With expertise in the industries that matter most to the global business landscape, we have the proven experience to get deals done.
McCarthy Tétrault’s national Mergers & Acquisitions team brings the right combination of seasoned expertise and youthful energy to our clients’ most sophisticated and important matters. Our industry-specific approach, local depth and global experience ensures we deliver successful results.
Why Clients Choose Us
Deep Experience
Significant experience advising a wide range of transaction participants, from emerging companies to global conglomerates, in large and mid-market transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships.
Industry Expertise
We are pioneers in the legal industry for our focus on developing industry-specific expertise amongst our lawyers, concentrating on industries that have strategic alignment with key sectors in the Canadian economy.
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Cannabis
- Distressed Assets
- Energy Transition
- Infrastructure
- Life Sciences
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Power
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Real Assets
- Retail and Consumer Products
- Technology
- Transportation
Trusted Advice On Complex Issues
Often the first call for domestic and cross-border transactions that involve complex or novel issues. We specialize in advising clients on the largest and most innovative domestic and international deals, including special situations and corporate governance matters.
Global Presence
Borderless service from our offices across Canada’s major commercial centres and in New York and London. We routinely work closely and in concert with leading law firms in the U.S. and overseas.
Strategic And Practical
Commercial-minded, practical advice and deal-making with a relentless focus on managing risk, delivering value and getting the right deal done.
Business Advisors
As entrepreneurial thinkers and business people ourselves, we understand our clients’ businesses and we focus on their transaction objectives.
Select Recent Experience
Rio Tinto GroupUS$3.3 billion Acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources (2023 M&A Deal of the Year, Canadian Law Awards) | Newcrest Mining LimitedUS$19.2 billion Acquisition by Newmont Corporation | Endeavour MiningC$2.44 billion Acquisition of TSX-listed Teranga Gold |
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.C$15 billion Privatization of Inter Pipeline Ltd. (2022 M&A Deal of the Year, Canadian Law Awards) | Enbridge Inc.C$37 billion Acquisition of Spectra Energy Corp. to create the largest energy infrastructure company in North America | Pipestone Energy Corp.C$1 billion Acquisition by Strathcona Resources |
Caisse de dépôt et placement du QuébecUS$1.141 billion Acquisition of the majority interest in Énergir Inc. | Direct EnergyUS$3.625 billion Acquisition by NRG Energy, Inc. (North America Conventional Power & Grid Infrastructure Acquisition of the Year, IJInvestor) | Cameco CorporationUS$7.875 billion In their partnership with Brookfield Renewable to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company |
Summit Industrial Income REITC$5.9 billion Acquisition by JV between Dream Industrial REIT and GI | Blackstone/Pure IndustrialC$5.7 billion Purchase of 300 industrial properties as part of the takeover bid of Comiar REIT | Slate Asset Management L.P.US$2.33 billion Acquisition of the Commercial Real Estate Business of Annaly Capital Management |
Ritchie Bros. Inc.US$7.3 billion Acquisition of IAA Inc. | Nestlé S.A.US$9.45 billion Acquisition of Atrium Innovations Inc. (US$2.3B) and strategic alliance with Starbucks (US$7.15B) | Beiersdorf AGC$590 million Acquisition of Chantecaille Beaute Inc. |
BCE Inc.Approx. C$4 billion Acquisitions of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (C$3.9B), AlarmForce Industries Inc. (C$182M) and Axia NetMedia Corporation (Undisclosed) | Constellation Software Inc.US$1.6 billion in the spin-out of Lumine Group Inc. into a separate public company, and related acquisition by Lumine Group Inc. of US-based vertical market software provider, WideOrbit Inc. | Score Media and Gaming Inc. (“theScore”)US$2 billion Acquisition by Penn National Gaming, Inc. |
InstarAGF Asset Management, Partners Group and Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. LimitedUndisclosed Sale of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport’s passenger terminal to JP Morgan Asset Management | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and GICUS$8.4 billion Acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. | Mubadala Capital, ParkJockey and SoftbankUndisclosed Acquisition of Impark from a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board |
Brookfield Asset Management£4.08 billion Acquisition of HomeServe PLC | Blackstone Group and BenettonsEUR€58 billion Buyout offer for Atlantia | Enercare Inc.Undisclosed Acquisition of all the issued and outstanding units of HydroSolution L.P. and HydroSolution Ltd. |
No matter the size, complexity or scope, no other Canadian firm offers the same depth of expertise:
- Four20 in its C$110 million acquisition by Tilray Inc.
- CSX Transportation in the sale of its Massena rail line to The Canadian National Railway Company
- Stifel Financial Corp. in its C$70 million acquisition of substantially all of the capital markets business of GMP Capital
- Sunniva Inc. in the C$20 million sale of Sunniva Medical Inc., including the Sunniva Canada Campus, to CannaPharmaRx
- Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. in the sale of its pulp mill in Matane, Quebec to Sappi Limited for US$175 million
- BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. in its sale of a majority stake to Canopy Growth Corporation
- Gestion MAC s.e.n.c. in the sale of a 55% stake in its operating businesses to Groupe BMR
- Novacap in its acquisition of the business of Spectrum Health Care
- Calibre Mining Corp. in its US$100 million acquisition of mining assets in Nicaragua from B2Gold Corp. and strategic partnership with B2Gold
- Xilinx, a US-based technology developer, in its acquisition of NGCodec
- Sinomine (Hong Kong) Rare Metals Resources Co. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China-based Sinomine Resource Group Co., Ltd., in Cabot Corporation's sale of its Specialty Fluids business for US$135M
- Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure in its acquisition of a majority interest in Bremner Trio Hydro Corp. and the completion of their C$197 million debt financing for the construction of two run-of-river hydroelectric projects
- Mikes Restaurants Corporation in the C$43.2 million sale of its trademarks and certain other intellectual property rights to Diversified Royalty Corporation
- Summit Industrial Income REIT in the C$95 million acquisition of its external manager, Sigma Asset Management Limited to internalize its asset and property management functions
- Echelon Financial Holdings in its C$166 million sale of Echelon Insurance to CAA Club Group
- The special committee of Great Panther Silver Limited in its US$105 million acquisition of Beadell Resources Limited, an Australia-based gold producer
- Alliance Designer Products, Inc. in its acquisition by Wynnchurch Capital, LLC., American private equity firm
- Barcodes Group, a US-based provider of information technology solutions, in the acquisition of QSG through its subsidiary, OCR Canada Ltd.
- Resurgent Holdings LLC in its sale of Resurgent Holdings Canada Inc. to PRA Group, Inc.
- Audiokinetic Inc. in its acquisition by Sony Interactive Entertainment
- George Melville in the sale of his 50% interest in Boston Pizza International
- Carmanah Technologies Corporation in its acquisition of Vega Industries Limited
Awards & Rankings
Chambers & Partners
Band 1 in Corporate and M&A
Chambers & Partners
Band 1 Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (British Columbia, Ontario, Québec)
Legal 500
Tier 1 in Corporate and M&A
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Recognized as a Most Frequently Recommended firm for M&A
IFLR1000
Consistently recognized as a leading firm in M&A
Canadian Law Awards
M&A Deal of the Year for fourth consecutive year (2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023)
Refinitiv, Mergermarket and Financial Post
Consistently ranked as a top firm by both value and deal count in league tables
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