Pierre-Hubert Séguin

• Securities
• Capital Markets
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Financing
• Commercial Agreements
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate and Commercial Law

• Security
• Financial Institutions and Services
• Energy and Natural Resources
• Technology

Mergers and acquisitions 

Pierre-Hubert has represented and led teams of lawyers in the following recent files:

• GardaWorld Security Corporation in concluding a merger and shareholder agreement to acquire Stealth Monitoring, North America's leading provider of state-of-the-art fixed and mobile video surveillance solutions, for C$737.5 million.
• Doctor No Parent Limited and Stéphan Crétier in concluding a definitive agreement to acquire a portion of the shares held by BC Partners, a complex multi-jurisdictional transaction valued at over C$14.0 billion. This marks the highest value recapitalization in Canadian history.
• Crisis24 Group in connection with its US$318 million acquisition of US company OnSolve, along with legal counsel from various jurisdictions.
• Sesami Cash Management Technologies Corporation in connection with an acquisition of US-based Tidel Group, a world leader in cash management systems and technology products, for over US$700 million.
• A private investment fund in connection with the acquisition of the assets of one of the leading wineries in Napa Valley, California, for US$47 million.
• Crisis24 Group in connection with a strategic alliance with Palantir Technologies valued at US$60 million and a prior corporate reorganization.
• The majority of the owners of Complexe Vision in a real estate sale valued at tens of millions of dollars.
• Signalisation GW in the purchase of several Québec-based service businesses for a combined value of over C$25 million.
• Fleming Capital Corporation in its £3.6 billion hostile bid for multinational G4S plc.
• The shareholders of CR-Honos Parent Ltd during the C$5.2 billion recapitalization of its multinational subsidiary.
• ZoomMed Inc. in connection with its corporate reorganization, the sale of its assets and a change in its business model, with a view to transferring its intellectual property to the TSX Venture Exchange- listed company KDA Group Inc.
• Sesami Cash Management Technologies Corporation in connection with a proposal to purchase the cash management division of the Gunnebo Group, a Sweden-based corporation with operations across Europe, for €45 million.
• GardaWorld Cash Services Canada Corporation in a transaction valued at C$65 million with INTRIA Items Inc. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), including the acquisition of certain assets, transfer of hundreds of employees and assumption of leases across Canada, all in connection with the operation of Currency Operation Centers.
• Crisis24 Intelligence Services Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Patriot Group, a U.S.-based provider of protective services, for US$70 million.
• Sesami Cash Management Technologies Corporation, as Canadian advisor, in connection with its acquisition of Germany-based Planfocus Software GmbH, a leading global fintech offering a cutting-edge AI cash management optimization technology, for €15 million.
• Sesami Intelligence Services LLC in connection with a US$220 million acquisition of the Arca Group, based in the United States and Europe, a global leader in cash technology solutions and the manufacture of teller cash recyclers for financial institutions.
• Whelan Corporation in connection with the purchase of assets in the United States for more than US$70 million.
• Garda Alarm in connection with the purchase of Liberty Group, a leader in alarm services, for approximately C$50 million.
• Garda USA in its acquisition of Whelan Security in the United States for more than C$200 million.
• Baylin Technologies in its acquisition of the Advantech – Wireless division for C$49 million and a concurrent financing of C$33 million.
• Christal Films in connection with its debt restructuring (C-36 proceeding) and sales of its film catalogues for C$21.9 million.
• CREPAX Acquisition Corporation in the privatization of GardaWorld Security Corporation via a plan of arrangement and a going-private transaction on the Toronto Stock Exchange worth C$1.083 billion.

Capital markets

Pierre-Hubert has represented and led teams of lawyers in the following recent files:

• GardaWorld Security Corporation in connection with several increases or modifications to its term loan valued at US$2.327 billion; the modifications were concluded with a North American banking syndicate led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., of New York.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation in connection with a North American private placement of senior secured notes due in 2031, with an aggregate principal amount of US$650 million, as well as its redemption of existing senior secured notes due in 2027, whose outstanding amount was US$570 million.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation in a major private placement of senior unsecured notes due in 2032, with an aggregate principal amount of US$1 billion, as well as the completion of its redemption of existing senior unsecured notes due in 2027, whose outstanding amount was US$604.4 million.
• LSL Pharma Group in its most recent series of combined offerings, which included a private placement of units and debt settlements through the issuance of units totalling approximately C$10 million.
• SCW Fund Corp. in a C$140 million financing to expand its operations in North America.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation for the private placement of senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of US$550 million. The notes due in 2032 were distributed by a syndicate of underwriters and joint bookrunners, including BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
• LSL Pharma Group in connection with its listing on the TSX Venture Exchange by way of a reverse takeover and concurrent private placement, for a total value of C$55.9 million.
• Show Canada Industries and its subsidiaries relating to new credit facilities totalling C$18 million granted jointly by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Investissement Québec.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation relating to incremental syndicated financing under its credit agreement, increasing its existing term loan by approximately C$925 million.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation with respect to a private placement of preferred shares for gross proceeds of C$300 million with Investissement Québec.
• Baylin Technologies in connection with a C$19.835 million public share offering.
• GardaWorld Security Corporation in its issuance of senior secured notes in the North American market, raising gross proceeds of US$400 million.
• CR-Honos Parent Ltd in syndicated financing of credit facilities with a group of financiers led by Barclays, for US$1.775 billion.

Mines and natural resources

• Pershimex Resources Corporation, a Québec-based gold mining company, in connection with the acquisition of all of Pershimex’s outstanding shares by Abcourt Mining Inc. through a tripartite merger under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
• Atico Mining Corporation and Toachi Mining in connection with a plan of arrangement and concomitant financing of C$7.6 million.
• Orla Mining Ltd and Pershimco Resources in connection with a merger via a plan of arrangement and concomitant financing of C$217.7 million.
• Pershimco Resources in connection with a strategic private placement of C$11.2 million with Agnico Eagle and Groupe Sentient.
• Scandium Canada (Imperial Mining Group), a publicly listed scandium exploration company, in multiple private placements totalling over C$6.5 million.
• Perisson Petroleum Corporation in connection with a stock exchange listing and concomitant private placement worth C$33.5 million.
• Nevado Resources in its stock exchange listing and the subsequent sale of its Projet Fayolle gold property.
• Joint venture project and option to acquire Plan Nord properties between IAMGold Corporation and Tomagold Corporation in exchange for C$20.9 million.
• Pershimco Resources, a publicly listed gold exploration company, in several successive private placements totalling over C$64 million.

• Canadian Law Awards – Gold Winner – Private Equity Deal of the Year, 2020
• Canadian Law Awards – Excellence Award – Canadian Deal of the Year, 2020

• Co-author: “New U.S. tariffs: Key legal and business considerations for Québec businesses”, February 7, 2025.
• Co-author: “Stock option plans in Québec: key considerations”, February 7, 2024.

LL.M. (courses), Université de Montréal, 1996

LL.B., Université de Montréal, 1993

Attestation of Law Studies, Université de Poitiers, France, 1993