• About
  • Offices
  • Careers
  • News
  • Students
  • Alumni
  • Payments
  • EN | FR
Background Image
Bennett Jones Logo
  • People
  • Expertise
  • Knowledge
  • Search
  • FR Menu
  • Search Mobile
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
View all
Practices
Corporate Litigation Regulatory Tax View all
Industries
Energy Infrastructure Mining Private Equity & Investment Funds View all
Advisory
Crisis & Risk Management Public Policy
View Client Work
International Experience
Insights News Events Subscribe
Arbitration Angle Artificial Intelligence Insights Business Law Talks Podcast Class Actions: Looking Forward Class Action Quick Takes
Economic Outlook New Energy Economy Series Quarterly Fintech Insights Quarterly M&A Insights Sustainability & the CIO
People
Offices
About
Practices
Industries
Advisory Services
Client Work
Insights
News
Events
Careers
Law Students
Alumni
Payments
Search
Subscribe

Stay informed on the latest business and legal insights and events.

LinkedIn LinkedIn Twitter Twitter Vimeo Vimeo
 

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Download PDF
  • Key Contacts
  • Select Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Download PDF
  • Select Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Getting the deal done in a way that satisfies your desired business outcomes is our first priority. Clients benefit from our focus on efficient identification of issues that will matter, with no wasted time on those that will not. We account for your risk appetite and the commercial realities likely to apply after closing to guide negotiation strategy and structuring.

Our clients include many Canadian and global Fortune 500 companies operating in local, national or international markets, as well as private equity funds, institutional investors and other capital pools investing and operating in Canada. Whether quarterbacking the deal, or providing Canadian counsel support, we coordinate seamlessly with counsel, financial advisors and regulators around the world. We also have particular expertise advising boards and special committees in both friendly and contested transactions, leveraging the expertise of our Shareholder Activism & Critical Situations team.

Recent Experience

Counsel to Canadian Pacific Railway in its historic US$31-billion merger with Kansas City Southern.

Our public and private M&A practice spans all industries, and particularly those that drive the Canadian economy, such as energy, oil and gas and renewables, mining, consumer products, technology, utilities, agribusiness, financial services and cannabis, among others.

To ensure our people are effective ambassadors for our M&A clients, we offer dedicated training programs for our lawyers on topics such as valuation, financial statement analysis and portfolio management. We also draw on specialized experts in other areas that impact deal strategy and structure, including tax, competition/antitrust, foreign investment, customs and trade, real estate, intellectual property, employment, regulatory and litigation. This expertise is complemented by the most experienced governmental affairs and public policy team of any Canadian law firm.

What Clients Say

“I have worked with other Canadian counsel in the context of cross-border M&A. Bennett Jones is a clear leader in terms of client experience.”

Our Value to Clients

  • Focus on your business objectives
  • Practical approach to risk management
  • International mindset
  • Bench strength for specialty support

Our Services

  • Negotiated transactions
  • Contested transactions including hostile bids and negotiated transactions opposed by third parties
  • Proxy contests & activist shareholder matters
  • Going-private transactions
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Management buyouts
  • Acquisition financing
  • Joint ventures
  • Reverse take-overs
  • Exchangeable share transactions
  • Spin-outs
  • Carve-outs
  • Special committee mandates
  • Regulatory & stock exchange matters
  • Capital reorganizations
  • Tax structuring
  • Competition & foreign investment matters
  • Litigation & dispute resolution

Stay Ahead of the Curve

Quarterly M&A Insights

Key Contacts

  • Richard  Burgos Richard Burgos, Partner
  • Curtis A. Cusinato Curtis A. Cusinato, Vice Chair and Partner
  • Christian P. Gauthier Christian P. Gauthier, Partner
  • Kristopher R. Hanc Kristopher R. Hanc, Partner
  • Jeffrey  Kerbel Jeffrey Kerbel, Partner
  • Brent W. Kraus Brent W. Kraus, Partner
  • Jean  Tessier Jean Tessier, Partner
  • Related Lawyers

