Mergers & Acquisitions
McCarthy Tétrault’s Mergers & Acquisitions team brings the right combination of expertise and energy to our clients’ most important and sophisticated transactions. Our industry-specific approach, local depth and cross-border 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 acquisitions, sale processes, divestitures, joint ventures and special situations.
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
- Infrastructure
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Power
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Retail and Consumer Products
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- 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 focus on their transaction objectives.
Select Recent Experience
Metals & Mining
Rio Tinto Group
US$3.3 billion
Acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources
Stelco Holdings Inc.
C$3.4 billion
Acquisition by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Glencore plc
US$7.3 billion
On its agreement with Teck Resources for the acquisition of Teck’s steelmaking coal production business, Elk Valley Resources
Oil & Gas
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
C$15 billion
Privatization of Inter Pipeline Ltd.
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
Power
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.
C$10 billion
In entering into a definitive agreement to be acquired by CDPQ
Brookfield Renewable Holdings
€6.1 billion
In its exclusive negotiations with Impala to acquire a majority stake in Neoen and launch a mandatory tender offer for 100% of the company
Cameco Corporation
US$7.875 billion
In their partnership with Brookfield Renewable to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company
Real Estate & Financial Services
Summit Industrial Income REIT
C$5.9 billion
Acquisition by JV between Dream Industrial REIT and GI
National Bank of Canada
C$5 billion
Acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Canadian Western Bank
Slate Asset Management L.P.
US$2.33 billion
Acquisition of the Commercial Real Estate Business of Annaly Capital Management
Retail & Consumer Markets
Ritchie Bros. Inc.
US$7.3 billion
Acquisition of IAA Inc.
Nestlé S.A.
US$5.75 billion
Acquisition of core brands of The Bountiful Company to integrate into the Nestlé Health Science business line
Beiersdorf AG
C$590 million
Acquisition of Chantecaille Beaute Inc.
Tech & Telecom
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
US$6.3 billion
In its definitive arrangement agreement to roll over the majority of its equity in Nuvei Corporation to Advent International
Co-investors in a group led by Blackstone
C$7 billion
Equity investment in Rogers Communications Inc.
Silver Lake
US$6.4 billion
Investment in Vantage Data Centers
Transportation
Skyservice Business Aviation
Undisclosed
In their agreement to purchase interests in Fontainebleau Aviation's fixed-based operators in Miami Opa-Locka and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airports
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and GIC
US$8.4 billion
Acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Blue Wolf Capital Partners
C$1.2 billion
Acquisition of LOGISTEC Corporation
Infrastructure
Brookfield Asset Management
£4.08 billion
Acquisition of HomeServe PLC
Blackstone Group and Benettons
EUR€58 billion
Buyout offer for Atlantia
Enercare Inc.
Undisclosed
Acquisition of all the issued and outstanding units of HydroSolution L.P. and HydroSolution Ltd.
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
Cross-Border M&A: Top 10 Considerations for U.S. Acquirers of Canadian Targets
Our market-leading M&A Group highlights the core issues, key considerations, pitfalls and opportunities for U.S. businesses and investors contemplating the acquisition of a Canadian target.
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Canadian Going Private Transactions
Understand the steps necessary to take a public company private from some of Canada’s leading transactional lawyers.
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Special Committees
An overview of some of the principal Canadian corporate and securities law considerations that apply to special committees, with an emphasis on special committees appointed in connection with M&A transactions.
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The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, Sixteenth Edition – Canada chapter
The Canada chapter of the sixteenth edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review provides a practical overview of recent M&A activity and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing M&A transactions. Focusing on recent developments and emerging trends, this helpful publication examines key issues that can affect business, including relevant competition law considerations, foreign involvement, and more.
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Key Contacts
Shea T. SmallPartner, Co-Head of M&A, Co-leader Global Metals & Mining
People.Offices.Plural Toronto, London, UK
