internet service providers and application service providers;
· Providing ongoing contract management advice to a global management consulting firm on an IT services outsourcing arrangement; and
· Providing advice on various privacy matters.