Best Law Firms in Canada for Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Aust Legal is a boutique business law firm built on the idea that high‑quality legal counsel should be accessible outside large national firms.

With offices in Montreal and Toronto, our team works on complex commercial transactions and business matters across a range of industries. We focus on practical, strategic guidance that supports clients as they pursue their business objectives and manage evolving opportunities.

Independence is central to our firm. It allows us to remain adaptable and attentive to the needs of a diverse group of clients, including entrepreneurs, established companies, and organizations operating in Canada and beyond.

Integrity. Insight. Solutions.

Serving Edmonton and Alberta Since 1894.

Duncan Craig LLP is a full-service law firm based in Edmonton, proudly serving clients across Alberta since 1894. Our history reflects a longstanding commitment to practical legal guidance, professional integrity, and strong community connections. We understand the legal and business landscape in Alberta, and we work closely with clients to provide clear and effective support.

For more than a century, our firm has assisted individuals, businesses, families, and institutions with a wide range of legal matters. Our lawyers and legal professionals provide thoughtful legal services tailored to each client’s goals, circumstances, and priorities.

Relationships, community involvement, and integrity continue to shape our approach to client service. We assist with matters involving business law, real estate, estate planning, family law, employment law, personal injury, litigation, and mediation, offering practical solutions focused on the needs of each client.

With offices in Edmonton and Drayton Valley, Duncan Craig LLP provides legal services throughout Alberta and, where required, across Canada and internationally.

Farris LLP ("Farris") is a leading Canadian law firm with offices in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. The full-service firm represents some of the largest public and private institutions and corporations in the province, and has the proven capacity and experience to carry out complex and multi-dimensional legal projects.

Corporate/Commercial: With more than 30 lawyers, the Corporate/Commercial group at Farris is relied upon by clients to assist with a wide range of matters, across a variety of industries. Unique amongst most large law firms, our corporate lawyers are first trained as generalists before they specialize in any given area of business law. We believe a broad legal knowledge of the key business law issues affecting businesses and industries enables us to help our clients solve their legal problems –big or small–quickly and effectively.

Delivering on our clients’ goals and ambitions means working closely with our clients to develop work plans tailored to their particular needs in terms of scope and budget. Our clients rely upon our advice regarding capital raising, finance strategies, governance issues, succession planning, insourcing, and outsourcing. Our lawyers assist with contract drafting and negotiations, securing regulatory approvals, agreements for joint ventures, and acquiring or selling aspects of a business. We regularly advise on privately negotiated transactions, controlled auctions, plans of arrangement and take-over bids, as well as reorganizations and restructurings for tax optimization.

Advocacy & Litigation: Our litigators are recognized leaders in their field, providing timely, creative and practical representation in a full range of commercial, corporate and constitutional litigation, and have extensive experience conducting hearings, trials and appeals. Our clients are diverse and include major business organizations, public bodies, universities, First Nations, media organizations, family litigants, and public interest groups. We advocate for our clients in every forum and at every level of court, and are engaged in many of the most important cases in the province at any given time. We recognize that advocacy work entails flexibility and a constant evaluation of available options, and that not all matters require a formal hearing. We actively look for opportunities to engage in alternate dispute resolution processes where appropriate.

Labour and Employment: Farris has a full-service labour and employment practice, providing advice, counsel, and representation to our clients in all aspects of workplace law.

We have broad experience representing employers in employment law disputes, including wrongful dismissal matters, disputes relating to restrictive covenants, disability related claims, discrimination and accommodation matters, Human Rights issues, employment and labour standards matters, privacy matters, and workers compensation issues. Our lawyers regularly represent our clients in Court and before administrative tribunals that apply employment-related statutes.

Our lawyers have vast experience in labour relations matters, acting before arbitrators, arbitration boards, and appearing in related judicial reviews and injunction applications before all levels of court and advising employers in a wide range of industries. We regularly act for employers with respect to grievance arbitration and collective agreement administration. Our lawyers conduct Labour Board hearings including applications for certification and decertification, unfair labour practices, variance, common employer and successorship issues. We assist clients with strikes and lockouts and the legal issues that can arise including picketing, ally and replacement workers.

