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.

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