BLG is acting as lead counsel to Umios Corporation in its announced acquisition of High Liner Foods Incorporated pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) in a transaction valued at C$1.3 billion.
Umios Corporation, based in Japan, is one of the world’s largest seafood companies and High Liner Foods is a leading North American producer of seafood products. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.
The BLG team is led by Kent Kufeldt, Christian Vieira and Sean Muggah (Corporate/Securities) and includes Denes Rothschild (Competition and Foreign Investment); Randy Morphy, Danielle Lewchuk and Robert Biggar (Tax); Jennifer Jiang, Kaitlin D'Agostino, Joshua Lewis and Daniel Torch (Corporate/Securities); Samantha Lo and Nunu Mequanint (Commercial Real Estate); Candice Kloes (Food Regulatory); Diana Weir, Gabrielle Kramer and Franz Lopez (Environmental Regulatory); Eric Boehm (Intellectual Property and Information Technology); Kendall Andersen and Adam Simpson (Financial Services); and Alexis Renaud and James Fu (Labour and Employment).
Nishimura and Asahi and Davis Wright Tremaine are assisting Umios on Japanese and U.S. aspects of the transaction.