Rosalyn Hogg (Chan)

Contact Info

Rosalyn Hogg is a lawyer with MEP Business Counsel. Her practice focuses on business law, with a particular interest in the technology sector and in emerging markets. Rosalyn has experience with formation and initial structuring (or subsequent restructuring) of private corporations, sophisticated M&A, private equity investments, corporate finance transactions, and general corporate and commercial matters.

Rosalyn is a trusted advisor to a wide range of clients across many industries, including venture capitalists, angel or strategic investors, early-stage entrepreneurs, start-ups and growth companies, not-for-profit organizations, on various commercial transactions, corporate governance, privacy matters and securities law compliance. Rosalyn also advises professional corporations (dental practices, engineering firms, architecture firms, physiotherapy clinics, etc.) on day-to-day commercial matters, professional-specific governance and related M&A transactions. Prior to joining MEP Business Counsel, Rosalyn articled at a national law firm in Vancouver.

Rosalyn serves on the Board of Directors for both NatureKids BC (Young Naturalists’ Club of BC Society), a charity devoted to environmental education and nature connection for children, and Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility (Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing), a charity that works to reduce hearing-related communication barriers for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Outside of the office, Rosalyn is an avid traveler who builds her travel itineraries around the local must-try restaurants and joints – ask her about the best street meat in Bali (it’s under a tent in a parking lot!) or the most amazing cacio e pepe you’ll ever have in Rome. She also bakes the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookies and is a dog mom to Bubba and Gump, two very wrinkly bulldogs.

EDUCATION

University of British Columbia (J.D. 2016 & B.Comm (with Honors) 2013)

Call to the bar:

British Columbia 2017

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS / CORPORATE FINANCE

BC Corporate counsel to China-based Investment company in connection with its CDN$35.4m series B investment in Vancouver-based AI company.

Corporate counsel to a BC-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) company in connection with various corporate reorganizations, bank debt financings, and an equity financing of US$50m.

Corporate counsel to a national agricultural and fresh produce company in connection with a private equity fund investment, debt restructuring and corporate reorganization.

Represented Austrian-based AVL List GmbH, the world’s largest independent company for development, simulation and testing technology of automotive powertrains, in its acquisition of the majority interests in a Canadian company involved in the design, manufacturing and sale of battery and fuel cell test equipment. In 2018, AVL had over 10,400 employees worldwide and over €1.75 billion in revenues.

Corporate counsel to Wilson’s Transportation Ltd. (dba The Wilson’s Group) in connection with various strategic equity investments and asset acquisitions and advised on day-to-day corporate and commercial matters.

Canadian counsel to Turn/River Capital, a US-based private equity firm, in connection with multiple financings and its strategic investment in ActiveState Software Inc., a Vancouver-based SaaS company and leading provider of open source language distributions for enterprises.

Represented the principal Vendor in the sale of Monte Cristo Bakery, a large scale, wholesale manufacturer of bakery products, to the Jim Pattison Group (Save-On-Foods).
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Canadian Counsel to Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) in connection with its approximately USD$510m acquisition of VNDLY Inc., a cloud-based external workforce and vendor management provider.

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TECHNOLOGY

Represented First Block Capital Inc., Canada’s first fully regulated PM, IFM and EMD cryptocurrency investment firm, on several capital financing rounds and advised on day-to-day corporate and commercial matters.

Advised a large Vancouver-based Blockchain and technology consulting and incubation firm on various corporate and commercial matters.

Advised numerous B2B and B2C software companies on privacy, CASL and Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication related matters.

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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS

BC Corporate counsel to a large international technology corporation based in France in connection with a corporate reorganization and corporate governance matters.

Corporate counsel to Redemption Management Ltd., area developer for British Columbia for franchises of Little Kitchen Academy Ltd. and parent company to various franchise operators.