Mark John Longo

Mark is Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and former Managing Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office.

Mark has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A and technology law, and has held general counsel, corporate secretary and senior executive positions for a number of private and publicly traded technology companies, including Intrinsyc Software International Inc., Star Data Systems Inc., and Datawire Communication Networks Inc.

In the three years immediately prior to joining Osler, Mark was a partner in the Vancouver office of a boutique law firm focused on the technology industry. Previous to that, Mark was a partner in the technology and corporate finance groups of a Vancouver-based law firm for over three years.

Mark is recognized by numerous industry publications including Chambers Canada (Startups & Emerging Companies) as one of the only Band 1 lawyers, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Mid-Market; Mergers & Acquisitions; Technology Transactions), and IFLR 1000 (Capital Markets).

Clio in its US$1-billion acquisition of vLex and US$500-million Series G investment round

Miru Smart Technologies in its US $20-million Series A financing co-led by BDC Capital and TNG Capital Corp.