We also assist our clients in drafting and reviewing employment agreements that cover all aspects of the employment relationship, including compensation and benefits, stock options and other incentive plans, severance provisions, restrictive covenants, intellectual property matters, hours of work, and alternative dispute resolution; as well as drafting Employee Handbooks that provide for various rules and regulations that apply in the workplace.

Taxation: Farris lawyers work together with our clients and their accountants to provide timely, innovative and practical tax advice. Representing a broad range of domestic, international, public and private-sector corporate clients across many industries, we provide guidance in areas of expertise such as mergers & acquisitions, real estate, structuring corporate groups and partnerships, fund formation and executive compensation. Our lawyers also have vast experience in advising on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, cross-border debt and equity offerings, structuring and financing of inbound investments into Canada and outbound investments from Canada, foreign affiliate reorganizations, profit repatriation, intellectual property migration strategies, electronic commerce, transfer pricing and tax treaty issues. For our private clients, we offer advice in owner-manager tax planning, estate and trust planning, private equity and venture capital investments.

If and when audits or disputes with the tax authorities arise, our lawyers have the experience and expertise to support you at every step. Our tax litigators represent clients in all types of CRA audits and disputes, assisting with proposals, voluntary disclosures, objections to CRA findings and appeals.

Recognition:

• 61 Farris partners ranked in Best Lawyers in Canada.
• Farris rated one of Vancouver’s leading corporate and litigation law firms for over a decade by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
• Farris Repeatedly Recognized as One of Canada's Best Law Firms
• 28 Farris partners ranked in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Languages: English, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, Punjabi and Spanish.

Founded by partners Martin Fortier, Richard D’Amour, Jacques Goyette and Christian Hallé, Fortier, D’Amour, Goyette is among the 30 largest law firms in Québec by number of employees. Our team includes nearly 90 employees, including approximately 40 professionals. Lawyers, notaries, tax professionals and mediators work together to provide legal and business services to individuals and businesses.

Fortier, D’Amour, Goyette provides legal services across a wide range of practice areas and business matters. We work with clients to understand their circumstances and provide practical guidance tailored to their needs.

Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve you is to be in tune with your world, aligned with your opportunity and ambitious for your success. With more than 1,500 legal professionals around the world, we provide our clients with in-depth knowledge in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad. We see the world through our clients' eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances.

Brief History

With roots tracing back to 1887, Gowling WLG grew to become one of the largest and most respected law firms in Canada, with a reputation for innovation in client-focused service delivery.

Building on its early strength in intellectual property, Gowling WLG diversified to offer a full suite of business law, litigation and intellectual property services in all of Canada’s key industries, including energy, mining, financial services, government, infrastructure, manufacturing, life sciences and technology.

In 1979 with only five employees, KMB Law opened its doors as Keyser Mason Ball, LLP offering legal services from an outbuilding in the heart of Mississauga. Today, KMB Law offers a broad range of legal services and a breadth of legal experience. Our team of well trained legal professionals come from diverse and varied backgrounds provide accessible and approachable legal support to our clients.

Today, KMB offers a broad range of legal services and a breadth of legal expertise. Our team of well-trained lawyers from diverse and varied backgrounds provides accessible and approachable legal support to our clients. We pride ourselves on genuinely listening to our clients to understand their specific needs so we can provide them with the best possible legal solutions. 

Supporting the next generation of legal professionals is also fundamental to the success of the firm. We build our legal team around individuals who are self-starters, thrive under autonomy and want to become leaders in their field. Our senior partners work diligently to respond to the talent of these individuals, to counsel and advise them and to encourage them to get involved in causes and community projects that are close to their hearts.

Koffman Kalef LLP is a Vancouver law firm practicing in selected areas of business law and litigation with significant strength and experience in tax, securities and corporate finance, senior banking, commercial real estate transactions and development, intellectual property, international trade and mergers and acquisitions.

