Department profile

Corporate/M&A

Canada Guide 2026 : Nationwide - Canada

About

Provided by Torys LLP

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.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Corporate/M&A - Nationwide - Canada

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Torys is an eminent Toronto-headquartered law firm with a strong and growing presence in Calgary. The team regularly features on high-profile domestic deals as well as global transactions, and is highly regarded for its representation of major pension funds, financial institutions and resources companies. The firm's outstanding M&A expertise is coupled with a robust private equity offering and experience of company reorganisation and advisory work; industry expertise cuts across sectors including technology, electricity, oil and gas, and transportation. Clients benefit from the support of the firm's legal services centre in Halifax, as well as its New York office providing US law expertise.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

Torys acted as counsel to Canadian Western Bank in its CAD5.3 billion sale to National Bank of Canada.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

The team has excellent business acumen which assures us that they are providing tailored advice for our needs and goals.
Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
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.
Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
Torys and the deal team met or exceeded our expectations on all aspects of the transaction. They are very pragmatic and very responsive.
Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
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.
Corporate/M&A respondentCanada
Torys is extremely responsive and goes above and beyond in delivery of legal services.
Corporate/M&A respondentCanada