Ranking tables
Corporate/M&A | Global
Canada
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Senior Statespeople
Eminent Practitioners
Cameron Belsher KC McCarthy Tétrault LLP17 Years Ranked
Dale H. Lastman, C.M., O.Ont. Goodmans LLP25 Years Ranked
Douglas A Bryce Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP18 Years Ranked
Jeffrey Singer Stikeman Elliott LLP19 Years Ranked
Matthew W Cockburn Torys LLP18 Years Ranked
Patrick Maguire Bennett Jones LLP20 Years Ranked
Band 1
Emmanuel Pressman Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP13 Years Ranked
Jeffrey R Lloyd Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP17 Years Ranked
Jeremy Fraiberg Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP14 Years Ranked
John Ciardullo Stikeman Elliott LLP18 Years Ranked
John Emanoilidis Torys LLP14 Years Ranked
John W Leopold Stikeman Elliott LLP20 Years Ranked
Neill May Goodmans LLP20 Years Ranked
Patricia L Olasker Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP25 Years Ranked
Vincent A. Mercier Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP22 Years Ranked
Band 2
Band 3
Chad C Schneider Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP11 Years Ranked
Clemens Mayr McCarthy Tétrault LLP15 Years Ranked
Douglas R Marshall Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP20 Years Ranked
John-Paul Bogden Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP7 Years Ranked
Robert A Vaux Goodmans LLP18 Years Ranked
Simon A Romano Stikeman Elliott LLP25 Years Ranked
Stephen Pincus Goodmans LLP21 Years Ranked
Band 4
Bradley A. Newby Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP2 Years Ranked
Christopher A Hewat Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP15 Years Ranked
Craig A Story Stikeman Elliott LLP6 Years Ranked
Curtis A Cusinato Bennett Jones LLP9 Years Ranked
David Allard Lawson Lundell LLP2 Years Ranked
David E Woollcombe McCarthy Tétrault LLP6 Years Ranked
Frank Turner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP9 Years Ranked- Jonathan McCullough Bennett Jones LLP3 Years Ranked
Karrin Powys-Lybbe Torys LLP7 Years Ranked
Michel Boislard Fasken5 Years Ranked
Patrick Boucher McCarthy Tétrault LLP8 Years Ranked
Patrick M. Shea McCarthy Tétrault LLP6 Years Ranked
Paul Raymond Norton Rose Fulbright2 Years Ranked
Robert Carelli Stikeman Elliott LLP6 Years Ranked
Walied Soliman KC Norton Rose Fulbright8 Years Ranked
Band 5
Bob J. Wooder Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP17 Years Ranked
Catherine Samuel McCarthy Tétrault LLP1 Years Ranked- Christian Gauthier Bennett Jones LLP2 Years Ranked
Fred Pletcher Borden Ladner Gervais LLP15 Years Ranked
Jean Marc Huot Stikeman Elliott LLP20 Years Ranked
Jeff Bakker Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP1 Years Ranked
Leland P Corbett Stikeman Elliott LLP4 Years Ranked
Shahir Guindi, Ad E Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP2 Years Ranked
Sven Milelli McCarthy Tétrault LLP6 Years Ranked- Trevor Scott Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP1 Years Ranked
Warren Katz Stikeman Elliott LLP8 Years Ranked
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 25 Years RankedBlake, Cassels & Graydon is a top law firm in Vancouver for commercial and M&A matters, handling a wide range of both public and private transactions. The team is frequently involved in technology-based deals, as well as advising on healthcare, mining and financial services transactions. It also offers additional expertise to clients operating in the cannabis sector. The group has a strong track record of advising on private equity and venture financing work, as well as matters of corporate governance. It stands out for its experience of multiparty and multi-jurisdictional mandates.
1 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedDavies Ward Phillips & Vineberg's Toronto-based corporate team is offers sophisticated strategic advice on high-level public and private M&A, as well as other matters including corporate governance and shareholder activism. The law firm's corporate department maintains a strong focus on inbound transactions and offers significant experience in relation to unsolicited takeovers, as well as advising on various debt and equity financing matters. The team has a strong track record of advising on transformative cross-border deals; its wide industry experience encompasses mining and energy, technology, financial services and healthcare. The firm's clients range from bidders and investors to target boards.
