Our Calgary, London and Paris offices acted as counsel to Benevity, Inc. on the acquisition of Alaya, an employee engagement “software as a service” (SaaS) platform. This acquisition will expand Benevity’s international presence and enable even more customers to access its growing suite of corporate purpose solutions.

Based in Switzerland, Alaya offers cutting edge technology to international markets and is designed for companies that want to engage their employees while addressing social, environmental and well-being challenges. 

Benevity is a global leader in ESG technology and is recognized as one of Fortune’s Impact 20. The company offers a cloud-based suite of community investment and employee, customer and non-profit engagement solutions. It currently helps over 700 global brands to engage their stakeholders in ESG, purpose and social impact solutions.

The Canadian team was led by Justin Ferrara of our Calgary office and included Katherine Prusinkiewicz, Connor Kense, Emily McDermott, Niall Roe (M&A); Dion Legge and Etienne Godel (tax); Matthew Longstaff and Hailey Boutin (banking and finance); Elizabeth Williams and Iwan Davies (intellectual property); Jeff Landmann and Shelagh Burrowes (employment and labour) and Rujuta Patel (competition).

Other team members included Chris Grieves and Jess Ong (London) and Karine Montagut, Laure Joncour and Marie-Therese Eugenio (Paris). 

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