Healthcare

Squared’s Health Industry Group is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges and opportunities of today’s rapidly evolving health industry. Our lawyers have extensive expertise in providing seamless and integrated advice on all facets of a health industry client’s complex and specialized needs.

Our group draws on the talents of seasoned professionals who are regarded as leaders across a broad range of legal disciplines including health law, charities and trusts, competition law, construction and infrastructure, corporate governance, banking and financial services, intellectual property, labour and employment, litigation, pensions and benefits, privacy, taxation and technology.

We advise public and private health industry providers, institutions, private businesses, agencies, health professionals and associations on every aspect of the public and private health industry sectors. Our Health Industry Group practitioners act for hospitals, long-term care facilities, independent healthcare facilities, private clinics, health professionals, family health teams and health-related professional associations. We also represent pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, veterinary, drug, natural health products, food and medical device manufacturers on a variety of health industry issues including transactional, regulatory and administrative matters. We also advise not-for-profit and charitable corporations on concerns that are unique to their sector.

OUR EXPERTISE INCLUDES

• Government relations
• Health licensing and regulation
• Professional association administrative and regulatory controls
• Corporate governance
• Professional negligence
• Risk management
• Patient rights
• Employment law
• Freedom of information and protection of privacy issues
• Clinical and non-clinical outsourcing and procurement
• Public-private partnerships and revenue generation
• Information technology agreements
• Trust and foundation relationships
• Land leasing and development for health purposes
• Contractual and insurance claims
• Medical tourism

Many of our lawyers have extensive backgrounds within the healthcare industry and they maintain their professional relationships and healthcare credentials.

EXPERIENCE

• Bausch Health Companies Inc.
  Bausch Health Companies Inc. in its intention to spin off its eye health business into an independent publicly traded company
  
• VetStrategy
  Lenders in Berkshire Partners’ acquisition of VetStrategy
  
• Coastal Genomics
  Coastal Genomics in its acquisition by Yourgene Health
  
• Fusion Pharmaceuticals
  Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its $212.5 million IPO
  
• Abacus Health Products Inc.
  Abacus Health Products in its acquisition by Charlotte’s Web
  
• LQT Therapeutics Inc.
  LQT Therapeutics Inc. in its $1.8 million seed round
  
• SV Health Investors
  SV Health Investors in EBT Medical’s US$10 million Series A financing round
  
• Constellation Brands
  Constellation Brands in connection with Canopy Growth’s right to acquire Acreage Holdings
  
• Myodetox
  Myodetox in its $2 million financing
  
• Dialogue Technologies Inc.
  Dialogue Technologies Inc. in its acquisition of DXA
  
• MindBeacon Software Inc.
  MindBeacon Software Inc. in its Series A Financing Round
  
• Fullscript
  Fullscript in its merger with Natural Partners
  
• EMcision Limited
  EMcision Limited in its sale to Boston Scientific Corporation
  
• AltaCorp Capital Inc.
  AltaCorp Capital Inc., financial advisor to CanniMed Therapeutics in connection with the acquisition by Aurora Cannabis Inc.
  
• Acasti Pharma Inc.
  Acasti Pharma Inc. in its Over-Allotment Option for its Public Offering of Common Shares
  
• Imagia Cybernetics Inc.
  Imagia Cybernetics Inc. in its acquisition of Cadens Medical Imaging
  
• Constellation Brands
  Constellation Brands in its strategic investment and minority stake in Canopy Growth Corporation.
  
• Fusion Pharmaceuticals
  Fusion Pharmaceuticals Closes an Oversubscribed US$46 Million Series A Financing
  
• Deep Genomics
  Deep Genomics in its US$13 million Series A financing

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Healthcare Law:
  • “They’re excellent and very comprehensive in terms of the expertise they have.”