Best Lawyers in Canada for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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Victoria Zed is an associate in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions group. She maintains a broad corporate and transactional practice with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance (both debt and equity) and capital markets. Victoria has significant experience in handling an array of transactions for clients across multiple industries. She routinely assists private and public companies with a variety of transactions including public and private mergers and ...
Pier-Olivier Poisson's practice focuses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, securities and regulatory matters applicable to financial institutions. He also advises financial institutions and market intermediaries on applicable regulatory issues, including distribution and financial services, insurance and banking. He is also interested in the framework applicable to new technologies and their application to the financial sector...
James practices primarily in the areas of banking, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate commercial law. In his banking practice, James acts primarily for banks and private lenders in secured and unsecured financing and leasing transactions. He has experience with various syndicated and bi-lateral lending arrangements, including merger and acquisition finance as well as significant experience with distressed debt financing. His corporate transactional practice includes a wide range ...
Maurice Wong is an associate in the Corporate/Commercial practice group in Fasken’s Vancouver office. Maurice acts on mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), joint ventures, capital raisings, corporate structuring and corporate governance matters. Maurice also advises clients on issues spanning the lifetime of a company, from incorporation to dissolution. He has experience drafting and reviewing a variety of corporate and commercial agreements.
Chris is a Tax Partner in the Vancouver office. He advises clients on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, financings, and other business transactions. Chris has a strong professional reputation and network in the Canadian tax community. He is regularly invited to deliver presentations, publish papers, and serve on committees at the Canadian Tax Foundation, widely regarded as Canada’s leading source of insight on tax issues. He is also an active member...
Camille Marceau is a lawyer in the Corporate/Commercial Group in our Montréal office. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, private issues and infrastructure projects, both public and private. As part of her practice, Camille advises various clients in the drafting of share and asset purchase agreements, supply, sales, service and construction contracts, as well as confidentiality agreements.
Tajinder Rathor is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities Law. Tajinder, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tajinder is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Matthew’s practice is focused on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate formations and reorganizations, financings and other business transactions. With a breadth of practice covering on-going tax compliance, Matthew also advises owner-operated and family-owned enterprises on a variety of matters, including succession planning, divestitures and structuring. Clients value Matthew’s breadth of experience acting on other aspects of these transactions and his understan...
Damien Hallé-Hannan is a lawyer in the Corporate/Commercial Group in our Montréal office. His practice covers all aspects of business law and focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies, and securities law. He also represents issuers and brokers in their financing activities, whether by prospectus or private placement.
Sean is a business lawyer who provides clients with practical and strategic legal advice on a variety of business transactions and situations, including acquisitions, divestitures, financings, shareholder agreements and general corporate matters. He regularly advises companies at various stages of growth and spanning a wide range of industries including in the technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and natural resource sectors. A key focus of Sean’s transactional experience is the pu...
William Provencher-Campeau's practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and securities matters. Mr. Provencher-Campeau earned his bachelor of laws and master of business administration degrees from University of Sherbrooke (cooperative program). During his university studies, Mr. Provencher‑Campeau articled with a large Canadian bank and has been working at our Montreal office since 2016.
Elissa Brock is a member of the Corporate/Commercial group at the Montréal office. She is also a member of Fasken’s national Private Equity Group. Elissa's practice covers an array of business law matters and is focused on private equity investments and local and cross-border M&As. She is skilled at supporting buyers and sellers throughout the entire acquisition, merger or restructuration process. Elissa is recognized by clients and her peers for her strong leadership skills ...
Emilie Clairoux is an associate within the Corporate/Commercial group. Her practice covers all aspects of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and start-ups. Emilie assists entrepreneurs, venture capital and private equity funds, and institutional investors in every step of their transactions, from the drafting a letter of intent, to the implementation of the initial structure, as well as integrating the assets following the closing of the transaction. She has exte...
Emily Campbell is an associate in our business law group, with a practice focusing on general corporate and commercial matters, as well as infrastructure and construction projects. Her infrastructure practice includes drafting and implementing agreements for a variety of infrastructure and construction contracts, and advising clients on RFP and other procurement processes. Her corporate and commercial practice involves assisting senior counsel with advising clients on mergers and acquisitions...
Holly's practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and commercial transactions. Holly advises clients on a broad range of matters and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate/commercial matters and agreements. Clients value Holly for her experience acting for private companies on a broad range of complex transactions.
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