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26 www.lexpert.ca Big Deals COMPILED BY ZENA OLIJNYK AND KIEZZSA CRUZ > TECH AND HEALTH SCIENCES DEALS BEANFIELD METROCONNECT ACQUIRES FIBRESTREAM CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 On September 1, 2021, Beanfield Metroconnect acquired FibreStream, an internet service provider with operations in the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa, and Vancouver. A portfolio company of DigitalBridge, Beanfield Metroconnect owns and operates the largest independent fibre-optic network in both Toronto and Montreal. Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP acted as counsel to Beanfield Metroconnect with a team that included Cameron M. Rusaw (M&A), Gilles R. Comeau (M&A), Stuart Berger (M&A), Diana Bahous (M&A), Paul Lamarre (tax), Ryan Wolfe (tax), and Elisa Kearney (competition). Stikeman Elliott acted as counsel to FibreStream with a team that included Mario Nigro (M&A), Alethea Au (M&A), Andie Lipetz (M&A), Alex Tashos (M&A), Adam Drori (tax), and Candace Cerone (tax). Paul Hastings and Blake, Cassels & Graydon acted as counsel to Beanfield Metroconnect's lending syndicate with a team that included Randal D. Palach (corporate), Ara A. Dungca (corporate), Charles McRoberts (finance), and Kerri Marks (finance). Jones Day acted as US counsel to Beanfield Metroconnect (banking) with a team that included Krista N. Mancini (finance). VANCE STREET CAPITAL PORTFOLIO COMPANY RST/MEASURAND ACQUIRES 3VGEOMATICS CLOSING DATE: JULY 9, 2021 On July 9, 2021, Vance Street Capital LLC, a Los Angeles–based private equity firm, and its portfolio companies, R ST Instruments Ltd. and Measurand Instruments Inc., acquired 3vGeomatics Inc., a world leader in the use of radar satellite images to detect and measure ground and infrastructure displacement across large areas. Commercially, the transaction has created an industry-first fully inte- grated geotechnical and structural data monitoring and analysis solution with full global reach through underground instrumentation, cloud-based data, and satellite technolog y. Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP acted as counsel to Vance Street Capital LLC with a team that included Michel Gélinas (M&A), Fotini Gagaoudakis (M&A), Charles Larose Jodoin (M&A), Brian Bloom (tax), Jesse Boretsky (tax), William Buchner (banking and finance), Guy-Étienne R ichard (employ- ment, labour and executive compensa- tion), Mark Katz (competition), Samuil Rosenov Stoychev (corporate), and Félix Archambault (corporate). Aff init y Law Group acted as counsel to 3vGeomatics Inc. with a team that included Ari M. Shack (M&A) and Power Chen (M&A). O'Melveny & Myers LLP acted as banking and US corporate counsel to Vance Street Capital LLC with a team that included John Laco (corporate), Adrian Vidaurri (corporate and banking), and Sarah Hoffner (banking). Stikeman Elliott LLP acted as local banking and corporate counsel in British Columbia to Vance Street Capital LLC with a team that included Scott Perrin (banking and finance), and Jordan A ltman (corporate). Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragao Advogados acted as local counsel in Brazil to Vance Street Capital LLC with a team that included Monique Mavignier, Luciana Magalhães Costa, and Maria Cecília De Paula Saldanha. Stewart McKelvey acted as local banking and corporate counsel in New Brunswick to Vance Street Capital LLC with a team that included A lanna Waberski and Julia Parent. Dentons Canada LLP acted as counsel to a banking lending syndicate led by Bank of Montreal with a team that included Shoshanah Webber (banking and finance), Tim Bezeredi (banking and finance), Maggie Moore (banking and finance), and Valerie Cross (banking and finance). ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES SELLS TO AKUMIN FOR US$820 MILLION ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: JUNE 25, 2021 On June 25, 2021, Alliance HealthCare Services announced a US$820-million acquisition by Akumin, a provider of free- standing, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services with 137 imaging centers throughout the United States. e acquisition will create the most comprehensive radiolog y and oncolog y solutions for patients in the US and will also create innovative growth for the health care industry. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company is expected to have over 1,000 hospital and health system customers and over 4,000 team members. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Alliance HealthCare Services with a team consisting of Eric M. Levy, Alex Gorka, Wesley Cohen, and Neil Rosen (corporate).