International & Cross-Border Transactions | Global

Blake, Cassels & Graydon is a market-leading independent Canadian law firm with strong full-service capabilities and teams highly adept in advising clients on cross-border matters. It benefits from strong teams across Canadian centres and representative offices in New York and London, as well as its close relationships with local law firms. The law firm provides deep resources and specialist expertise across transactional, contentious and industry sectors, making it a strong choice for inbound work and a proficient coordinator of international mandates for major Canadian clients.

The law firm provides best-in-class advice to Canadian and foreign clients and is regarded as a market leader for transactional work. For premier US and European firms, it is a top choice and trusted partner referral due to its experience advising foreign clients. The M&A team displays excellent experience handling cross-border matters, in both the public and private spheres, and the firm also offers high-end expertise in capital markets, banking and finance and restructuring. The group also shows proficiency in outbound transactions, and often represents some of Canada’s multinationals and world-leading energy companies in their deals across borders.

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is a leading independent Canadian law firm with a strong transactional focus, providing specialist expertise from its Toronto and Montreal bases, as well as its New York office. Maintaining close relationships with elite law firms in global jurisdictions, the law firm cooperates to provide a joint service and is a top choice for inbound referral work. It has a strong reputation in the market for its proficient handling of high-end deals for an impressive client base and also offers support across a range of commercial disputes.

The law firm performs strongly in M&A and is a trusted adviser to foreign private investors and corporates acquiring Canadian companies and assets. It also displays proficiency representing Canadian clients in their international growth, on strategic projects and investments in the US in addition to Latin America, Europe and beyond. The law firm has longstanding relationships with major players in the mining industry and is well-versed handling substantial cross-border transactions in the space. It provides solid experience in capital markets and banking and finance, often involving US markets, and clients also benefit from its market-leading tax and competition groups that support cross-border transactions.

"McCarthy has an exceptional ability to be nimble and juggle complex cross-border transactions."

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt is a strong independent Canadian law firm with full-service abilities and expertise across key domestic markets, offering global reach through a New York presence and a well-maintained network of partner firms. It has a robust reputation domestically and is a strong brand in US and international markets, with a stellar track record in cross-border transactions. The law firm is a market leader in the energy space, providing regulatory expertise and deal capabilities to major oil and gas players internationally. It also provides contentious teams well-versed in general commercial litigation as well as class action cases.

The law firm excels in transactional areas and provides expansive high-end expertise across its domestic offices on matters ranging from venture capital investments to transformative mergers. It frequently advises US and Canadian clients on cross-border public M&A, private equity buyouts, capital markets matters and financing. The New York team is oriented around providing corporate and tax guidance to clients, with specialist expertise in M&A, finance, capital markets and financial services. The law firm performs strongly in transactions in the oil and gas industry and is a top choice for US clients and major US firms as a referral destination, as well as top international law firms for major cross-border mandates.

Stikeman Elliott is a high-performing independent Canadian law firm, providing clients with high-end deal expertise, solid disputes practitioners and industry experts in teams across Canada. It is widely viewed as one of Canada’s leading firms for global work, offering strong cross-border experience and capabilities including specialist expertise in complex and high-value transactions. The law firm’s strong global focus is reflected by its offices in New York (not practising US law), London and Sydney, which are supplemented by its partner network of local counsel.

The law firm performs strongly in both mid-market and big-ticket cross-border M&A and buyouts, with a strong handle on inbound investment from the US. Its close ties with top US and European firms generate a regular flow of referrals and, in addition to large private equity transactions and public M&A, it capably handles cross-border capital markets and finance. The firm also demonstrates proficiency in advising Canadian clients including banks and pension funds in their international operations, leveraging key industry expertise. A large portion of the law firm’s international work orientates around energy and resources transactions, where it will coordinate deals, supported by its Sydney and London offices and a network of partner firms.