Select Experience

SFC International in its sale to Super League International
Canadian counsel to Geller & Company, on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient Private Wealth, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S
Briacell Therapeutics Corp., in its public offering of common shares for gross proceeds of USD$3,050,000
Adventus Mining Corporation in its C$200-million acquisition by Silvercorp Metals by way of plan of arrangement
Karora Resources in its planned merger with Westgold by way of statutory plan of arrangement
Argonaut Gold in its planned sale, including of the Magino mine in Ontario, to Alamos Gold
Briacell Therapeutics in the spin-out of BriaPro Therapeutics Corp
Reunion Neuroscience in its take-private transaction with MPM Bioimpact
Wellfield Technologies in its acquisition of the issued and outstanding common shares and other other assets related to the operation of Brane Trust Company
S.i. Systems, a portfolio company of Quad-C Management, in its sale by Quad-C and management shareholders to Cornell Capital and Torquest Partners
VIVO Cannabis in its C$133-million acquisition of Canna Farms
Kensington Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in their acquisitions of Resolute Health, Surgical Centres, Chirurgie Dix30 and Medego Immobilier
Canadian Pacific Railway in its US$31-billion merger with Kansas City Southern, creating the first single-line rail network linking the United States, Mexico and Canada
Rosedale Resources in its combined C$93.4-million acquisition of certain royalties from Equinox Gold and Sandstorm Gold, and Rosedale's continuation as Sandbox Royalties
The management team and employee shareholders of Cando Rail & Terminals in connection with AIMCo's acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Cando Rail from Torquest and the minority shareholders, and in connection with the management team's reinvestment in the go-forward enterprise
Cresco Labs in its US$2-billion acquisition of Columbia Care, making Cresco the second-largest cannabis producer and retailer in the U.S. at the time of the transaction
Heritage Royalty in its C$728-million sale of western Canadian royalty assets, including 1.9 million acres of royalty in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, to PrairieSky Royalty
CF Acquisition, a SPAC sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, in its US$2.1-billion business combination with Rumble
Xie Florida Holdings in its sale of Brightech International, a biostatistics, SAS programming, data management, clinical trial medical and safety monitoring company, to Arlington Capital Partners and Everest Clinical Research
CU Inc. in its $210-million offering of 4.773% debentures due 2052
Stone Canyon Industries Holdings and Kissner Group Holdings in their US$3.2-billion acquisition of the North and South American salt business of K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Cenovus Energy in its C$23.6-billion acquisition of Husky Energy 
Wellfield Technologies in its US$50-million acquisition of New Bit Ventures (dba Coinmama)
Harvest Health & Recreation in its US$2.1-billion sale to Trulieve Cannabis
RedeCan in its C$925-million sale to HEXO
ecobee in its US$770-million sale to Generac Holdings
SolGold in its C$108-million acquisition of Cornerstone Capital Resources to consolidate ownership of the Cascabel Project in Ecuador
Premier Gold Mines Limited in its US$479-million sale to Equinox Gold
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a SPAC sponsored by Riverstone Holdings LLC, in its C$1.39-billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources to form a publicly-traded upstream oil and gas company
Trilantic Capital Partners, as shareholder, in its C$743-million sale of Velvet Energy to Spartan Delta
OPTrust, as part of a consortium, in the C$1.5-billion acquisition of the Cascade Power Project
CMG Partners (dba Caliva) in its merger with Subversive Capital Acquisition, to create the largest cannabis SPAC in North America at closing, and a concurrent partnership with Roc Nation and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
EQT Infrastructure, as Canadian counsel, in its US$4.6-billion acquisition of First Student and First Transit assets from FirstGroup
Cresco Labs in its acquisitions of Origin House, Bay LLC, Bluma Wellness and Laurel Harvest Labs
Mazooma Technical Services in its US$315-million sale to Nuvei Corporation
Dye & Durham in its C$530-million acquisition of DoProcess

Recent Recognition

Mergermarket & Bloomberg League Tables
Top 8 firm in Canadian M&A by deal count
Chambers Canada
Ranked, Corporate/M&A
Chambers Global
Band 2, Corporate/M&A; International & Cross Border Transactions
 

The Legal 500 Canada
Recommended, Corporate and M&A
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Most Frequently Recommended, Mergers & Acquisitions (Calgary)
Consistently Recommended, Mergers & Acquisitions (Toronto)
Repeatedly Recommended, Mergers & Acquisitions (Edmonton and Vancouver)
Global MA Atlas Awards
Winner Global Resources & Materials M&A Deal of the Year
IFLR 1000 Finance and Corporate
Ranked, Banking Mergers and Acquisitions
World Finance Magazine Legal Awards
Recognized as Best M&A Team in Canada

Insights, News & Events

2025
Nov
02
       

Event

IBA Annual Conference 2025

Blog

What Does the SPAC IPO Rebound Mean for Cross-Border Deals?

May 05, 2025
       

Speaking Engagements

Introduction to Employee Ownership Trusts With CIBC Financial

April 29, 2025
       

Related Services

Capital Markets
Commercial Transactions
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate Governance
Employment Services
International Trade & Investment
Tax
Bennett Jones Centennial Footer
Bennett Jones Centennial Footer
About
  • Leadership
  • Diversity
  • Community
  • Innovation
  • Security
Offices
  • Calgary
  • Edmonton
  • Montréal
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver
  • New York
Connect
  • Insights
  • News
  • Events
  • Careers
  • Students
  • Alumni
Subscribe

Stay informed on the latest business and legal insights and events.

LinkedIn LinkedIn Twitter Twitter Vimeo Vimeo
© Bennett Jones LLP 2025. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms of Use
Logo Bennett Jones