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. |
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
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.
Canadian Going Private Transactions
Understand the steps necessary to take a public company private from some of Canada’s leading transactional lawyers.
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.
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.
