Stikeman Elliott is recognized nationally and internationally as one of Canada's leading M&A firms. Our clients range from multinational corporations and their boards of directors, to private companies and small businesses.
Over the years, we have been involved in a significant number of transactions concerning U.S. and other non-Canadian acquirers of Canadian businesses and have been at the forefront of evolving practices in M&A transactions, including those involving strategic, private equity, sovereign wealth fund and state-owned enterprise buyers. The firm has earned particular respect for expertise in acting for both acquirers and target companies in hostile take-over situations and has extensive experience with take-over bids, plans of arrangement, leveraged buy-outs and management buy-outs.
To better meet the needs of clients who are involved in either the purchase or the sale of a company or business unit, the M&A Group works closely with other practitioners throughout the firm to provide a full array of related services, such as private equity and venture capital, tax, competition, intellectual property, environmental, real estate, government relations, and employment and labour expertise.
Recognition for Our Work
- #1 by volume of Canadian M&A in Mergermarket 2011 league tables
- #1 Canadian firm by value of North American deals in Corpfin 2008-2011 league tables
- #1 Canadian firm by number and value of U.S.-based M&A deals in Factset 2006-2011 league tables
- #1 nationally for Lexpert ranked lawyers in M&A, Corporate Finance and Corporate Commercial Law
- #1 nationally for Best Lawyers ranked lawyers in M&A, Corporate Finance and Corporate Law
- #1 nationally for Chambers Global ranked lawyers in M&A/Corporate
- Ranked as "top tier" in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global
- Ranked as "top tier" in M&A in IFLR 1000, The Guide to the World's Leading Law Firms
- The pratice and its attorneys are also regularly cited in PLC Which Lawyer?, A Guide to the World's Leading M&A Lawyers (Euromoney) and the International Who's Who of M&A Lawyers (Who's Who Legal)
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Value-Added Client Resources
As part of our effort to remain at the forefront of client service, we have developed a new securities, corporate finance and M&A focused website called Canadian Securities Law Online, the first major site of its kind to be launched by any of the leading national law firms in Canada. The site provides real-time information on Canadian regulatory and market development, in addition to cross-posting our market-leading Securities Update commentary on legal issues affecting corporate counsel and business professionals. The site is fully searchable with extensive archived materials, indexed by topic, and allows users to subscribe for immediate updates via e-mail or RSS feed.
Canadian Securities Law Online is publicly available at http://www.canadiansecuritieslaw.com/.
Representative Experience
Stikeman Elliott has worked on a number of significant Canadian and cross-border transactions, including acting for:
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. in its successful defence of BHP Billiton Ltd.'s US$38.6 billion unsolicited take-over bid, with the bid being subsequently withdrawn after the historic decision of Investment Canada to reject the proposal.
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Zellers in the $1.825B sale of up to 220 leasehold interests to Target Corporation.
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in connection with BCE's $3.2B acquisition of CTVglobemedia from Teachers', The Woodbridge Company Limited and Torstar Corporation, as well as the related $200M acquisition by Woodbridge of the Globe & Mail assets from CTVglobemedia.
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Eurazeo as Canadian counsel in connection with its acquisition of 3S Photonics SA, French leader in lasers and opto-electronic components.
Wyeth as Canadian counsel in the US$68 billion acquisition by Pfizer Inc.
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Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., as Canadian counsel in its US$2.5 billion acquisition of the U.S. fresh baking assets from George Weston Limited.
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Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation in their $2.1 billion offer to acquire Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd.
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Dubai-based Istithmar World Capital and Nakheel in their acquisition of a 20 per cent interest in Cirque du Soleil.
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Teck Cominco Ltd. in its $14.1 billion acquisition of Fording Canadian Coal Trust.
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Yara International ASA in its Cdn. $1.6 billion acquisition of Canadian nitrogen producer Saskferco.
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NRDC Equity Partners in its acquisition of Hudson's Bay Company.
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BCE Inc. in connection with the $51.7 billion bid by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners, the largest buyout in Canadian history.
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