On December 20, 2018, Seequent Limited, a world leader in visual data science software headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand, announced that it had completed its acquisition of Geosoft Inc., a Canadian geoscience software company. 

Toronto-headquartered Geosoft, with a network of offices around the globe, will operate as a distinct business unit within Seequent.

Gowling WLG advised Geosoft with respect to this transaction with a team that included David Petras, Sean Gomes, Duncan Snyder, Stephanie Hayes and Adam Carlin (corporate/M&A), Christopher Andree (employment), Wendy Wagner (privacy) and Ian Macdonald (foreign investment).