Torys is a business law firm with a reputation for exceptional legal work and best-in-class client service. Learn more about us and our 2023 IBA delegates.
We bring novel thinking and clarity to execute deals across Canada and around the world.
Unparalleled legal service.
We are proud of our reputation for legal excellence. 85% of our Canadian partners are ranked by Chambers Canada, the highest percentage among Chambers’ Elite-ranked firms.
Clients turn to us for their largest, most complex transactions. In the last three years, we have advised on transactions totaling in excess of $400 billion.
“The team is comprised of very qualified and industry-leading experts; they are smart and commercially aware lawyers.”
— Chambers Canada, 2023
Notable work
TotalEnergies C$4.03 billion sale of the Surmont oil sands project
Torys acted as counsel to TotalEnergies in the C$4.03 billion sale of its interest and associated midstream commitments in the Surmont oil sands project located in northeastern Alberta to ConocoPhillips
Creation of a premier diversified global agribusiness solutions company
Torys is acting as Canadian counsel to Viterra and its shareholders in its proposed US$8.2 billion merger with Bunge Limited to create a global agribusiness solutions company
Torys acted as counsel to 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
Morrison & Co acquisition of leading digital infrastructure provider
Torys acted as counsel to Morrison & Co, a global infrastructure investment firm, as part of a consortium also including Australian Retirement Trust and a managed client of UBS Asset Management, in the proposed acquisition of FiberLight, LLC, a leading fiber infrastructure provider, from The Thermo Companies
Torys works regularly with clients and stakeholders around the world on major transactions, cutting-edge projects and high-profile disputes. We often find ourselves on the forefront of legal work, collaborating across industries and in a multidisciplinary way that allows our team to bring the best ideas forward.
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Services
Transactions
Our reputation for deal acumen comes from sophisticated multidisciplinary thinking and our close, longstanding working relationships with clients, guiding them in their most important transactions.
We guide clients through complex regulatory frameworks across markets and geographies. We regularly advise on compliance, consumer protection and privacy issues, as well as on advisory matters including ESG initiatives, data governance and strategy.
Our nationwide disputes practice includes some of the most sophisticated litigators in the country. Bet-the-company commercial claims, class actions, complex arbitrations—we have a decades-long track record of domestic and international experience.
Torys acts on some of the most significant, first-of-kind projects in the market. Our team is known for their capabilities in helping clients in the projects ecosystem to plan, procure, build, and finance major capital projects across North America.