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Melissa Birman

Knowledge Management Lawyer

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T: 416.777.6518


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Melissa Birman is a knowledge management lawyer, supporting the firm's corporate practice groups in all offices.

Prior to her current role, Melissa maintained a general corporate commercial law practice at the firm, with a focus on corporate development and governance. She advised clients on various matters, including private equity and debt transactions, private mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, shareholder arrangements and director protection (directors' duties, indemnification and insurance).

Melissa is the author of a chapter in Directors' Duties in Canada, 6th Edition (LexisNexis 2016), and was a co-editor of prior editions.

Melissa joined Bennett Jones after summering and articling with the firm.

Committed to Innovation

The Bennett Jones Knowledge Management group is one of the largest among Canadian law firms and comprises lawyers dedicated to research, drafting and knowledge sharing.

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Education

McGill University, LLB, 2007, with distinction McGill University, BCL, 2007, with distinction 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2008

Recent Experience

OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $4-million seed funding round of League, Inc.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $24-million financing round of Ranovus.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $46-million Series C funding round of Wattpad.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its Series B investment in Wattpad.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its $20-million investment in Vision Critical.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $12-million funding round of Hopper Inc.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its Class A Preference Share, Series 2 Investment in AppHero, Inc.
OMERS Ventures LP, in connection with its $6-million investment in Vidyard.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in a $2.5-million investment in Sweet Tooth Inc.
Syncapse Corp., a social media marketing company, in corporate development, and angel and venture capital financings.
Irving Oil Limited, in independent representation of the Board of Directors.
HUB International Limited, in acquisitions of insurance brokerage operations.
TELUS Corporation, in its $1-billion MJDS offering of unsecured notes (2009).
Pet Valu, Inc., in its acquisition by way of plan of arrangement by certain affiliates of Roark Capital Group for approximately $143 million.
TELUS Corporation, in connection with its $700-million offering of unsecured notes.
Special Committee of MediSolution Ltd., in its acquisition by the controlling shareholder, Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
The underwriters, in a $23-million bought deal offering of common shares by COM DEV International Ltd.
Research In Motion Limited, in its $150-million acquisition of Certicom Corp.
Spatial View Entertainment Inc., representation of start-up software company.
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, in its corporate governance project.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $10-million Series B funding round of InteraXon.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in the $6.2-million Series A funding round of Klipfolio
Intrafinity Inc., doing business as SharpSchool, in the acquisition of substantially all of its assets by West Corporation

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