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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Corporate/M&A

Canada Guide 2027 : Nationwide - Canada


McCarthy Tétrault LLP

About

Provided by McCarthy Tétrault LLP

McCarthy Tétrault’s M&A team brings the right combination of expertise and experience to our clients’ most important and sophisticated cross-border and domestic transactions. By drawing on our top-ranked strength in Tax, Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment, and Banking & Financial Services, combined with industry-specific insights, we deliver practical solutions and ensure deals are executed seamlessly and successfully.

Market-leading M&A practice

  • Knowledge and expertise in every type of M&A transaction
  • Have played a principal role acting for every type of transaction participant
  • Often the first call for domestic and cross-border transactions that involve complex or novel issues
  • Expensive experience in both large-cap and mid-market transactions
  • Trusted by multinational corporations, financial sponsors, boards of directors, financial advisors and emerging companies

Reputation for excellence

  • Borderless service from our offices across Canada’s major commercial centres and in New York and London
  • Canada’s most developed industry group expertise, aligned with the country’s most critical industries, including infrastructure, power, mining, oil and gas, and technology
  • Top-tier rankings across the practices that drive complex transactions, and a consistent position at the top of Canadian M&A league tables

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Corporate/M&A - Nationwide - Canada

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

McCarthy Tétrault has a highly regarded national corporate practice, with teams in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal and Québec City. The firm advises on major M&A transactions, debt and equity offerings, and private equity matters. It is particularly active in real estate, energy, private equity, telecoms, financial services, technology and retail, and regularly acts for private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and major Canadian and international investment banks.

Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

  • McCarthy Tétrault represented Blackstone-led co-investors in a CAD7 billion equity investment in a new Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • I find the McCarthy team to be very commercially practical in getting deals done. They are incredibly responsive and very technically skilled, yet able to distil complex matters into plain English.

    Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
  • McCarthy provides excellent and top-level advice. They are able to assemble strong and deep teams with the skills to execute on transactions. The firm combines excellent legal advice with strong negotiation and drafting skills.

    Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
  • McCarthy Tétrault offers technically sound advice tempered by years of experience. The technical prowess of the team is very impressive. The firm has resources available to answer every question.

    Corporate/M&A respondentCanada

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