Jamie Firsten Quoted in "Tech deals jump in value", Lexpert Special Edition: Technology 2021
Jamie Firsten was quoted in Lexpert's Special Edition: Technology 2021 for the article "Tech deals jump in value":
To every cloud there is a silver lining, and several sectors of the economy have been thriving during the pandemic — especially those related to the pandemic. “The deal volume is very high right now,” says Jamie Firsten of Goodmans LLP in Toronto. “I’m working on a lot of financings right now, and the valuations are only trending upwards. I see no signs of weakness as a result of COVID; if anything, I see the opposite.”
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