Capital Markets
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
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Blakes Capital Markets team is one of the largest and most experienced in Canada. Our lawyers are leaders in capital markets transactions, serving prominent companies and financial institutions in Canada, including the five major banks, the United States and worldwide. Canada’s leading public companies and investment dealers regularly turn to us to handle their corporate finance transactions and securities regulatory matters. We are known for having a highly skilled and well-balanced team, geographically diverse, knowledgeable in the industries that form of the core of the Canadian capital markets, experienced in both equity and debt transactions and serving both issuers and underwriters in Canada.
We have extensive experience with public offerings, including initial public offerings, acquisition finance and innovative fund structures, as well as private placements. We routinely advise corporations, trusts and investment banks on all types of securities regulatory matters and have unsurpassed knowledge of securities regulation gained, in part, through our work with Canadian securities regulators.
Chambers Review
Blake, Cassels & Graydon is a respected law firm in the capital markets space in Canada, highly regarded for its representation of issuer and underwriter clients in big-ticket IPOs and secondary offerings. The firm also possesses deep expertise in DCM mandates. Its team has notable proficiency in assisting with securitisation transactions, as well as matters involving novel security instruments. It demonstrates significant capabilities in corporate financings and securities compliance matters. The firm's broad-ranging client base means its deal sheet includes offerings in the transportation, energy and hi-tech sectors, among others.
Work Highlights
- The Blake, Cassels & Graydon team assisted goeasy with its USD550 million and USD400 million cross-border high-yield notes offerings.
Strengths
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"Blake, Cassels & Graydon takes the time to flesh out details to a high degree and mitigate risks with clarity. The team has demonstrated knowledge across a variety of issues."
"The partners I have dealt with have provided exceptional advice, especially regarding complex and sophisticated matters."
"Blake, Cassels & Graydon takes the time to flesh out details to a high degree and mitigate risks with clarity. The team has demonstrated knowledge across a variety of issues."
"The partners I have dealt with have provided exceptional advice, especially regarding complex and sophisticated matters."
Notable Practitioners
Tim Andison is a seasoned capital markets lawyer based in Blake, Cassels & Graydon's Toronto office. He has expertise in numerous debt and equity concerns, including IPOs, follow-on equity offerings and transactions involving high-yield bonds.
"Tim Andison is a top-notch lawyer."
"His level of responsiveness is excellent, and he is great at issue-spotting."
Adam Jackson is based in Toronto and has developed a strong practice advising on public and private securitisation transactions. He assists clients with both national and cross-border mandates.
"Adam takes a client-first approach and seeks a high degree of accuracy to deliver a high-quality solution. He works diligently to ensure deadlines are met."
Catherine Youdan has a thriving capital markets practice in high-value offerings. She leads the firm's capital markets group in Toronto.
"Catherine is an excellent partner. She is very knowledgeable and pragmatic. She is an effective negotiator with both the street and securities regulators."
"Catherine is a superb lawyer. She is brilliant and very articulate. It was an absolute pleasure to work with her."
Michael Hickey is an up-and-coming lawyer based in Toronto. His capital markets practice includes an impressive level of transactional matters, advising clients on M&A mandates as well as financings.
"His ability to navigate the firm is phenomenal. His understanding of our deals is very high."
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