On January 8, 2025, Clarion Capital Partners, LLC ("Clarion") announced its acquisition of Marketplace Events.

Clarion Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm based in New York City. Marketplace Events is the largest organizer of business-to-consumer (B2C) shows in North America.

Gowling WLG acted as Canadian counsel to Clarion Capital Partners with a team led by Daniel Scott and including Colin Green, John Peters, Nathan Piché, Elad Gafni, James Wilson, Jessica Ward, Ian Therrien, and Hunter Fox.