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5 November

Founders welcomes Mark Surchin to the firm as Senior Counsel

We are thrilled to welcome Mark Surchin as Senior Counsel to the firm. Mark is an award-winning lawyer with decades of experience in debt financing, corporate transactions and governance matters.

5 August

Judge approves sale of Toronto’s El Mocambo

Founders is pleased to be acting as legal counsel to the purchaser in connection with the acquisition of the iconic El Mocambo in Toronto.

19 June

Highline Beta completes investment in Lounn

Founders is pleased to have assisted with the investment into Lounn.

9 December

Alchemy Capital Partners closes its acquisition of Diamond Line Painting

Founders is pleased to have acted for Alchemy Capital Partners Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Diamond Line Painting Inc.

25 October

Mave closes raise of $2 million in pre-seed funding

A big congrats to our client, Mave, on its recently announced raise of $2 million in pre-seed funding! It was a pleasure working with Raz Zohar and the rest of the Mave team in reaching this milestone, and we are excited for this next phase of growth.

9 July

Bluwatr closes its acquisition of a majority interest in WATT Consulting Group

Founders is pleased to have acted for Bluwatr in connection with its acquisition of a majority interest in WATT Consulting Group.

16 May

Founders welcomes Kip Daechsel to the firm as Senior Counsel

We are thrilled to welcome Kip Daechsel as Senior Counsel to the firm. Kip is a skilled corporate lawyer and strategic advisor with decades of Bay Street leadership and deal experience.

11 April

Alchemy Capital Partners closes its acquisition of Schaaf Foods

Founders is pleased to have acted for Alchemy Capital Partners Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Schaaf Foods Inc.

2 April

Founders welcomes Jean Anderson to the firm as Senior Counsel

We are thrilled to welcome Jean Anderson as Senior Counsel to the firm. Jean has been consistently recognized by a variety of publications as one of the leading Banking and Finance lawyers in Canada.

26 October

WELL Health closes its acquisition of Proack Security

Founders was pleased to act for Proack Security in connection with its acquisition by WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) and its Cybersecurity Business Unit, Cycura.

9 June

Withe closes raise of US$1.1 million in pre-seed funding

A big congrats to our client, Withe, on its recently announced raise of US$1.1 million in pre-seed funding! It was a pleasure working with Daniel Shalinsky and the rest of the Withe team in reaching this milestone, and we are excited for this next phase of growth.

24 May

Founders welcomes Kyle Jacobson to the firm as an Associate

We are thrilled to welcome Kyle Jacobson as an Associate to the firm. Kyle joins us from Goodmans LLP. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance, and general corporate matters.

22 March

Founders celebrates its second anniversary since launch

We are incredibly proud to announce the second anniversary of the launch of Founders. We are thankful for the support we have received from our family and friends, and of course are grateful to our amazing clients for trusting us as their corporate counsel.

12 Jan

NowVertical Group closes acquisition and debt financings

Founders was pleased to act for NowVertical Group Inc. on the acquisition of Smartlytics Consultancy and Acrotrend, as well as its two new credit facilities with TD Bank and Export Development Canada. Congratulations to the NowVertical team.