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Norton Rose Fulbright leverages deep bench strength and global reach (over 50 locations worldwide and offices in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Quebec City) to advise multinational corporates, major investment banks, financial institutions and private equity players, involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional M&A and corporate finance transactions. The practice’s client roster covers such industries as tech, mining, construction, beverages, transport, retail and aviation. The team is led in Montreal by Canadian national business law chair and corporate securities expert Stephen Kelly and Mathieu Deschamps, who specializes in complex equity and debt financings and who co-chairs the M&A team along with Troy Ungerman, who is based in Toronto, and who also leads the firm’s M&A representation and warranty insurance practice. Other key figures include Toronto office managing partner Terence Dobbin, senior partner Paul Raymond in Montreal, Canadian chair Walied Soliman KC in Toronto and senior associate Eric Malysa in Vancouver.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Team is technically very strong, always responsive, and provides pragmatic and efficient legal solutions.’

  • ‘Hard-working team, great responsiveness, top-quality work product, problem-solving attitude, good under fire, good strategic advisors, looks for win-win outcomes.’

  • ‘The breadth of capabilities amongst both the corporate and M&A team (and the firm as a whole) are outstanding.’

  • ‘In addition to their incredible knowledge and experience, members from the corporate and M&A team truly care about the success of their clients.'

  • ‘Brad Sollis delivers exceptional value and service.’

Key clients

  • Bombardier Inc.
  • CAE Inc.
  • Canadian Tire
  • Coveo Solutions, Inc.
  • Enerflex Ltd.
  • HEXO Corp.
  • Lithion Technologies Inc.
  • Macro Enterprises Inc.
  • Porter Aviation Holdings Inc.
  • SNC Lavalin Group
  • TerrAscend Canada Inc.
  • Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.
  • Yamana Gold Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised the Special Committee of Yamana Gold on its $4.8bn cash-and-shares transaction.
  • Represented Turquoise Hill Resources in connection with the C$4.3bn going-private acquisition by Rio Tinto plc of all shares not already held by Rio Tinto, directly or indirectly, by way of a Yukon court-approved plan of arrangement for a consideration of C$43 per share.
  • Advised Newport Private Wealth on its C$4.3bn acquisition by NFP.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stephen Kelly, Mathieu Deschamps, Troy Ungerman

Other key lawyers

Terence Dobbin, Walied Soliman, Paul Raymond, Brad Sollis, Justin Ferrara, Vanessa Grant, Heidi Reinhart, Eric Stevens, Charles St-Pierre, Eric Malysa