Best Lawyers in Canada for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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Pierre-Olivier Valiquette's practice is transaction oriented, with a particular focus on securities law and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Valiquette acts on behalf of various Canadian and foreign public and private companies in connection with a wide range of commercial operations, mergers and acquisitions and public and private financings. He also regularly advises public companies on disclosure and other regulatory matters.
Alexandra Persaud is an associate in our corporate, M&A and securities group, and is a member of our Canadian special situations team. Ms. Persaud's practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on corporate finance (including both private placements and public financings), merger and acquisition transactions (including carve-out transactions) and securities matters. Ms. Persaud also regularly advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuo...
Angelica Clément is a lawyer in the business law group at Langlois Lawyers. Her practice focuses on corporate, transactional and securities law. Angelica is involved in mergers and acquisitions of private and public companies, both locally and internationally. More specifically, she takes part in the implementation of equity financing with reporting issuers and stock exchange listing processes. She actively participates in due diligence processes and in drafting and reviewing complex t...
Aamir Chherawala practises in our business law group with a focus on securities law. Aamir’s practice focuses on advising public issuers and dealers on domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions, M&A transactions and other business combination transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Aamir also works with public issuers on their day-to-day securities compliance and disclosure matters, including advising mining clients of their mineral project disclosu...
Sarah Martin is a corporate and commercial lawyer in Fasken’s Vancouver office. Sarah works with clients on a wide range of mining, energy and infrastructure matters, with an emphasis on commercial transactions, procurement and regulatory issues. Sarah regularly advises clients and takes lead roles in royalty and stream finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions in the natural resource space. Sarah also advises in respect of various other mining and energy-related arrangement...
Rebecca is a lawyer practising corporate law with a focus on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital. Rebecca works with a number of start-ups, and has helped clients grow from pre-seed financing rounds through to IPOs and M&A exits. Rebecca also works with institutional clients, including seasoned publicly-listed issuers and venture capital funds. Rebecca aims to provide pragmatic advice rooted in each client’s unique business needs. She enjoys working with...
Julien is a member of the Corporate/Commercial Group at Fasken's Montreal office. His practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law and corporate finance. He represents and assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), multinational corporations and institutional investors in commercial transactions and large-scale business projects. Julien also acts as a strategic advisor, collaborating on the development and implementation of legal and business st...
Catherine is a lawyer in our Corporate and Commercial Group at the Montréal office. Her practice focuses on company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions. Catherine regularly manages cross-border and international transactions, corporate reorganizations and private placement financing, in English and French. She represents private equity funds and various companies who are ranging from start-ups and emerging companies to well-established public companies, particular...
Irene practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law, assisting clients with a range of business matters. Irene has extensive experience assisting clients in negotiating, drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial contracts and other business agreements. Irene has also assisted clients with a variety of corporate transactions such as asset and share acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, corporate reorganizations and other corporate matters.
Brendan advises clients on a broad range of real property matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, rezoning, subdivision, financing, commercial leasing, and licensing of real estate professionals. He regularly assists clients with corporate and partnership structuring, transactions and reorganizations, including drafting and negotiating partnership, joint venture, and shareholder agreements. Brendan has acted as lead development counsel on a variety of development projects ...
Alex Harvey is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Alex, who practices law in Québec, Quebec, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alex is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michaëlle Guilbault is a lawyer in our Corporate/Commercial group in our Montréal office. Her practice covers a wide range of matters in business law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing and corporate law. She is particularly active in business acquisition or sale transactions and acts for either buyers or sellers. Michaëlle is also called upon to advise clients on family business transfers and management buyouts. She is also frequently sought a...
Francis Dumoulin is a lawyer and member of the Business Law group. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and venture capital. He is driven by an enthusiastic and human approach to assist his clients in complex transactions, allowing him to build solid, lasting relationships by leveraging his cutting-edge expertise.
Julia Godolphin's practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and securities matters. During her law studies, Ms. Godolphin participated in our secondment program, which gave her the opportunity to intern in the legal department of Aimia Inc. Before joining our Montréal office, she practised in tax and transfer pricing at a large accounting firm.
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