Laurent Gauthier

Laurent Gauthier is an associate in our Financial Services Group in Montréal. His practice focuses mainly on financing and corporate and banking law.

Most recently, Mr. Gauthier has worked as:

· counsel to GFI Solutions Group Inc. in connection with the establishment of loan facilities for an amount of up to $50 million;

· counsel to Kruger Products L.P. in connection with its $175 million high yield note offering by way of private placement;

· counsel to Desjardins Financial Corporation in its $443 million acquisition of Western Financial Group;

· counsel to AbitibiBowater in the $615 million sale of its 60 % interest in the McCormick Hydroelectric facility to Hydro-Québec;

· counsel to Bell Mobility in its $142 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile Canada;

· counsel to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. in its $80.5 million offering of TSX-listed convertible extendible unsecured subordinated debentures;

· counsel to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. in its $85 million offering of TSX-listed cumulative rate reset preferred shares;

· counsel to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. in its acquisition of a 27MW solar project from Enfinity;

· counsel to a Canadian chartered bank in connection with a public offering in Canada of $145 million of Non-cumulative Five-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares;

· counsel to Smart Balance in its $66.3 million acquisition of Glutino Food Group, a Québec-based leading manufacturer of gluten-free products;

· counsel to a leading Canadian financial institution in respect of the entering into of a $450 million IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement;

· counsel to financial institutions including Crédit Suisse AG, BNP Paribas and National Bank of Canada with respect to the offering, structuring and regulation of structured products, including linked and principal-protected note offerings and publicly traded preferred share offerings;

· counsel to a leading Canadian IT consulting services firm in its $41.7 million acquisition of a TSX-V listed software company.

Mr. Gauthier received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Université de Montréal in 2007. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering Physics from the &Ecaute;cole Polytechnique de Montréal in 2004. He was admitted to the Québec Bar in 2008.