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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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Torys acted as counsel to Canadian Western Bank in its CAD5.3 billion sale to National Bank of Canada.
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Torys and the deal team met or exceeded our expectations on all aspects of the transaction. They are very pragmatic and very responsive.
Torys is a best-in-class firm. The team is adept at identifying nuanced issues in highly complex transactions and providing practical solutions and advice to mitigate risk.
The firm is a market leader in Canada. Their depth of talent, relationship with clients and sophistication internally makes them a go-to in Canada for complex M&A transactions.
Torys has a strong team broadly and deep bench strength.
We are tightly connected and I felt like our business is a top priority for Torys. They know our company, including its business and internal culture well. Their advice is relevant and informed.
Torys and the deal team met or exceeded our expectations on all aspects of the transaction. They are very pragmatic and very responsive.
Torys is a best-in-class firm. The team is adept at identifying nuanced issues in highly complex transactions and providing practical solutions and advice to mitigate risk.
The firm is a market leader in Canada. Their depth of talent, relationship with clients and sophistication internally makes them a go-to in Canada for complex M&A transactions.
Torys has a strong team broadly and deep bench strength.
We are tightly connected and I felt like our business is a top priority for Torys. They know our company, including its business and internal culture well. Their advice is relevant and informed.
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John Emanoilidis is my number one choice of counsel, under all deals and types, period.
John has deep and broad knowledge and excellent commercial awareness. He is clearly a leader in his field and at the top of Canadian legal talent.
John is amongst the best lawyers I have ever worked with. I would recommend him without hesitation to anyone requiring sophisticated, thoughtful, experienced and responsive counsel.
John is very experienced and has seen just about everything. I can call him and he has the right answer right away.
John is a go-to set of safe hands to lead us through any high profile, complex transaction. He exhibits a calm demeanour and depth of experience that reassures us through high stress environments.
Karrin is a terrific lawyer.
Adrienne DiPaolo is a Toronto-based corporate lawyer with a noteworthy reputation in the market. She assists with significant transactions in diverse industry sectors.
Adrienne is excellent and I enjoy working with her. She is responsive, practical and always has the long-term and big picture in mind.
Adam Ibrahim is a senior associate in Torys' Toronto office and focuses his practice on corporate and securities law, with particular expertise on mergers and acquisitions.
Adam is outstanding and stands out to our in-house team as a great talent. He is extremely technically knowledgeable and makes everything easy for us.
Adam is a very hard worker and a helpful resource at Torys. I enjoy working with him and would recommend him to others.
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