About Tricia
Tricia provides strategic advice to clients on a wide range of legal matters, including complex corporate transactions and agreements for the acquisition, use, protection, licensing, commercialization, transfer and sale of technology and intellectual property rights. She has substantial experience in advising businesses seeking to establish or expand their operations in Quebec and across Canada, through mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments or other commercial arrangements.
As one of the leaders of the Life Sciences group of the Montréal office, Tricia has an in-depth understanding of the life sciences ecosystem. She has specialized experience working with both strategic and financial investors in consolidating businesses in the healthcare sector, including in medical, optometry, dental and long-term care services. She assists multinational and local manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and service providers as well as healthcare professionals navigate complex legal issues in connection with pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and other regulated products. Increasingly, Tricia assists with transactions involving AI and virtual care.
Tricia has been involved in Firm leadership, having served on the Firm's Partnership Committee, co-chaired the Recruitment Committee of the Montréal office and led its Pro-Bono Committee. She also built and co-led the Firm's Cannabis group during the legalization boom.
M&A & Investment Transactions
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Corporate lead for Hussman Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation, on its integration of Jones Food Store Equipment and John Clarke Refrigeration into the Hussman Family (April 2025)
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Corporate lead for Shopify Inc. on its acquisition of certain assets of Ritual Technologies Inc. (January 2025)
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Corporate lead for Rose LifeSciences Inc. on the sale of the majority of its shares to Village Farms International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VFF) and minority shareholder share sales, and in connection with equity investments by Tilray, Inc. and Grow Capital (2018-2025)
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Corporate lead for a platform of fertility practices on its acquisitions of fertility clinics and associated assets and services across Canada (2020-2024)
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Corporate lead for Hussmann Canada Inc. on the sale of its Atlantic Canadian refrigeration services business to Ainsworth Inc., a subsidiary of GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. (TSX: GDI) (April 2024)
IP/Tech Specialist in M&A Transactions
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Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) in its agreement to acquire Evident's Inspection Technologies division, a global leader in remote testing and inspecting of mission-critical applications and infrastructure (2025)
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A portfolio company of a U.S. private equity firm on its acquisition of Wesco Integrated Supply, a supply chain solution provider (2024)
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A packing machine business in the food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries on its sale to ATS Corporation (TSX: ATS) (NSE: ATS) (2024)
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The venture arm of a large technology company on several investments in AI-driven companies, including autonomous vehicles and cyber-threat identification (2024)
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Fonds de Solidarité FTQ on its investment in Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS), an AI-powered maritime intelligence company (2024)
AI Commercial & Regulatory
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A French developer and provider of AI solutions for medical imaging on regulatory restrictions and requirements of launching its products in Canada
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A European provider of AI-powered diagnostic tools on adapting its operations to the Quebec and Canadian markets
Life Sciences Commercial & Regulatory
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A national network of pharmacies on various regulatory and commercial matters in support of its operations, including advising on patient support programs, services agreements, a digital transformation project and health-specific privacy and data protection matters
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A foreign investor in connection with its purchase of long-term care facilities in several Canadian provinces, including advising on acquisition structure considering regulatory restrictions, drafting performance guarantees and negotiating with provincial health authorities
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A foreign pharmaceutical company on navigating the legal framework applicable to public procurement in Quebec's health sector, including the distribution and sale in Canada of medical products developed and manufactured abroad
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Various pharmacies on collaboration agreements and administrative service agreements
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A global leader in digital technologies for their optical healthcare industry in their Canadian healthcare business, including collaborating with business and legal teams on core services and sales agreements and advising on regulatory issues to ensure compliance with Canadian law
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A pan-Canadian biotechnology accelerator in various university research agreements and the protection, assignment, licensing and commercialization of intellectual property developments
Food & Beverage (and other Highly Regulated Products)
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A global food and beverage company on its risk assessment and legal compliance strategy in Canada considering global strategy and interactions with regulators
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A Swiss-based water technology company on conforming with Quebec bottled water laws and launching its business in Quebec
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A Montréal-based food and services quality assessment company on its commercial agreements with various airlines
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A large Indigenous-owned company with respect to the requirements and restrictions of transporting certain regulated products interprovincially
Data Protection & Anti-Spam
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A European in vitro diagnostics company specialized in providing equipment and reagents for the screening and monitoring of various diseases on its data protection compliance with Canadian laws
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Quebec-based companies involved in specialty medications and patient support programs on their data-related practices and policies to identify and remedy compliance issues
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Various organizations on data transfer issues in the context of large corporation transactions, including patient information, customer information and employee information, and cross-border data transfers
Tricia is recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publications:
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Chambers Canada Legal Guide – 2024–2025 (Cannabis Law)
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Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers – Independently Rated Lawyers – 2024–2025 (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)
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The Best Lawyers in Canada (2025: Health Care Law, Technology Law, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Cannabis Law; 2022–2024: Health Care Law, Technology Law, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; 2021: Health Care Law, Technology Law)
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The Legal 500 Canada – 2021–2025 (Cannabis)
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Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences 2024
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2022–2024: Life Sciences & Health; 2021: Biotechnology)
Tricia is the key Blakes contact person in Quebec for Lex Mundi (a leading global network of independent law firms) and a member of their Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Group. She also participated in the Lex Mundi Institute Cross-Border Transactions Program in Monterey, California.