The depth of knowledge and experience of our lawyers allows us to deliver high quality legal services in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our clients find our advice and assistance practical, meaningful and useful.

We understand the needs of our business clients and are committed to meeting those needs. Our clients can expect the highest quality of legal services from everyone at Koffman Kalef LLP.

For general information, please contact us at info@kkbl.com.

Lindsay Kenney LLP is a regional business law firm established in 1980 with business lawyers in Vancouver and Langley, BC.

A Western Canadian independent law firm, Lindsay Kenney brings decades of experience to addressing the legal needs of our clients. While we are a business law firm deeply rooted in our communities, the firm has earned a national reputation.

Our litigators have appeared at every level of Court, on matters ranging from complex commercial issues to personal injury disputes, family and divorce law, and fraud litigation. Our solicitors act for some of Canada's largest corporations in all aspects of business law including corporate mergers and acquisitions, disputes, secured lending and realization, and estate planning.

Vancouver Office
Suite 1500, 401 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5A1
Tel: 604.687.1323
Fax: 604.687.2347

Langley Office
Suite 400, 8621 - 201 Street
Langley, BC, Canada V2Y 0G9
Tel: 604.888.5811
Fax: 604.888.6565

Loopstra Nixon LLP is a client-focused law firm helping businesses, institutions, and individuals navigate legal and business matters across Canada. Our lawyers work collaboratively to provide practical legal advice and responsive service tailored to each client’s needs.

Our team brings together a broad range of experience across multiple areas of law, allowing clients to access support for both day-to-day matters and complex legal issues. We take a practical and forward-thinking approach, helping clients address challenges, manage risk, and pursue opportunities with confidence.

Our key practice areas include banking and financial services, business law, litigation & dispute resolution, municipal, land use planning & development, real estate, labour & employment, technology & intellectual property, and bankruptcy, insolvency & restructuring.

Loopstra Nixon is the Canadian affiliate of LawExchange International, a network of independent law firms supporting middle-market and entrepreneurial businesses across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Australia. Through this affiliation, our clients benefit from access to legal connections in 23 countries.

Founded in Toronto by Charles Loopstra and Sandy Nixon, the firm began in a small storefront office and has grown alongside the clients and communities it serves. In 2022, Loopstra Nixon marked its 50th year in practice. The firm continues to build on the values established by its founders, including hard work, entrepreneurial thinking, and a strong commitment to client relationships.

Today, Loopstra Nixon continues to support clients with practical legal guidance and a collaborative approach focused on long-term success.

McDougall Gauley LLP is a Saskatchewan law firm with a diversified local, provincial, national, and international practice. Since 1891, the firm has provided legal services to domestic and international financial institutions, insurance companies, individuals involved in business, government and financial organizations, as well as local, national, and multinational corporations.

With over 90 legal professionals, we provide counsel with the skills and resources to deliver the widest range of legal services to our clients. We offer legal services in English and French.

McLeod Law LLP opened its doors in 1980 as a two-person operation. We've grown to a team of more than 60 lawyers with legal services in over 40 different areas. We’re in the business of helping people, and that will never change. Our size and depth of experience mean every client engagement is scaled accordingly for an efficient and effective result.

Our entrepreneurial spirit comes naturally—many of our lawyers have backgrounds in family-run businesses or had prior careers in banking, oil and gas and other industries. Our lawyers are active in Calgary and business communities.

At Michael, Evrensel & Pawar LLP (MEP Business Counsel), we approach the practice of business law differently. We are on a mission to challenge the inherent inefficiencies typically found in conventional “Big Law” firms, pushing to reject the inflexible and expensive service models found at those firms.

As a guiding principle, we are committed to provide the same high-quality expertise of a top-tier national law firm, but deliver it with the innovation, cost-efficiencies and personal attentiveness you’d expect from dedicated in-house counsel.

As a Canadian corporate and entertainment law firm with extensive international experience, our contemporary model is simple but far from common:

• World-Class Experience – Our team of highly experienced and award-winning lawyers – with training and experience from internationally recognized firms in London, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Beijing and Vancouver – provide world-class business and entertainment legal services to some of North America’s most notable companies.

