Canada’s capital markets are a dynamic source of funding for many industries, especially oil and gas and mining, and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is recognized as one of the world’s leading exchanges. 

The Securities and Corporate Finance Group at Dentons regularly represents Canadian, US and international issuers (public and private), underwriters and others on debt and equity financings, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Be confident in our leading capabilities in mining, oil and gas, financial products, healthcare/biotech, technology, real estate, forest products, and infrastructure financing, especially public/private partnerships.

No matter where you are located, you can depend on lawyers in  in all our offices—Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary in western Canada and Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal in the east—to work with colleagues in other practice groups such as taxation, financial services, competition law and real estate to contribute their talent and experience to the successful conclusion of your transaction.

Apply our innovative, practical, forward-thinking approach to initial public offerings, secondary offerings, multijurisdictional/cross-border offerings and M&A transactions, including friendly and hostile takeover bids.  Whether you are an issuer, dealer, adviser or fund manager, we can advise you on compliance and corporate governance.

In both transactional and non-transactional work, we focus on finding creative, efficient solutions for your specific situation.

Recognition

Corporate and securities Partner Ora Wexler recognized as a leading lawyer under 40 by Lexpert Rising Stars

November 26, 2021

Dentons Canada is pleased to announce that Ora Wexler, who leads the Toronto office’s Corporate group and Securities group, has been honoured as a leading lawyer under 40 by Lexpert Rising Stars for 2021.

Dentons named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers' Choice Awards

May 7, 2020

Dentons was named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, six lawyers from Dentons’ offices around the world received Top Author awards, in recognition of the visibility and engagement that their thought leadership earned among JD Supra’s readers in 2019.

Dentons partner Heather Barnhouse wins prestigious Lexpert "Rising Star" award

November 21, 2016

Dentons is pleased to announce that Heather Barnhouse, partner in the Firm’s Edmonton office, has been named a winner of Lexpert’s 2016 "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40” award. This honour recognizes her proficiency in all aspects of corporate/commercial law, coupled with her exemplary leadership at Dentons, in the legal community and community at large.

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Insights

Enhancing corporate transparency: British Columbia to introduce a public corporate transparency register and new guidance on the federal corporate transparency register under the Canada Business Corporations Act Regulations

June 6, 2023

Amendments introduced to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) will create a new, public registry for corporate beneficial owners in an attempt to ensure that private companies in British Columbia are not being used for money laundering or other criminal purposes.

Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) – 2022 annual report on diversity of boards of directors and senior management of federal distributing corporations

May 31, 2023

Pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act, all federally incorporated distributing corporations (ones that issue securities to the public and are subject to continuous disclosure rules under provincial or territorial legislation or laws of a jurisdiction outside of Canada), including venture issuers, must provide a report to shareholders and Corporations Canada on the representation of women, Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities among the directors and members of senior management.

Transactional activism: A fireside chat series

May 31, 2023

Activists and other stakeholders are increasingly engaging in company transactions with financial, legal, and governance considerations in mind.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons Canada boosts mining and energy offering with addition of new high-profile Corporate M&A partner Greg McNab

December 19, 2022

Dentons announces the addition of Greg McNab as a partner in the Firm’s Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions groups. Greg has an impressive track record of advising domestic and global clients in the mining and energy sectors on financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure and stock exchange matters.

Dentons Canada expands its national and cross-border corporate and M&A offering with the addition of two partners

October 24, 2022

Dentons continues its strong growth to support increased client demand for the international corporate and M&A expertise with the addition of two new partners, Nurhan Aycan and Mehmet Kömürcü , to the Firm’s national Corporate and M&A groups.

Dentons and K&E advise KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners on finalizing US$15 billion acquisition and financing of CyrusOne

March 30, 2022

Global law firm Dentons, working together with Kirkland & Ellis, represented global investment firm KKR and fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners in connection with certain matters related to the closing of the $15 billion acquisition of data center operator CyrusOne, Inc., as well as the financing by a consortium of lenders led by Goldman Sachs. In November 2021, Dentons advised the acquiring consortium on the successful bid.

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