Tricia serves on the Life Sciences Committee and Royalty Rate Deal Terms Study subcommittee of the Licensing Executives Society (LES).
She is also a member of BioQuebec and a key Blakes contact person for Montreal International.
- Co-author : Health Canada Proposes Regulations to Mitigate Drug and Medical Device Shortages
Blakes Bulletin on Health & Product Regulatory, February 20, 2025. - Co-author : Legal Updates in the Quebec Healthcare Sector
Blakes Bulletin on Life Sciences, January 30, 2025. - Co-author : Ingredients for Alleviating Supply-Chain Woes in the Food Sector
Blakes Bulletin on Food, Beverage & Agribusiness, May 15, 2023. - Co-author : Quebec Introduces New Legislation to Regulate Recreational Cannabis
Blakes Bulletin on Cannabis, November 16, 2017. - Co-authors : Happy Canada Day for Businesses: CASL’s Private Right of Action Suspended
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam, June 2017. - Co-authors : C$1.1-Million Penalty Issued Under Canada's Anti-Spam Law
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam Legislation, March 2015 - Co-authors : Reminder: CASL's Software Installation Provisions Take Effect Tomorrow
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam Legislation, January 2015 - Co-authors : As Coming into Force Looms, CRTC Publishes Anti-Spam Corporate Compliance Guidance
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam Legislation, June 2014. - Co-authors : CRTC FAQs Confirm Canada's Anti-Spam Law Enforceable on July 1
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam Legislation, May 2014. - Co-author : Loi canadienne anti-pourriel : ce que toute entreprise doit savoir
Premières en affaires, p. 42, February/March 2014. - Co-author : Technology Trends
Legal Trends 2014: A Forecast of the Year Ahead, Blakes Trends and Insights, January 2014. - Co-authors : The Waiting Game Is Over: Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation Will Change the E-Communication Landscape
Blakes Bulletin on Anti-Spam Legislation, December 11, 2013.