Torys is a distinguished Toronto law firm with a top-tier client base including major Canadian corporates, pension funds, asset managers and financial institutions. The bulk of its resources are located within its Toronto base, supplemented by a highly regarded Calgary team providing strong transactional capabilities, particularly in the energy sector. The law firm has a well-established office in New York – offering US law capabilities – to facilitate US-Canada deals and keep in touch with US markets. The firm also capably partners with local counsel in foreign jurisdictions to provide a cross-border service.

The law firm’s transactional teams have a robust reputation for high-end M&A and private equity buyouts and offer solid expertise across capital markets and finance matters. It is a major player in the energy industry and capably assists Canadian companies and foreign entities on inbound investments. In addition to inbound work, the transactional teams are well-versed in managing outbound deals for Canadian clients – including banks and pension funds – on large M&A and infrastructure investments in the US and other markets. Its New York office serves as a corporate and tax platform, and an interface for US clients, giving the firm proximity to US private equity firms and corporates.

Operating out of Toronto, Goodmans is oriented around providing specialist transactional advice to clients. The law firm maintains strong relationships with high-end corporate firms in the US and other major economies and remains a top choice for referrals on inbound Canadian work. The Toronto teams perform strongly on M&A, buyouts, finance, and capital markets deals for foreign clients. It regularly collaborates with international legal counsel, and is especially prominent on cross-border capital market listings, advising clients in relation to US and Canadian exchanges.

Bennett Jones is a distinguished Canadian law firm with roots in the Alberta energy market, offering national coverage and expertise across transactional and contentious matters in conjunction with industry-specific experience. The firm provides international scope to clients through an office presence in New York (practising only Canadian law) and through relationships with a network of global partner firms. Oil and gas has long been part of the firm’s identity, and it performs strongly on transactions and disputes in the space, including international arbitration.

The transactional groups frequently advise on inbound public M&A and private equity investments from the US across sectors. It performs strongly as local counsel on inbound oil and gas transactions and offers experience leading outbound work for Canadian energy companies into the US and globally. Its presence in the US allows the law firm to maintain relationships with firms and clients, particularly those in the Texas energy market. A highly regarded competition group, on both the advisory and contentious side, boosts the firm’s offering to clients in relation to investment into Canada.

Fasken offers a market-leading mining group and a full service across key contentious and transactional areas, with highly regarded specialist teams stationed across Canada. The bulk of its resources operate out of Toronto, where it provides strong deal teams, particularly in banking and finance. A major part of its cross-border expertise involves the USA, where it regularly works with clients investing into Canada, in partnership with US firms. Another key component of the law firm`s international work springs from its stellar mining and natural resources practice, which extends to offices in London and Johannesburg to provide a global platform to help service Canadian and global clients on their operations around the world.

Fasken is an experienced adviser on inbound deals, offering solid public M&A capabilities and specialist expertise in cross-border banking and finance deals, which benefit from its strong relationships with Canadian financial institutions. The firm navigates major mining clients through international transactions, with an ability to project-manage M&A and financing deals across continents. It also offers expertise in inbound infrastructure deals including M&A, divestitures and financing, and advises Canadian infrastructure companies entering other markets in conjunction with partner counsel. It also regularly works with clients in the financial services, TMT, life sciences and healthcare industries on their cross-border matters, largely representing US investors and Canadian target companies on inbound work.

Norton Rose Fulbright combines its Canadian operations with a wider international network that provides an impressive global reach across many key and emerging markets. It offers full-service capabilities and boots on the ground across Canadian provinces, and clients receive well-resourced and full support throughout their interactions with the law firm. Its Canadian teams perform strongly in international energy and resources projects and transactions, and regularly link up with industry specialists within the firm globally. Contentious teams also provide solid cross-border capabilities and offer multi-jurisdictional support.

The law firm’s transactional teams often act for foreign clients investing in Canadian companies and assets. It performs strongly in financing mandates, and regularly advises on global project and infrastructure financing matters with multinational companies and financial institutions. The Toronto office often provides specialist guidance on shareholder activism and proxy contests, which has seen an uptick in activity across the Canada-US nexus. In the energy space, it is often mandated on inbound M&A and financing where global clients of the firm invest in Canadian projects, assets and companies.