• Client-Centred Approach – Clients now demand more of their legal advisors, which is driving a change in the legal services landscape in Canada, and rightly so. Businesses expect greater value at sensible prices, which is achieved by receiving practical legal advice tailored to advance their goals. At MEP Business Counsel, we have an unwavering commitment to your business, with a goal to provide you with bespoke legal services that put your real needs first.

• Business-First Thinking – We have a unique combination of established legal expertise and commercial understanding. Effective business counsel should help drive your commercial success by crafting solutions, not by simply identifying constraints. At MEP Business Counsel, we pride ourselves on aligning our advice with your core business objectives, offering solutions to overcome obstacles. After all, we are entrepreneurs in our own right.

• Flexible Value-Based Pricing and Alternative Fee Arrangements – Your business needs are unique. That’s why MEP Business Counsel is flexible when it comes to pricing and fee arrangements. Unhindered by the rigidity of the conventional “big law” firm model, MEP Business Counsel is able to work with you to respond to those unique demands. Regardless of the fee arrangement, at the core of each of our mandates is a commitment to provide exceptional value and build lasting business relationships.

Your future is our focus.

Ogilvie was built in 1920 on a tradition of building relationships and working alongside our clients, and that is still our philosophy an entire century later. We’re proud to celebrate 100 years together with our specialized teams of lawyers who will work beside you and your business to ensure your issues are resolved.

Our proud beginning.

James Harwood Ogilvie, Q.C., left a mark on our great city that still lives on today. He began studying law at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1914. With the advent of World War I, Edmonton men enlisted by the thousands to serve their country, the young James Ogilvie among them. He returned home safely to complete his articles and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1920, and started Ogilvie soon after. In his many years providing legal and professional guidance to Edmontonians, he supported the communities around him and demonstrated the importance of building meaningful relationships with the people he helped. The City of Edmonton recognized his significant contributions, including serving 16 years as a city alderman, by naming a residential subdivision “Ogilvie Ridge". Our team is proud to carry on Mr. Ogilvie’s legacy by continuing to create meaningful relationships with our clients and supporting the businesses and communities that make our city great.

Our community support.

James Ogilvie believed that if you were going to work in a community, you also had to work for your community. We are committed to preserving this tradition of community support believing that corporate support is an investment in our community. On our 75th anniversary, the Ogilvie Fund was created by lawyers and staff of the firm and managed by the Edmonton Community Foundation. Every year the Ogilvie Fund provides financial assistance to a variety of causes including organizations representing single mothers, underprivileged children and youth. The Ogilvie Fund is one of our avenues for giving back to the city we work in by providing assistance to the people who need it most.

Pulse Law LLP is a leading law firm with 3 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 4 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2014. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Pulse Law LLP has on their team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Technology Law.

Pulse Law LLP is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 3 practice areas. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Pulse Law LLP has 3 rankings in 3 practices. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.

Founded more than 100 years ago, Robinson Sheppard Shapiro is an independent, medium-sized law firm providing legal services and strategic advice to local, national, and international clients. Our clients include entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, insurers, corporations, private and public institutions, and individuals.

Our practice areas include business law, civil and commercial litigation, insurance law, labour and employment law, transportation law, family law, municipal law, and wills, trusts, and estates.

From our office in Montréal, our diverse team of lawyers takes the time to understand each client’s circumstances and business realities. We provide thoughtful legal advice and practical support through a personalised approach.

Sangra Moller is a "specialty" firm that focuses on corporate finance,securities, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations and commercial matters. The firm has lead strategic acquisitions by financial investors as well as developed innovative acquisition and financing structures for significant public companies. The firm regularly provides strategic advice to public companies on negotiated and hostile takeovers and proxy contests. In addition, the firm has extensive experience in cross-border securities (both debt and equity) offerings and acquisitions. The firm's focused practice and transactional experience results in it regularly being engaged in large, complex corporate transactions. The firm also regularly advises public companies on all aspects of their corporate governance and board practices.

