Exhibit 5.1
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January 31, 2020
Board of Directors
Venus Concept Inc.
235 Yorkland Boulevard
Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to Venus Concept Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its registration statement on FormS-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the resale or other disposition, from time to time, by the selling stockholders listed in the Registration Statement (the “Selling Stockholders”), including their transferees, pledgees, donees or successors, of up to 16,387,029 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock,”), which includes (i) 12,465,113 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) and (ii) 3,921,916 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”), issuable upon exercise of certain outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “Warrants”), issued by the Company to the Selling Stockholders, as described in the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of RegulationS-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.
This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other statutes, rules or regulations.
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Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof:
| (a) | The Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid andnon-assessable. |
| (b) | The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, following (i) the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its terms and (ii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Warrant Shares specified in the Warrant, the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. |
This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Reed Smith LLP
REED SMITH LLP
