Mark Mohamed, Toronto

About Mark

Mark's practice covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on venture capital financings and investments, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. Mark regularly advises venture capital and strategic investors in connection with investments in emerging and growth stage companies. He also advises founders and emerging companies on debt and equity financings and a variety of corporate governance matters.

Prior to practising law, Mark obtained a PhD in organic chemistry and was a postdoctoral researcher in life sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Select Experience

Mohamed's representative experience includes advising:

Venture Capital Financings and Investments

Final Blueprint Inc. (o/a Willful) on its Series A financing round
Burai Inc., a software company, on its Seed financing round
FORUS Therapeutics Inc. on its Class B financing round
RBC on its investment in Tradelogiq, an Alternative Trading Systems operator
Hi Mama Inc. on multiple financing rounds, including its C$70-million Series B round led by Bain Capital Double Impact, including existing investors Round13 Capital and BDC Capital's Women in Technology Venture Fund
Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund in connection with its Series A investment in Zucara Therapeutics Inc.
A large financial institution on its strategic investment in a technology company
Several venture capital firms on investments in Canadian technology companies
Various pension plans and other institutional investors on their private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure fund investments

Mergers & Acquisitions

L Catterton and FYihealth on the business combination of FYi's medical aesthetics business with Functionalab
YUHU Inc. on its acquisition by HappyCo, Inc.
Pacific Equity Partners on its C$165-million divestiture of AST Investor Services Inc. (Canada) and AST Trust Company (Canada) to the TMX Group Limited
goeasy on its C$320-million acquisition of LendCare
The Toronto-Dominion Bank on its acquisitions of asset management firm Greystone Capital Management
Arjun Infrastructure Partners and Fengate Asset Management on the acquisition of ONroute highway service centres
Parthenon Capital in connection with its acquisition of BluePay Canada