Bell Canada Acquires the Createch Group

On September 26, 2005, Bell Canada announced the acquisition, through a newly-formed subsidiary, of the business carried on by the Createch Group, a Quebec-based professional services firm specializing in business process optimization and information technology integration and offering services in manufacturing and logistics performance improvement, process reengineering, change management and information technology solution implementation. The acquisition also included the Createch Group's sister companies, the Resolution Group and Naxxa Solutions. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

Bell Canada was represented by in-house senior counsel, Miguel Baz, together with a team from the Montreal office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP that included Tammy Shulman and Manon Gauthier (corporate) and Katherine Poirier (labour). The vendors were represented by André Morrissette, Geneviève Vigneault and Julie Lavigne (corporate) from the Montreal office of BCF LLP.