John-Paul Bogden Partner | Vancouver

Representative transactions in which J-P has been involved include:

Private Equity

• Fulcrum Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including its investment in Vitalus Nutrition, its acquisitions of Canstar Restorations, Weatherhaven Resources and Nilex, and its sale of A & B Rail Services to TorQuest Capital and other institutional investors (selected by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) as the 2014 Private Equity Deal of the Year)

• CAI Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of LineStar Utility Supply, Custom Air, Canadian Heating Products and DWB Consulting Services, DWB's merger with Chartwell Resource Group, and CAI's sale of Javelin Technologies 

• Luminate Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Axonify, Axonify's add-on acquisition of Nudge, and the growth equity investments in portfolio company Conexiom by ICONIQ Capital and Warburg Pincus

• Norwest Venture Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Cority (fka Medgate), ACL Services and SpryPoint, its sale of Cority to Thoma Bravo, and the growth equity investment in SpryPoint by Insight

• Genstar Capital in multiple transactions, including the add-on acquisition of Starplex Scientific by portfolio company Pretium Packaging, its acquisition of Marcone Appliance, and its sale of Pretium Packaging to Clearlake Capital

• Vista Equity Partners in multiple transactions, including the add-on acquisitions of TeamPages and IPICO by portfolio company Active Networks and the sale of the Communities and Sports divisions of Active Networks to Global Payments

• Apax Partners in the acquisition of Trinity Fire by portfolio company Altus and its acquisition of Ideal Proteins

• TricorBraun (an Ares Management and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan portfolio company) in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Salbro Bottle, Taipak Packaging, RODA Packaging and Vetroelite

• BVP Forge in its acquisition of Mortgage Automator

• Hg Capital in its acquisition of Benevity

• H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Recochem

• BDC Capital in its equity investment, alongside ACE Equity, in Preciseley Microtechnology Corporation and Hankook’s subsequent equity investment in Preciseley

• Frontier Capital in its acquisition of Agreement Express

• Blue Ladder Capital in the acquisition of SpringBoard Data Management by portfolio company Nuqleous

• Gemspring Capital in the acquisition of CVD VFX by portfolio company Crafty Apes

• Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership in its sale of the Sea-to-Sky Highway project and the Edmonton Ring Road project to a Fiera Axium-led consortium

• Informatica (a Permira and CPPIB portfolio company) in its acquisition of AllSight

Mergers and Acquisitions

Technology and Software

• Instacart in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Unata

• Twitter in its acquisition of Summify

• Sumo Logic in its acquisition of Sensu

• BrightSide Technologies in its sale by way of private plan of arrangement to Dolby Laboratories

• Transferra Nanosystems in its sale to Evonik Industries

Consumer and Recreational

• Huha Wear in its investment from a consortium of investors led by District Ventures

• Reigning Champ in its sale to Aritzia

• Foley’s Candies in its sale to Yellow Point Equity Partners

• Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing in its sale to Alterra Mountain Company

Industrials and Retail

• Langley Concrete Group in its sale to Lafarge

• Sunco Foods in its sale to Fulcrum Capital Partners

• Vessel Packaging in its sale to TricorBraun

• Ideon Packaging in its sale to Great Little Box Company

• Abbotsford Concrete Products in its sale to Oldcastle APG

• Price's Alarms in its sale to Telus Corporation

• Staub Electronics in its sale to Snap One

• BD Engine Brake in its sale to Burnout Brands (a Hidden Harbor Capital Partners portfolio company)

Financial Services and Advisory

• Davis Pier in its sale to Kainos

• PRA Group in its acquisition of Resurgent Holdings' Canadian loans business

• Verico Financial Group in multiple transactions, including its sale to M3 Mortgage Group

J-P is recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer by the following publications:

• Chambers Canada Legal Guide (2016–2026: Corporate/Commercial – British Columbia; 2019–2026: Private Equity: Buyouts – Nationwide)

• Chambers Global Legal Guide (2019–2025: Corporate/M&A; 2020–2025 Private Equity: Buyouts)

• The Legal 500 Canada – 2023–2024, 2026 (Corporate and M&A)
  

• Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada – 2023–2026 (Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Mid-Market, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2019–2026 (Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Technology 2025

• Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure – 2024–2025

• Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A – 2024–2025

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2017–2025 (Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions)

• Business in Vancouver's "Forty under 40" (Recognized as one of Vancouver's top executives and professionals under 40)

J-P participates in several Firm committees and serves as the administrative head of the Corporate & Commercial group in the Vancouver office and as a co-leader of the Firm's Private Equity group.

He speaks regularly at business law conferences and is a member of several industry associations, including the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, the British Columbia Technology Industry Association and the Vancouver chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

• Co-authors : Trends in Infrastructure M&A
  Blakes Bulletin on Mergers & Acquisitions/Infrastructure, January 2011.

• Co-speaker : Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
  Episode 33, Blakes Sound Business Podcast, December 5, 2024.
• Speaker : Escrow, Earnout and Holdback Trends in Private M&A
  Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, June 15, 2021.
• Speaker : What is Market?: Unlocking Canadian Private Equity
  ACG Capital Connection Conference for the Mid-Market Investment Sector, Toronto, Canada, November 13, 2018.
• Speaker : Private Equity Acquisitions
  Daily Journal Professional Education, Western M&A/Private Equity Forum, San Francisco, United States, October 10, 2018.
• Panellist : Financing an MBO
  ACG Vancouver Capital Connection, April 2014.
• Panellist : Developments in Cross-Border M&A
  Western M&A Forum, Santa Clara, California, November 2013.
• Panellist : Deal or No Deal: Cross-Border Contracting
  Association of Corporate Counsel, San Francisco Bay Chapter, November 2013.
• Speaker : Negotiating and Drafting Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Agreements
  4th Edition Negotiating & Drafting Key Business Agreements, The Canadian Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 27, 2010.
• Speaker : The Professional Legal Training Course: Buying and Selling a Business
  Vancouver, British Columbia, 2010-2013.
• Speaker : Buying and Selling a Business
  Law Society of British Columbia Professional Legal Training Course, Vancouver, British Columbia , October 15, 2009.

Admitted to the British Columbia Bar – 2000
Admitted to the Manitoba Bar – 1999
LLB, University of Manitoba – 1997