{"id":3951,"date":"2022-05-02T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/deals-cases\/unimax-secures-investment-from-national-bank-private-investment\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:06:38","slug":"unimax-secures-investment-from-national-bank-private-investment","status":"publish","type":"deals-cases","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/unimax-secures-investment-from-national-bank-private-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Unimax secures investment from National Bank Private Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 2, 2022, National Bank Private Investment (\u201cNBPI\u201d)  announced a strategic investment into Unimax Ltd. (\u201cUnimax\u201d). The National Bank SME Growth Fund, L.P., which is managed by NBPI, and an investment vehicle with funds raised from investor clients of the National Bank group, acquired the equivalent of a 23% equity stake in the company. The partnership with NBPI has made it possible for Unimax to acquire 100% of the shares of Distribution Stox Inc., a last-mile distribution company and a key distributor for Unimax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unimax is a leading Canadian tire wholesaler and distributor of well-known banners, including Point S Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller Thomson advised and assisted Unimax with a team comprised of Louis-Phillipe Borduas, Julien Lauzon (Corporate\/M&A); Luc-Antoine Manneh, Wendy Belisle (Real Estate); Nathalie Marchand (Tax); Nadim Elkommos (Financial Services); Claudia Desjardins Belisle (Employment); Alexandre Ajami (Intellectual Property); Bruno Caron (Securities); as well as Alexandre Benoit, Anca Nitu, and Jessie Chau (Paralegal\/Clerk).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Group is a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary team of lawyers with experience on all types of transactions, advising from due diligence stages to post-closing integration. With expertise in a wide breadth of industries, including but not limited to Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Transportation, we help clients close their business deals efficiently and effectively. Learn more about our full suite of legal services<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","class_list":["post-3951","deals-cases","type-deals-cases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnimax secures investment from National Bank Private Investment | Miller Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/unimax-secures-investment-from-national-bank-private-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unimax secures investment from National Bank Private 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