The 2023 Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A ranks 61 Davies lawyers among the top advisers in Canada.

Our most notable recent work includes advising:

• Shaw Communications Inc. in its C$26-billion acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc., a transformative deal in the Canadian telecommunications industry;
• Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its merger with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. to create a C$30-billion combined company, the gold industry's highest-quality senior producer and third-largest gold company in the world;
• Cominar REIT in its C$5.7-billion sale to Iris Acquisition II LP, an entity created by a consortium led by Canderel Real Estate Property;
• Rogers Communications Inc. in financing its acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., which was comprised of a C$19-billion syndicated bridge credit facility (the largest single bank financing commitment ever secured in Canada) and permanent financing consisting of US$7.05-billion of senior notes issued across five tranches (the largest-ever U.S. dollar issuance by a Canadian corporate issuer in U.S. market history), C$4.25 billion of senior notes across four tranches (the largest-ever Canadian dollar issuance by a corporate issuer in Canadian market history), a C$6-billion syndicated term credit facility and a C$4-billion syndicated revolving credit facility;
• Underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities in the Government of Canada’s C$5-billion inaugural green bond offering;
• LKQ Corporation, as Canadian counsel, in its C$2.8-billion acquisition of Uni-Select Inc.;
• Enerflex Ltd. in establishing a US$700-million revolving credit facility, a US$150-million term loan and a US$925-million bridge credit facility for its US$735-million business combination with Exterran Corporation;
• Birch Hill Equity Partners in its joint acquisition (and related financing) with Investissement Québec of Québec-based Polycor Inc.; and
• Logiciels Metrio Inc., a Montréal-based ESG reporting and analytics firm, in its sale to Nasdaq, Inc.