Miller Thomson represented the shareholders of the DeSerres group of companies, which is a leading Canadian art retailer, in the selling of their shares in the group to Renaud-Bray, which is a major Quebec-based book and cultural entertainment company. This strategic transaction for Renaud-Bray includes the 28 DeSerres stores located in Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, the DeSerres website (deserres.ca), a company which specializes in framing supplies and services, as well as a distributor of stationery products.
The Miller Thomson team on this transaction included Andrew Cohen, Josyane Ledoux and Karel Mahy-Rousseau, assisted by Andrew Etcovitch, Luc-Antoine Manneh, Shane Goldman, Emily Cruz-Isgro, Guillaume Conraud-Arès, Sylvie Marchand, Martine Bourget and Alexandre Benoît.