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With a nationwide presence and offices abroad in London and New York, McCarthy Tétrault continues to act as a first port of call for major public and private companies (including Blackstone and Rio Tinto) and private equity firms involved in high-value domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions. The firm’s comprehensive service covers M&A, corporate finance and capital markets matters. The practice’s roster spans such sectors as mining, manufacturing, software, oil and gas, media, IT, private equity and pharmaceuticals, with the practice displaying particular strength in the mining space. Cameron Belsher, who works in the Vancouver and Toronto offices, brings expertise to M&A and private equity matters and co-leads the group with Jonathan See, a specialist in files related to the gaming, infrastructure and power industries, and Shea Small in Toronto and London, who provides extensive experience in joint ventures, strategic investments and capital markets. Clemens Mayr in Montreal acts for issuers and underwriters in Canadian and cross-border public financings. Shevaun McGrath handles complex leveraged buyouts, minority investments and restructurings in Toronto, where David Woollcombe advises on M&A and securities offerings.

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Key clients

  • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)
  • Blackstone
  • Brookfield Asset Management
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
  • Cameco Corporation
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Endeavour Mining
  • Fairfax Financial
  • Instar Asset Management
  • Magris Resources Canada Inc.
  • Mubadala Investment Company
  • Newcrest Mining Limited
  • Novacap
  • OMERS
  • Partners Group
  • Rio Tinto plc
  • Slate Asset Management
  • TD Bank and TD Greystone Asset Management
  • Vision Ridge Partners, LLC

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Cameron Belsher

Cameron Belsher

McCarthy Tétrault

Recent experience acting as lead counsel includes: friendly and hostile mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies (both domestic and cross-border); debt restructurings; going-private transactions; proxy contests for control; initial public offerings; other public and private equity financings; all aspects of private equity M&A; royalty trust acquisitions and restructurings; and acting as general counsel and strategic advisor to management teams and their Boards.

Clemens Mayr

Clemens Mayr

McCarthy Tétrault

Practice focuses on securities and corporate law, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance and public financings, both domestic and cross-border.

Shevaun McGrath

Shevaun McGrath

McCarthy Tétrault

Partner. Co-head of the firm’s national Private Equity Group. Focuses on M&A, private equity and investment funds. Advises on domestic and cross-border public/private M&A and other securities matters. Represents institutional investors in their investment activities, including acquisitions and divestitures of portfolio companies and investments in private equity, other alternative investment funds and fund formation. Acted for Vista Equity Partners in its C$4.8 billion acquisition of DH Corporation and the combination of D+H with Vista portfolio company Misys, creating “Finastra”, a new global fintech leader. Presents at various conferences on corporate/securities law.

Jonathan See

Jonathan See

McCarthy Tétrault

Jonathan See is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Group in Toronto and Co-Head of the national M&A Group and Private Equity Group. Recognized for his client-centric approach, Jonathan is one of Canada’s most well-known M&A lawyers acting for sponsors, private equity, alternative investment funds, strategics, and investment banks on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide range of industries. Jonathan is also recognized by Legal 500 and IFLR as a leading lawyer in Corporate M&A, and by a number of noteworthy publications in the areas of infrastructure & energy, private equity, corporate/commercial, and investment funds and banking.

David Woollcombe

David Woollcombe

McCarthy Tétrault

David’s practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions and public company advice. David has advised many Canadian and international businesses on acquisition, divestiture and reorganisation transactions. David regularly advises public companies and their boards of directors on major transactions and governance matters. He has significant experience in capital markets matters, having acted for issuers and investment dealers in a wide variety of cross-border and domestic public offerings and private placements. David has experience across a broad range of industries, including financial services, natural resources, technology, manufacturing, consumer products and telecommunications.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Cameron Belsher KC, Jonathan See, Shea Small

Other key lawyers

Shevaun McGrath, Patrick Boucher, Clemens Mayr, Roger Taplin, Patrick Shea, David Woollcombe, Chrystelle Chevalier-Gagnon