LMG Life Sciences | Page 181

CANADA FIRM PROFILES MONTREAL 1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, 25th Floor Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] GINO MARTEL PARTNER, LAWYER Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] linkedin ca.linkedin.com/pub/gino-martel/50/3a8/777 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Gino Martel is experienced in corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing, tax-driven reorganizations and the life sciences industry. He has been involved in the planning, structuring and implementation of numerous mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, corporate reorganizations, debt and equity financings, international tax structures, shareholder, partnership and joint venture arrangements and various other corporate and commercial transactions. As particularly concerns the life sciences industry, Mr. Martel is Canadian corporate counsel to a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies and has been involved in many transactions involving pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including private and public financings, joint ventures, international tax structures, transfer pricing audits and assessments, buying and selling of pharmaceutical plants, companies, divisions and products, and in-licensing, out-licensing, ultra-generic licensing, distribution, co-promotion, manufacturing and pre-commercialization arrangements. AREAS OF PRACTICE • Business, Commercial and Corporate Law • Business Start-Ups • Corporate Finance • Corporate Reorganization • Cross-Border Transactions • Employee Incentive Plans • Equity Financing • Management Buyout • Mergers and Acquisitions • Transfer of Family Businesses • Venture Capital Financing • Construction Law • Strategic Alliance and Specific Contracts REPRESENTATIVE WORK Advised Enobia Pharma Corp in connection with the negotiation and execution of a Merger Agreement with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. whereby Enobia was acquired by Alexion for US$1.08 billion, and in connection with its previous C$40.1 million Series B financing, US$50 million series C financing, US$45 million Series C extension financing, US$40 million common stock financing and US$20 million secured debt financing Advised Hydro-Québec Production in connection with the acquisition of a 60% interest in the hydroelectric facility located on the Manicouagan River in Quebec from Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada, a subsidiary of AbitibiBowater Inc. ($615 million) Advised Celtic Therapeutics and Kiacta Sàrl in connection with the acquisition and license from Bellus Health of the worldwide rights related to the Phase III investigational product candidate Kiacta™ (eprodisate) Advised CTI Life Science Fund in the context of three separate multi-tranche private placements of $3.2 million, C$2.5 million and C$2 million principal amount secured convertible debentures of Zymeworks and as lead investor in the C$10 million Series A financing of Xagenic Canada Inc. Advised Baylis Medical, a leading supplier of high-technology cardiology, pain management and radiology products, in connection with the sale of its worldwide pain management business to Kimberly-Clark Corp. Advised Sanofi-aventis Canada in connection with its purchase of the skin care business of Canderm Pharma Advised OrbiMed Advisors and one of its affiliates, TPG Biotechnology Partners III, LP and New Enterprise Associates 13, Limited Partnership, as lead investor in the private equity financing of Roka Bioscience Inc, a US-based innovative leader in molecular diagnostics and testing About the firm BCF is a firm of more than 180 lawyers and other professionals whose business law practice has been keeping pace with the changing needs of the business world. BCF offers the services of 22 multidisciplinary teams as a solution to the complex needs of its clients. Member of the Meritas international legal network, a leading association of independent law firms, BCF has developed an expertise in mergers and acquisitions, taxation, securities, venture capital, corporate finance, intellectual property, litigation and insolvency, as well as real estate law, labour law, business immigration and arbitration. BCF is a leader in the practice of business law in Quebec and has been the recipient of the award from Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies business award program since 2007. 168 LMG LIFE SCIENCES 2013