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 2024 IBA delegates.
We bring novel thinking and clarity to execute deals across Canada and around the world.
Unparalleled legal service.
Each year our lawyers are recognized as market leaders. 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 twelve months, we have advised on M&A transactions totaling in excess of $97 billion.
“Torys combines excellent legal expertise with a keen understanding of a client's commercial objectives to arrive at practical and well thought out solutions.”
— Chambers Canada, 2024
Notable work
Creation of a Canadian banking leader with growth priorities across Canada
Torys is acting as counsel to Canadian Western Bank in its proposed C$5 billion sale to National Bank of Canada, one of the six largest banks in Canada
Torys is acting as counsel to Ontario Power Generation on all aspects of its project to develop Ontario’s first on-grid small modular reactor (“SMR”) technology at the site of its Darlington New Nuclear Project, part of a pan-Canadian national approach to facilitate the development of SMR nuclear projects in Canada
Torys is acting as counsel to Alamos Gold in its arbitral claim against the Republic of Turkey, under the Netherlands-Turkey Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), alleging expropriation and unfair and inequitable treatment in connection with the development of its Turkey project – the Kirazli, Ağı Dağı and Çamyurt gold mines in Çanakkale Province, Turkey
Strategic transaction with Canada's largest low-cost natural gas producers
Torys is acting as counsel to Crew Energy in its proposed C$1.3 billion sale of all issued and outstanding shares to Tourmaline Oil Corp., Canada's largest and most active low-cost natural gas producers
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.