On January 12, 2024, Senske Services, a US leader in recurring residential lawn care, pest control, and home services, announced its strategic acquisition of Nutri-Lawn and Mosquito.buzz in Canada.

Nutri-Lawn boasts a prominent Canadian national coast-to-coast presence with six corporate locations and 12 franchises spanning major cities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. Nutri-Lawn has established itself as a trusted and respected brand in lawn care throughout Canada. 

Mosquito.buzz is the Canadian leader in mosquito and tick control, operating with three corporate locations and five franchise locations across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Gowling WLG advised Senske Services in these acquisitions with a team led by Sean Gomes and Duncan Snyder, and that included Patrick Chen, Michelle Kumar, Fabiola Alvarez and Cole Mailloux (corporate); Manuel Martins (real estate); Paul Carenza and Malya Amghar (tax); Debi Sutin and Emily Coulson (franchising); Alexandra Sadvari (environmental); Jim Longwell and Henry Mah (IP); and Shefali Rajaputra (employment); assisted by student-at-law Andrea Leung.