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Mergers & Acquisitions

Our national practice and large volume of transactions allows us to remain at the forefront of developments in Canadian M&A.

Blakes has one of the largest and most active M&A practices in Canada. With unparalleled experience, we are retained by major domestic and international companies, financial institutions, private equity funds and leading international law firms to provide strategic counsel in M&A transactions. Internationally, we are well-positioned to advise on multi-jurisdictional transactions that intersect with Canada. We regularly act as lead advisors and also work alongside foreign law firms and other advisors.

Our full-service legal capability includes strategic advice on tax, financing, regulatory, litigation and other key areas of business law.  Blakes also provides M&A clients with strategic advice from Canada's top-ranked Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group.  This, combined with specialized industry knowledge, ensures highly effective advice from the inception to the closing of transactions. 

In the past 20 years, Blakes has been involved in more than 2,700 public and private M&A transactions, with an aggregate dollar value of US$2.7-trillion. According to Bloomberg, Blakes is the No. 1 Canadian law firm in global M&A deals by deal value and deal count, and the No. 1 law firm in Canada by deal count for the period, 2005-2024.

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