Date Closed

August 16, 2022

Lead Office

Montréal

Value

237.00 Million CAD

On August 16, 2022, GIC Pte Ltd ("GIC") completed a C$237 million private placement of common shares of WSP Global Inc. in connection with the acquisition by WSP Global Inc. of RPS Group plc. The private placement was made in the context of an equity financing by WSP Global Inc. of C$460 million concurrent private placement (including the private placement by GIC) and C$460 million bought deal, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$920 million.

GIC, headquartered in Singapore, is a global investment firm with investments in over 40 countries and is the manager of Singapore’s foreign reserves.

McCarthy Tétrault advised GIC with a team led by  Patrick Boucher that included Vincent Laurin and Stéphanie Blouin (Business).