Torkin Manes LLP is a full-service law firm based in downtown Toronto. Founded in 1974, we have built our firm by focusing on the core principles that we believe make a great law firm: a deep and personal understanding of clients’ business needs; a results-oriented approach to practice that provides practical, smart, and cost-effective advice; and, above all, responsiveness to our clients.

Our professionals provide legal counsel to individuals, public and private companies, and buyers and sellers of independent businesses. Our clients range from owner-operators and founders to investment funds and high net worth individuals, who value and trust our deep knowledge, experience and expertise in the Canadian mid-market. We advise our clients on day-to-day legal matters, as well as during the most transformative transactions and critical disputes of their businesses and lives.

When clients require legal services in other jurisdictions, we leverage our affiliation with Meritas, an international network of select law firms of which Torkin Manes is a member, to facilitate the procurement of excellent legal service and counsel worldwide.

Our client-driven approach has brought professional accolades. Torkin Manes has been named the 2024 Regional Law Firm of the Year (Central Canada) at the Canadian Law Awards, in addition to our long-standing recognition as Top Regional Law Firm (Ontario) by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. This firm is also consistently shortlisted as one of Canada's Regional Law Firms of the Year by Chambers and Partners. Our Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Family Law and Real Estate Groups are all recognized on the Globe & Mail’s Best Law Firms in Canada list.

Many of our lawyers are well known throughout the profession and community at large as highly respected leaders in their practice areas, as well as teachers, authors and advocates for the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association.

Wildeboer Dellelce LLP is one of Canada’s premier corporate, securities and business transaction law firms. The firm has been recognized by Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada in a number of key areas including corporate finance, securities, technology, mergers and acquisitions and corporate/commercial.

The firm offers private and public clients advice in the following practice areas:

• Asset Management & Investment Funds
• Banking & Financial Services
• Corporate & Commercial
• Corporate Finance & Securities
• Corporate Governance
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Executive Compensation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Real Estate
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Startups & Emerging Companies
• Tax

The firm works across all industries including mining, energy and natural resources, technology, industrial and consumer goods, entertainment, media and sports, indigenous enterprise and capital, life sciences, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, food and beverage, automotive and fintech.

Based in Toronto, the firm serves as both legal adviser and business strategist to entrepreneurs, corporations, individuals and growth businesses at all stages of development, from innovative start-ups to large-scale global enterprises. Clients include public and private company issuers, investment dealers, lenders (both traditional and alternative) and sponsors of investment funds, venture capital funds and private equity funds.

We have a reputation for delivering superior results requiring creativity, broad-based technical knowledge and a full understanding of our clients and the industries in which they operate.

Who We Are

Founded in 1927, Witten LLP is an Edmonton-based full-service law firm with a long history of serving clients across Alberta and Canada. For nearly a century, we have assisted individuals, businesses, municipalities and public institutions with a wide range of legal matters. Our firm is built on professionalism, practical guidance and a commitment to supporting both our clients and the broader community.

What We Do

With more than 50 lawyers and articling students, supported by approximately 100 staff members, we provide legal services in a broad range of practice areas, including business law, litigation, real estate law, Indigenous law, employment law and more. We work with clients on transactions, disputes and day-to-day legal matters, offering practical advice tailored to their goals and circumstances.

Our Approach

At Witten LLP, we value clear communication, responsiveness and collaboration. We take the time to understand each client’s needs and provide thoughtful legal guidance that reflects both the legal and practical aspects of a matter. By combining longstanding experience with a forward-looking approach, we strive to build lasting relationships based on trust, reliability and service.

Our Community Commitment

Our lawyers and staff are actively involved in charitable, educational and cultural initiatives throughout the community. Through volunteer work, board participation, pro bono efforts and community involvement, we continue a longstanding tradition of contributing time and skills to causes that matter across Alberta.

Supporting Legal Education

Witten LLP is committed to supporting legal education and professional development. Members of our firm regularly lecture at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and participate in continuing legal education seminars for lawyers and industry professionals. By remaining engaged with legal education, we continue to contribute to the development of the legal profession and stay informed on emerging legal issues.