Corporate/M&A | Global

Blake, Cassels & Graydon is a premier national law firm with an excellent M&A platform and a strong track record of advising on major public and private transactions. The firm is a regular feature on international inbound and domestic merger deals, and is equally well placed to advise on public and private equity and debt offerings. The firm offers significant high-end as well as mid-market capabilities with expertise that cuts across sectors, including technology and financial services. The firm's recent deal sheet features a number of important transactions in the oil and gas, telecoms and media, agriculture and hospitality sectors. The team services clients from its offices across Canada's key financial centres, as well as providing additional support from New York and London, UK.

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is a Toronto and Montréal-based law firm with significant international M&A capabilities. The team wins widespread recognition for its involvement in complex and high-value matters, with industry-specific expertise in the technology, telecommunications, mining, retail and real estate sectors, among others. The team advises sophisticated clients on strategic transactions and often counsels investment banks on deals in the energy space, as well as representing various other multinational companies. The team stands out for its experience of hostile M&A and shareholder activism, and is well supported by the experience of complementary departments including tax and antitrust.

McCarthy Tétrault houses a highly regarded national corporate law practice offering a wide range of industry specialities. The firm is especially strong in real estate, private equity and energy and is also well equipped to cover major deals in the telecoms, financial services, tech and retail sectors. The team advises on large M&A transactions as well as debt and equity securities offerings, and can regularly be seen acting for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies, as well as major Canadian and international investment banks.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt has an integrated practice with a strong pedigree in major M&A deals. The firm has offices in key financial centres across Canada and is well placed to feature strongly on market-leading transactions. The team's impressive deal sheet comprises significant power, mining and oil and gas matters, as well as real estate and financial services sector transactions. The group is highly regarded for its technology and emerging company work, with a strong reputation for work on venture capital mandates. The team is also cited for its representation of large private equity sponsors and Canadian issuers in high-profile public offerings. The team can frequently be found representing Canadian clients with significant international operations as well as inbound deal flows.

Stikeman Elliott is a go-to Canadian law firm for sophisticated securities, M&A and corporate finance matters, advising on high-profile deals from a nationwide base. The team advises on both inbound and outbound transactions, with a particularly high profile for its representation of foreign investors. The team's industry expertise encompasses mining, oil and gas, telecoms, tech and real estate, with further experience in retail and hospitality sector transactions. The firm stands out for its experience of both debt and equity capital markets and securities expertise. The group offers a strong bench in private equity, advising on domestic and cross-border buyouts, recapitalisations and financings across industries.

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.

Bennett Jones houses a growing practice that is well known for its energy transactional practice, with a strong footprint in the mining and oil and gas industries. The team also offers advice in other sectors including senior care, technology and industrial products, acting on both high-end and mid-market matters. The firm's experience encompasses M&A, corporate finance and private equity. The core of the team is spread across Toronto and Calgary, with additional partners in Vancouver. Bennett Jones completed its merger with distinguished Vancouver firm McCullough O'Connor Irwin LLP in June 2018, boosting its presence in BC.

Goodmans is a well-established Toronto firm that punches above its weight for big-ticket M&A in Canada, regularly advising on transactions in the mining, energy, technology and cannabis sectors. The team occupies a material position in the REITs space, as well as offering additional industry sector expertise in areas such as healthcare, media and telecoms. The team stands out for its experience of both public offerings and going-private transactions, as well as SPAC work. The group also advises on corporate governance and shareholder activism in addition to private equity matters.

Borden Ladner Gervais enjoys a sterling reputation for the strength of its corporate law practice, with clients benefiting from an expert bench of transactional specialists with a strong track record in domestic and cross-border M&A. The firm demonstrates significant expertise in the energy and natural resource sector, alongside additional skills in agribusiness, life sciences and technology matters.

Fasken is a national law firm that demonstrates solid expertise in M&A, with a strong mining practice across its offices in Canada and globally. The corporate/commercial team also advises on transactions outside the resources space, including insurance, tech, healthcare and pharma. The team handles both public and private deals, including private equity investments, capital reorganisations, share arrangement agreements and privatisation deals. The group also offers experience of proxy contests and contested M&A and is recognised for its involvement in significant cross-border transactions in the energy and mining sectors.

Norton Rose Fulbright is an international law firm with a successful Canadian platform and substantial cross-border capabilities. The team is highly regarded for its acquisition financing and proxy battle expertise, with additional experience advising on debt and equity securities and recapitalisation transactions. The group offers asset financing expertise as well as advising on project and infrastructure finance. The group maintains a strong practice emphasis on energy, natural resources and transportation. The team is also active on transactions in emerging sectors, including tech and fintech, life sciences and cannabis production.