Best Lawyers in Canada for Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Brian practices corporate and securities law with a primary focus on capital market transactions, including listing transactions, equity financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice to public and private companies regarding corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, and various other corporate and securities law compliance matters. Brian was selected for inclusion in the 2023 Edition The Best Lawyers in Canada™ for his work in Mining Law.

Michael Lang is a senior partner with 40 years' experience practising corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and public company compliance matters. Mr. Lang has served on and acted as counsel to several “blue ribbon” committees examining securities regulatory policy issues, including the Investment Dealers Association of Canada’s Committee on Take-Over Bid Regulation (Zimmerman ...

David Petras is a partner in the firm's Waterloo Region office. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity financing; licensing, distribution and strategic alliance arrangements; and electronic commerce and Internet issues. David’s clients include software developers, Internet-related companies, advanced manufacturers, computer products distributors, financial institutions, auto parts manufacturers, medical products companies and alternat...

Katherine Prusinkiewicz is the knowledge lawyer for the Calgary office, working to leverage the practice's collective wisdom to ensure efficiency and uniform quality. She supports lawyers in our business law group with model documents and precedents, legal updates, training and other information needs and assists in our client communication program. As a result of our knowledge management initiatives and the practice’s culture of contributing and sharing knowledge, our clients can expec...

Pierre Dozois is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Pierre, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Pierre is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Robert Dorion is a partner in Gowlings' Montréal office. He specializes in business law with an emphasis on corporate, commercial, merger and acquisition and tax law. Over the years he has developed expertise in corporate re-organizations, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, contract negotiating, public and private financing and securities. His large clientele includes public and private companies working in local, national and international economic sectors. Robert has also serv...

Jean Michel Lapierre is a business lawyer recognized for his leading practice in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and securities law. Jean Michel has been involved in several major acquisition, sale, merger or going-private transactions of publicly-traded companies, including friendly and hostile take-over bids and complex statutory arrangements. He has also been involved in a large number of private M&A transactions. He has acted on behalf of issuers, securities dealers and in...

Vincent Laforest-Lapointe is a member of the firm’s Corporate/Commercial group. His practice focuses on venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate and business law and issues related to startups. Vincent works with a variety of enterprises ranging from startups to private medium to large businesses, at every stage of their development. He has advised private and institutional investors and entrepreneurs in connection with provincial, nation...

Renée Loiselle is the Montréal local co-chair of our business law group. Renée practises corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on corporate finance (including both private placements and public financings) and public mergers and acquisitions. She also regularly advises a number of Canadian public companies on continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance issues and other ongoing securities law questions. Renée serves as a member of the Qu...

Tom Hunter is a partner in the firm's Waterloo Region office and practises in the area of corporate, commercial and technology law. He also serves as co-chair of the Firm's National Technology Law Practice Group and is the former department head of the Waterloo Region Business Law Group. His particular areas of focus include assisting entrepreneurs and owner operators with startup and growth oriented companies, mergers and acquisitions, financing and all aspects of technology commercialization.

Nicolas Labrecque’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law and commercial real estate. Experienced in complex transactions of all sizes in various sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, services, renewable energy and retail, Mr. Labrecque is known for his business sense and his ability to find with our clients original and innovative solutions. His mergers and acquisitions experience includes numerous private and public Canadian, US and cross-...

Geoffrey Gilbert practises in the areas of infrastructure, mining and project finance. He also provides ongoing general corporate and commercial law advice. Mr. Gilbert is repeatedly recommended in mining, infrastructure, project finance and corporate commercial law by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. He is the chair of our national infrastructure practice. Mr. Gilbert has a history of involvement in all aspects of mining and mineral resource development. He regularly assists our clients on ...

A partner in charge of the Taxation group at BCF, Marc-André Godard specializes in the tax aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, national and international restructurings, and tax planning for both public and private corporations. His understanding of the business world, his ability to explain tax implications in plain language, and his wide availability help him advise executives on making the best commercial decisions. Marc-André is recognized for his approach and his...

Doug H. Scott practices in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, corporate commercial law and private client services. In his M&A practice, Doug acts for both strategic and financial acquirers and sellers. In his private client services practice, Doug assists business owners and families in achieving their goals, including by structuring appropriate ownership and governance models, preparing for and effecting inter-generational transitions and by implementing third-party liquidity tran...

Marie-Christine Valois is a member of the Corporate/Commercial group in the Montréal office. She practises primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and other transactions involving public and private corporations, such as initial public offerings, bought deal financing and going-private transactions. In addition to transactional matters, Marie-Christine's practice focuses on general corporate governance as well as sustainability and ESG issues (environment, social, governance...

Brett Kagetsu is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office and is the former Vice-Chair of the firm's Corporate Finance, M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. Brett assists both issuers and underwriters with public offerings, private placements, reverse takeovers and Capital Pool Company qualifying transactions. Brett is often involved with plans of arrangement, amalgamations and spin-out transactions. Brett assists Canadian public companies with their regulatory compliance including with...