Léa De Santis
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Léa De Santis is a corporate and competition lawyer based in our Montreal office.
Her corporate practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, securities law as well as corporate governance. In addition to her transactional and advisory work, Léa has an active competition and antitrust practice which includes merger reviews and providing strategic advice to clients on civil and criminal matters, including mergers and acquisitions and competitor collaboration.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.M., Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Cambridge, 2021
LL.L. (Summa Cum Laude), University of Ottawa, 2019
- Quebec 2022
Léa has acted on behalf of the following clients:
- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., in the transfer of SNC-Lavalin’s interest in the John Hart hydroelectric plant in British Columbia to the infrastructure investment vehicle SNC-Lavalin Infrastructure Partners LP
- Solutions Beyond Technologies Inc., in a complex transaction whereby it was acquired by Syntax Systems
- CAE Inc., in the sale of its health business to Madison Industries
- H2O Innovation Inc., in connection with the sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares, other than the shares rolled over by Investissement Québec, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and certain key executives of H2O, to Ember SPV I Purchaser Inc., an entity controlled by funds managed by New York-based private equity firm Ember Infrastructure Management, LP, for C$4.25 in cash per share. The transaction was effected by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act
- Club Piscine Plus Québec C.P.P.Q. Inc., Pioneer Distribution Inc. and Pool Supplies Canada Inc., in the sale of all of their issued and outstanding shares to Fulcrum Capital Partners
- Dean's Honour List
- Canadian Bar Association
- Young Bar of Montreal
- French
- English
Insights
Competition Act amendments that prevent or lessen competition
Publication | July 5, 2024
Client work
Solutions Beyond Technologies Inc acquired by Syntax Systems
January 10, 2024
Québec City and Montréal offices advise H2O Innovation Inc. in its C$395m going-private transaction
December 15, 2023
CAE Inc. definitive agreement to sell its healthcare business to Madison Industries
October 26, 2023
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. C$4.3bn going-private acquisition by Rio Tinto plc
December 16, 2022