C HAPTER 3: A NGEL T RANSACTIONS : I N S EARCH O F T HE I DEAL S TRUCTURE
Alain Lambert President, One and Company
Mr. Lambert has been active in the financial community in Canada since 1986, acting as senior investor relations advisor to both small and large cap companies. He has also provided his clients with a wide range of financial, strategic and communications advice as well as making investments in various private and public companies. Prior to 1986, Mr. Lambert was a lawyer with Phillips & Vineberg in Montreal. He has considerable experience with CPCs, acting as director and officer of several CPCs, as director of public companies that originated as a CPC, and as an advisor to companies going public through the CPC process. Mr. Lambert is currently president of One & Company Communications Inc., an investor relations firm with offices in Montreal and Toronto.
Wendy Thompson Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Ms. Thompson’s practice emphasizes business acquisitions, private equity and mezzanine financing and structuring of joint ventures, partnerships and shareholder relationships. In addition, Ms. Thompson frequently advises private equity and subordinated debt fund managers on the structuring and creation of new funds. She has extensive experience advising technology businesses in raising financing, developing strategic alliances and protecting their technology. For more than ten years, Ms. Thompson was a director of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, retiring in 2001. She is past chairman of the Board of Governors of Havergal College and currently a member of its Leadership Committee. In addition, Ms. Thompson is a director of several Canadian companies.
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