April 6, 2023

Torys tops Q1 Refinitiv league tables

Torys is proud to announce it has been named the top M&A legal advisor by deal value by Refinitiv in its Q1 2023 global M&A review table.

Torys was ranked number 1 in the “Any Canadian involvement” table, having worked on 16 deals worth more than $28 billion in value that closed in 2023. Additionally, Torys also topped the “Any French involvement” table after working on more than $16 billion worth of deals that closed in Q1 2023.

Some of the notable deals the firm has worked on that closed in Q1 are below.

BNP Paribas, as Canadian counsel, in its US$16.3 billion (approx. €14.4 billion) sale of Bank of the West, Inc. and its subsidiaries to BMO Harris Bank N.A., a subsidiary of BMO Financial Group.
Fairfax Financial, as part of a consortium including Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., certain affiliates of the Washington Family, and David Sokol, in the US$10.9 billion acquisition of all outstanding shares of Atlas Corp., a leading global asset management company focused on infrastructure assets in the maritime and energy sectors.
Canadian Electrolytic Zinc, the operator and manager of Noranda Income Fund's electrolytic zinc processing facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, in connection with Glencore Canada Corporation's acquisition of all issued and outstanding priority units of Noranda.

You can learn more about our M&A work by visiting the practice page.