- Co-panellist : 2024 LES Global Life Sciences Royalty Rate Survey
Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A & Canada), Inc., May 21, 2024. - Speaker : Telemedicine and Digitalization of Healthcare
Annual Lex Mundi Healthcare and Lifesciences Practice Group, April 26, 2022. - Speaker : Canadian Update
Lex Mundi Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group Global Virtual Meeting, June 2, 2020. - Speaker : Canadian Update
Lex Mundi Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group Global Virtual Meeting, June 2, 2020. - Speaker : Journée Stratégique sur le Financement & Sûretés
Le Financements dans L'industrie du Cannabis : Un an Plus Tard, Montréal, Québec, January 27, 2020. - Speaker : Cannabis Summit 2020
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Regulatory Updates, Toronto, Ontario, January 16, 2020. - Speaker : Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
Petit-déjeuner causerie, Montreal, Quebec, November 19, 2019. - Speaker : Medical Cannabis
2019 LexMundi Health Care and Life Science Industry Group Global Meeting, Miami, Florida, November 15, 2019. - Speaker : Cannabis Talk Series - Edibles and Election Edition
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montreal, Quebec, November 6, 2019. - Speaker : The Business of Cannabis Part 1 – North America: Regulatory Challenges for Investors
Lex Mundi Webinar Presentation, October 10, 2019. - Speaker : Expo Cannabis
Commercializing Cannabis and its Derivatives: Strategic Considerations, Montreal, Quebec, October 3, 2019. - Speaker : C3 and the McGill Research Centre for Cannabis
Potential of Cannabis Research on the Cannabis Industry, September 20, 2019. - Speaker : Cannabis Talk Series - Regulatory and Policy Update; New Markets for Edible Cannabis, Cannabis Concentrates and Cosmetics Containing Cannabis; Risk Management in Debt Financing; Corporate Social Responsibility; and Cannabis in the Workplace
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montreal, Quebec, June 11, 2019. - Speaker : Key Legal Considerations for Canadian Organizations subject to the GDPR
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montreal, Quebec, June 4, 2019. - Speaker : Changing the Regulations of Different Uses of Cannabis
7th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2019. - Speaker : Innovating in the Medical Cannabis Space
Business of Cannabis, Medical Cannabis Week, Toronto, Ontario, May 7, 2019. - Co-presenter : Artificial Intelligence: What Are the Legal Challenges for Franco-Canadian Partnerships
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montréal, Quebec, April 9, 2019. - Speaker : Four Months Into Legalization…What Now?
Canadian Securities Exchange, St. James Club, Montréal, Quebec, February 20, 2019. - Speaker : The development of medical cannabis - Emerging in Canada - Where are we in France?
De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, Paris, France, February 2019. - Speaker : Cannabis Industry – What’s Next? Challenges and Opportunities
13th M&A Forum, M&A Club, Montréal, Quebec, December 11, 2018. - Speaker : Cannabis Legalization in Canada - What You Need to Know
Lex Mundi Learning Network, Webinar, December 6, 2018. - Speaker : Cannabis: Demystifying Benefits, Identifying Risks
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montréal, Quebec, May 16, 2018. - Speaker : Cannabis Summit 2018
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Montréal, Quebec, February 15, 2018. - Co-speaker : The Next Generation: Managing the Rise of Privacy Rights and Social Media in the Workplace
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, February 12, 2014. - Co-speaker : The Compliance Countdown is on: Canada's Anti-Spam Law to Take Effect on July 1, 2014
Blakes Business Class Seminar on Technology, Montréal, Quebec, February 5, 2014 - Speaker : Canada's New Anti-Spam Legislation: Compliance Strategies
Blakes Business Class Seminar, Calgary, Alberta, July 18, 2013. - Speaker : Canada's New Anti-Spam Law - Are You Prepared?
7ème Colloque de conformité, Conseil des fonds d'investissement du Québec, Montreal, Quebec, November 15, 2012. - Speaker : Employee Privacy in the Electronic Age
CERC Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, October 23, 2012.
- Mentioned : Quelles sont les récentes tendances en M&A ?
Interviewed by Camille Dufétel, Droit-Inc, July 10, 2023. - Interviewed : One Year of Cannabis: What is the Balance Sheet for Lawyers?
Interviewed by Delphine Jung, Droit-Inc, October 25, 2019. - Quoted : Cannabis companies still fighting for IP rights, says Blakes panel
Law Times News, May 13, 2019. - Interviewed : Learn the challenges and opportunities in the Canadian cannabis market
Health Europa Quarterly, Issue 09, April 11, 2019. - Quoted : Les pros du cannabis!
Droit-Inc., April 2, 2019. - Quoted : Canadá vive la fiebre verde del negocio del cannabis tras la legalización
El Periódico, January 2, 2019. - Quoted : Cannabis: des affaires florissantes pour les avocats
Journal Les Affaires, September 23, 2017. - Quoted : Quand l'exécution fait l'acquisition
La Presse, June 1, 2017. - Quoted : Tirer son épingle du boom
La Presse, June 1, 2017. - Interviewed : Six months to prepare for 'overkill' CASL legislation
Interviewed by Jennifer Brown, Canadian Lawyer (online), December 9, 2013; also published in Canadian Lawyer Magazine, February 2014.
Admitted to the Quebec Bar – 2000
Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 1999
BCL, McGill University – 1998
LLB, McGill University – 1998
BA (With Great Distinction), University of Lethbridge – 1994