Patrick Menda, Montréal

About Patrick

Patrick co-leads the Firm's Private Equity group and the Corporate & Commercial group in Montréal. His practice focuses on business acquisitions and divestitures, corporate finance, securities regulation, and corporate and commercial law. He regularly provides tactical advice and legal counsel to both domestic and international strategic and sponsor clients on a broad range of matters, including the negotiation of transaction and commercial agreements and securities regulatory compliance.

Patrick routinely advises private equity clients at each stage of the investment lifecycle: from fund formation to fund management and governance, financing, acquisitions and investments, management of portfolio companies and exit strategies.

Patrick is fluent in both English and French.

Select Experience

Recent representative transactions include acting for:

Valsoft Corporation on a US$100-million minority investment by Viking Global Investors
A U.S. private equity fund on its sale of Sustana Group
General Dynamics on its investment in Laflamme Aero Inc.
PIPP Mobile Storage on its acquisition of Greenhouse Growers Ltd. and its affiliates
Graybar Canada Limited on its acquisition of Groupe Electro-Mag Ltd.
Intact Financial Corporation on its acquisition of specialty insurer The Guarantee Company of North America and Frank Cowan Company Limited for C$1-billion
A U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of BioVectra Inc.
A U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of Rideau Recognition Solutions
Altium Packaging Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Consolidated Container Company, on its acquisition of Plastique Micron Inc.
Maple Leaf Foods in connection with its acquisition of Viau Food Products Inc.
A U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of Recochem Inc.
Groupe LAUAK in connection with the purchase of the aerospace tube manufacturing division of Bombardier Inc.
A U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of Spinrite L.P.
Transurban Group in relation to its acquisition of the A25 toll road bridge in Quebec, Canada from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
A global defense company in relation to the sale of its commercial flight training unit to CAE Inc.
Infolytica Corporation in relation to its acquisition by the Siemens/Mentor Group
Novacap Industries on its sale of Laces Group to ONCAP
A U.S. private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of Altasciences Company
ECU Silver Mining Inc. on its plan of arrangement transaction with Golden Minerals Company
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board with its private placement in GENIVAR Inc.
Novacap Industries on its acquisition of Hallcon Corporation
Health Montréal Collective Limited Partnership in connection with its public-private partnership (P3) with the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal for the design, construction, finance, operation and maintenance of the new Université de Montréal hospital centre in Montréal, Quebec, the largest P3 hospital project in Canadian history
Novacap Industries on its acquisition of Laces Group
Novacap Industries on its acquisition of Le Groupe Master
Novacap Industries on its acquisition of PIPP Mobile Storage
Accès Recherche Montréal Limited Partnership in connection with its P3 with the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal for the design, construction, finance, operation and maintenance of the new medical research centre of the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal in Montréal, Quebec
A major Canadian institutional investor with its acquisition, through a consortium formed together with BluEarth Renewables Inc., of ACH Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Resolute Forest Products (formerly AbitibiBowater Inc.) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Belron Canada Incorporated on a series of share and asset acquisitions throughout Canada

Awards & Recognition

Patrick is recognized in:

Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business 2025 (Private Equity: Buyouts – Nationwide, Corporate/Commercial – Quebec)
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law)
Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and Mining 2024
Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2024
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 (Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions)
Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2024 (Private Equity: Buyouts)
The 2016 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Lawyers to Watch)