BIOGRAPHY
After completing my legal studies in China, I started my career practicing corporate and commercial law at a large national firm in Beijing. I had a chance to see the rapid development of commercial transactions, emerging technologies and business collaborations on both a national and an international scale, which drove me to continue my studies overseas and explore the world. I went on to finish my legal studies in Canada and gained the qualification to practice law in two jurisdictions, Canada (Quebec) and China, that are far apart geographically but closely tied to each other in terms of business and commercial collaborations. I joined the blue HF team in the spring of 2021. My practice focuses on assisting my clients with financing transactions, M&A, and general corporate legal matters. Aside from law, I enjoy travelling, snowboarding, jazz music and immersing myself in the world of virtual reality.
EDUCATION
University of Montreal, Master's degree, Business Law in a Global Context
University of Montreal, Bachelor's degree, Law
China University of Political Science and Law, Bachelor's degree, Law
Member of the Quebec Bar since 2021
Member of the Chinese Bar since 2014
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
July 11, 2022
Zachary Frenkiel - Chris Yangchen Wu - Emily Hutchison - Émilie Cyr-Lemieux
Planned, the all-in-one event planning platform that is simplifying the experience of planning corporate events, closed a $18M financing Series A round led by Drive Capital with participation from Outsiders Fund, THCAP, and N49P. Blue HF represented Planned.
March 31, 2022
Marc Flood - Camille Paquette - Chris Yangchen Wu
Manifest Climate, the AI-powered Saas+ platform that assists businesses to enhance their understanding and disclosure of climate-related financial risks, secures a $30M Series A financing round co-led by BDC Capital Women in Technology Venture Fund (“BDC Capital”) and Climate Innovation Capital, with participation from OMERS Ventures, Golden Ventures, Garage Capital, Active Impact Investments, Klass Capital and Bryker Capital, as well as a slate of angel investors. Blue HF represented BDC Capital.
February 4, 2022
Zachary Frenkiel - Chris Yangchen Wu - Jordan Slapcoff
Stamped AI, a Québec City-based accounting software startup offering a platform to help businesses streamline and automate the accounting data certification process, closed a $2M seed round led by Telegraph Hill Capital with participation from Mucker Capital and I2BF Global Ventures. Blue HF acted for Telegraph Hill Capital. Blue HF subsequently represented Stamped AI in a secondary sale transaction involving Highline Beta.