Alex J. Kilgour | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Alex J. Kilgour LL.B., B.L.A. (Hons.), Counsel

Alex’s practice focuses on advising technology and cleantech companies and investors in technology and cleantech companies. He practises in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licensing and other technology-related commercial matters.

Alex has advised acquirers, target companies and shareholders in connection with the purchase and sale of technology and cleantech companies, both in Canada and cross-border. He has also worked extensively with technology and cleantech companies ranging from start-ups to public companies, assisting them in many aspects of their day-to-day legal and corporate governance requirements.

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Alex has been providing practical legal advice to technology and cleantech companies and their stakeholders for more than ten years. He has extensive experience in venture capital and debt financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

From 2004 to 2007, Alex was Senior Legal Counsel to Tundra Semiconductor Corporation, a TSX-listed semiconductor company. While with Tundra, Alex gained valuable experience in the legal issues that are unique to public companies, as well as corporate governance and intellectual property licensing.

Representative Work

Mergers and Acquisitions:

Counsel to RjR Innovations in its acquisition from PricewaterhouseCoopers of the QSignOn business (2011)

Counsel to Bridgewater Systems Corporation on its $211 million acquisition by Amdocs Limited by way of plan of arrangement (2011)

Canadian counsel to Spectrum Equity and Mortgagebot in 2011 sale to Davis + Henderson for US$232 million financed through a bought deal offering of subscription receipts (2011)

Counsel to DragonWave Inc. on its $9.5 million acquisition of Axerra Networks, Inc., a leader in pseudowire technology (2010)

Acquisition of Atreo Medical Inc. by Medtronic (2010)

Acquisition of Sysomos Inc. by Marketwire (2010)

Acquisition of Arius Research Inc. (a TSX-listed issuer) by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (2008)

Acquisition of Terrapoint (a division of Pulse Data Inc., a TSX-listed issuer) by AmberCore Software Inc. (2008)

Exclusive license by Progeny Software of Timeline Maker product to Thomson Reuters (2008)

Acquisition of Semiconductor Insights by CMP Technology, a subsidiary of United Business Media (2007)

Acquisition by Tundra Semiconductor of a division of Alliance Semiconductor Corporation (a NASDAQ-listed issuer) (2006)

Acquisition by Tundra Semiconductor of Silicon Logic Engineering, Inc. (a private U.S. company) (2006)

Acquisition by Tundra Semiconductor of Potentia Semiconductor Corporation (a private Canadian company) (2006)

Divestiture by Bombardier of its recreational products division (a leveraged buyout by private equity) (2004)

Acquisition of OctigaBay Systems by Cray Inc. (acted for major shareholder) (2001)

Acquisition of Vaxis Therapeutics by Cellegy Inc. (a NASDAQ-listed issuer) (acted for target company) (2001)

Acquisition of Newbridge Networks Corporation by Alcatel (acted for target company) (2000)

Merger of JDS Fitel and Uniphase (acted for target company) (1999)

Corporate Finance and Securities:

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (thirteen investments in Ontario-based technology companies)

Ontario Centres of Excellence (twenty-five convertible debt financings of Ontario-based technology companies)

Accedian Networks (exchangeable share structure - acted for U.S. VC)

Axentra Corporation (acted for significant corporate investor)

Abridean Software (acquired by nCipher) (exchangeable share structure – acted for U.S. VC)

Ceyba (formerly Solinet) (VC equity and debt transactions – acted for the issuer)

Convedia (acquired by Radisys) (several rounds of VC preferred share financings – acted for the issuer)

Icefyre (incorporation and VC seed financing – acted for the issuer)

Metrophotonics (VC preferred share financing – acted for significant investor)

Newstep Networks (divestiture from Bell Canada and exchangeable share investment by VCs – acted for significant investors)

SiberCore Technologies (VC common share and preferred share financings – acted for the issuer)

Skywave Mobile Communications (VC preferred share financing – acted for significant investor)

Spotwave Wireless (VC preferred share financing – acted for significant investors)

Corporate Governance:

Public company continuous disclosure documents and process including management proxy circulars, annual information forms and other documents required under Canadian securities laws, as well as making decisions concerning materiality and disclosure

Responding to investigative regulatory review and/or continuous disclosure review by Ontario Securities Commission

Creation and adoption of stock option plans

Creation of insider trading and disclosure policies

Providing corporate secretary advice and services (board of directors and committee duties and process)

Organizing annual meetings of shareholders

Corporate Reorganizations:

Amalgamation, continuation and dissolution of subsidiary corporations for public and private companies such as British Telecom and Tundra Semiconductor

Publications

Technology Startups: A Practical Legal Guide for Founders, Executives and Investors

Prior Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Commercializing Cleantech", January 2012

Speaker, Ontario Bar Association: Young Lawyers Division East, "Major Milestones in Corporate Transactions", September 2010

Panelist, Biofinance Conference: "Focus on Cleantech Panel", May 2008