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Torys LLP

Corporate/Commercial: Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defence

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Clients come to Torys for M&A counsel—not only for our sophisticated skills, but also because of our dedicated approach to working together to make our clients’ deal a success.

Our creative business acumen helps clients fully maximize the potential of their deals. Our clients value the sense of partnership we bring to executing their transactions with them: they can expect an approach that assembles the best of the firm to advise and run deals of any level of complexity or profile smoothly.

We are experienced in sophisticated, complex and first-of-kind transactions. We have acted on some of Canada’s largest and most preeminent transactions and are trusted advisors to many of the country’s leading organizations, pension funds, private equity funds and other institutional investors on their most strategic and transformational deals.

Our decades-long experience in Toronto, New York, Calgary and Montréal reflects our distinguished and diverse client base, which is engaged in deal activity across industries in Canada, the U.S. and globally. With full-service capabilities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, we are uniquely positioned to advise as a single firm on cross-border and international transactions.

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Corporate/Commercial: Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defence - Ontario

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Torys is a large Toronto-headquartered law firm of significant national and international renown. It is firmly placed at the forefront of the business law community in Toronto, advising on both high-end and mid-market domestic and cross-border M&A transactions straddling various industry sectors. The group maintains longstanding institutional relationships with various private equity firms, pension funds, financial advisers and large corporates. Its lawyers are well placed to advise on both public and private transactions.
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Work Highlights

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  • Torys acted as counsel to Anglo American on its proposed USD57 billion mining-sector merger with Teck Resources.

Strengths

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  • Torys is a best-in-class adviser. The team brings highly qualified lawyers who are exceptional and highly responsive.

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  • Torys' responsiveness is amazing, as is their practicality and their knowledge of the market. The team brings such a broad perspective and comes up with innovative solutions.

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  • The Torys team is thorough, dedicated, extremely knowledgeable and organised. What really sets them apart is their ability to see the heart of the matter and to focus on the key elements to ensure strong governance and to get the deal done.

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  • Torys is well positioned to give us strategic advice and to handle complex and sophisticated matters. The team knows our business as well as we do.

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  • Torys is able to distil complex issues into simple building blocks, which enables us to make the right decisions.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Matthew W Cockburn
    Matthew W Cockburn

    Matthew W Cockburn

    Matthew Cockburn advises clients on significant M&A and leveraged buyout transactions, with a key focus on the private equity space. He currently serves as the firm's managing partner in Toronto.
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  • John Emanoilidis
    John Emanoilidis

    John Emanoilidis

    John Emanoilidis is noted for his experienced handling of M&A and securities transactions across a number of industries. He currently serves as co-head of the firm's M&A group in Toronto.

    • John Emanoilidis is one of the most balanced, level-headed and objective lawyers I have had the opportunity to work with. His calm demeanour, candour and high integrity are instrumental in navigating difficult situations.

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    • John is cool as a cucumber. He's very thoughtful and very good at taking a balanced approach and not escalating things.

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    • John is an absolute professional. He is credible, patient, knowledgeable and experienced.

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    • John is not only extremely knowledgeable with high levels of client service; he also has strong empathy and a unique ability to get to the heart of the matter while remaining calm and collected in high-stress situations.

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    • John Emanoilidis is fantastic. He is super commercial, knows the law so well and comes up with creative solutions.

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  • Karrin Powys-Lybbe
    Karrin Powys-Lybbe

    Karrin Powys-Lybbe

    Karrin Powys-Lybbe is held in high esteem for her experienced counsel on corporate transactions, ranging from mergers and acquisitions to securities and corporate governance matters.

    • Karrin is absolutely excellent.

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    • Karrin Powys-Lybbe is a tremendous lawyer.

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    • Karrin is excellent. She makes quick decisions, provides good advice and gives business-oriented solutions.

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    • Karrin is an irreplaceable strategic adviser for us.

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  • Michael Amm
    Michael Amm

    Michael Amm

    Michael Amm is co-head of Torys' M&A practice, advising on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and capital markets matters.

    • Michael Amm is an excellent partner and a tremendous asset. He takes a very pragmatic approach to assessing the issues, risks and potential outcomes.

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    • Michael Amm is excellent.

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    • Mike is a very technical yet practical lawyer who adds incredible value at the most critical inflection points of complex transactions.

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  • Adrienne DiPaolo
    Adrienne DiPaolo

    Adrienne DiPaolo

    Adrienne DiPaolo is a Toronto-based corporate lawyer with a strong reputation in the market, advising leading companies and institutional investors on capital markets, corporate governance and public and private M&A transactions, including contested deals.

    • Adrienne is an exceptional lawyer who is very capable.

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    • Adrienne is practical, responsive and consistently keeps the long term and big picture in mind.

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    • Adrienne always delivers good results. She understands our business imperative and risk profile.

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  • Adam Ibrahim
    Adam Ibrahim

    Adam Ibrahim

    Adam Ibrahim is a senior associate in Torys' Toronto office and focuses his practice on corporate and securities law, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions.

    • Adam is excellent and he practises well beyond his years.

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