On March 9, 2020, Ottawa-based J.L. Richards & Associates Limited ("JLR") announced that it had acquired LCI Engineering Inc. ("LCI") to further diversify its services for the industrial market.

LCI, also based in Ottawa, is a mechanical and electrical engineering firm with a 40-person staff complement with extensive project experience in the plant and heavy industrial sectors.

Gowling WLG was counsel to the shareholders of LCI in this transaction with a team led by Karen Hennessey, assisted by Craig Stehr (employment) and associates Shaela Rae and Jeffrey Gottzman (corporate), and paralegal Erica Gallagher.