1 McCarthy Tétrault LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 21 Years RankedMcCarthy Tétrault is a national law firm with a deep-seated presence in Vancouver and significant bench strength. It offers experience of both M&A and capital markets transactions across various industries including tech, consumer retail, energy, financial services, life sciences, power and infrastructure. The group demonstrates strengths in the mid-market as well as in relation to private equity and venture capital work. Its expertise spans joint ventures, divestitures and partnerships. The team acts for major Vancouver-based and Western Canadian clients, as well as national and international clients with operations in BC.
1 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt's Vancouver-based corporate department is well regarded for its handling of provincial, national and international mandates. It assists with M&A transactions as well as financing instructions, representing companies from diverse industry sectors, including technology, government institutions and mining, as well as demonstrating significant activity on First Nations deals. The group also attracts praise for its expertise in advising on startup and VC-side engagements during growth equity transactions.
1 Stikeman Elliott LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedStikeman Elliott is a national M&A powerhouse with a distinguished corporate and commercial base in Ontario. The law firm has a strong tradition of public M&A and is well equipped to advise on the regulatory aspects of market-leading deals. The Toronto corporate group also boasts a strong track record of private equity deals and capital markets transactions, particularly equity IPOs, across numerous industry sectors including tech and fintech, resources, cannabis and retail.
1 Torys LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years RankedTorys 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.
Band 2
2 Bennett Jones LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedBennett Jones has a commendable Vancouver team that demonstrates strong transactional capabilities and is active on both domestic and cross-border mandates. The firm is frequently sought after to advise on investment funds, private equity and venture capital transactions. It also maintains a strong focus on public company work, including M&A, as well as securities law matters. Its sector expertise covers healthcare, education, mining and technology.
2 Goodmans LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 2 | 22 Years RankedGoodmans is an eminent Toronto M&A firm with a notable profile in the REITs space and deep experience across various other industry sectors including mining and telecoms, healthcare, senior care, energy and financial services. In addition to high-end merger work, the firm has strong securities and private equity expertise, including experience of SPACs. It also advises on matters of corporate governance and shareholder activism. The team is frequently involved in multi-jurisdictional matters, including major inbound deals. It also benefits from the firm's leading expertise in corporate restructuring and is increasingly noted for its work in the cannabis space.
Band 3
3 Borden Ladner Gervais LLPCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedBorden Ladner Gervais operates a national M&A practice and has a significant Vancouver presence. The team is noted for its involvement in both domestic and cross-border mining and securities transactions, and also handles M&A and commercial work in other sectors too, including in technology, oil and gas, and real estate. It offers further expertise in transportation matters and infrastructure projects, leveraging a strong national practice in these areas. The group acts for both public and private companies on financings, joint ventures and matters of corporate governance.
3 FaskenCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 3 | 22 Years RankedFasken operates a highly respected corporate practice recognised for its penetration of the corporate mid-market in Québec, offering notable expertise in private and public M&A and securities transactions. The firm is distinguished by its representation of a plethora of clients ranging from Québec-based start-ups to large international corporations, as well as insurance companies, private equity funds and other financial services clients. The team is a visible feature on public sector work within the province. It is also adept at advising clients on cross-border work, including inbound US investments.3 Norton Rose FulbrightCorporate/M&A2025 | Band 3 | 29 Years RankedNorton Rose Fulbright operates a robust corporate practice in Toronto and Ottawa, with an especially high profile for its experience of proxy contests and other hostile and distressed transactions. The firm also handles going-private matters, recapitalisation transactions and joint venture arrangements. The practice often advises on national and international transactions, leveraging the expertise of its counterparts across the country and worldwide. Its client roster features a variety of companies, boards of directors and private equity investors straddling a broad range of sectors, including mining and energy, infrastructure, technology and cannabis.