- Chair & CEO: Marc-André Blanchard (National)
- Managing Partners: Herman Van Ommen (British Columbia), Sean Smyth (Alberta), Kim Thomassin (Québec), Robert Brant (United Kingdom)
- Number of partners: 221
- Number of other lawyers: 372
Firm Overview:
McCarthy Tétrault provides a broad range of legal services, advising on large and complex assignments for Canadian and international interests. Built on a unique model of collaboration, the firm provides unequalled legal talent, industry knowledge and practice experience, and delivers customised legal services to help clients achieve the results that are important to them. With offices in Canada’s major commercial centres and in London, UK, McCarthy Tétrault delivers integrated services in business law, litigation, tax, real estate, and labour and employment law. The firm’s lawyers work seamlessly across practice groups and regions, representing major Canadian enterprises and international clients, including financial services organisations, energy and resource companies, manufacturers, technology players, pharmaceutical companies and other major institutions. For more than 150 years, McCarthy Tétrault has worked with all levels of government to develop the laws and regulations that have shaped – and continue to shape – the Canadian economy. McCarthy Tétrault’s London office specialises in assisting clients with their international transactions, and is staffed with both English and Canadianqualified lawyers. A charter member of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, it is an integral part in the provision of the firm’s services in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Main Areas of Practice:
M&A:
• Maple Group Acquisition Corporation, a consortium of Canadian banks and pension funds, in its acquisitions of TMX Group (operator of Toronto Stock Exchange) for C$3.8 billion, The Canadian Depository for Securities (Canada’s largest clearing and depository firm) for C$167.5 million and Alpha Trading System (alternative exchange that controls approximately 90% of Canada’s trading activities) for C$175 million. Lead lawyer: Graham Gow
• BCE in its C$1.07 billion acquisition with Rogers Communications of a 75% interest in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Lead lawyer: Robert Hansen n Agrium in its US$2.8 billion purchase of Viterra’s agri-products business. Lead lawyers: David Woollcombe, Gary Girvan,Michael McCooe,QC
Key clients: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, CIBC, OMERS, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, TD Bank
Contact: Richard Balfour Tel: +1 604 643 7915
Email: rbalfour@mccarthy.ca
Oil & Gas:
• Rosneft in its acquisition of Canadian unconventional oil and gas assets as part of the multibillion-dollar global joint venture with ExxonMobil to develop and exchange technology associated with unconventional oil and gas assets in Russia, Canada and the United States. Lead lawyer: Derek Flaman
• Spectra Energy in its C$8 billion joint venture with British Gas for the development of a 4.2 billion cubic feet/day pipeline connecting to a C$24 billion LNG facility in northeastern British Columbia. Lead lawyers: Robin Sirett and Derek Flaman
• Toyota Tsusho in its C$602 million purchase of an interest in Encana’s southern Alberta coalbed methane holdings. Lead lawyer: Craig Spurn
Key clients:Husky Energy, TAQA, Statoil, Heritage Oil, Enbridge
Contact: Derek Flaman Tel: +1 403 206 5559
Email: dflaman@mccarthy.ca
Litigation:
• Xstrata Copper in the dismissal of all the Ontario Commercial List Court claims totalling C$750 million brought by Barrick Gold regarding Xstrata’s sale to Barrick of a 70% interest in the El Morro, Chile copper/gold project. Lead lawyer: David Hamer
• AstraZeneca in the Ontario Superior Court’s denial of national class action certification – the first time this Court denied such certification in relation to a pharmaceutical product. Lead lawyer: Frank McLaughlin
• GlobaliveWireless Management in the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that permitted Globalive to continue to operate as a Canadian telecommunications carrier. Lead lawyer: Thomas Heintzman
Key clients: Sony, Shell Canada, Phillip Morris International/Imperial Tobacco, Abbott Laboratories
Contact: David Leonard Tel: +1 416 601 7694
Email: dleonard@mccarthy.ca
Mining:
• Molycorp as Canadian counsel in its C$1.3 billion acquisition of Neo Material Technologies. Lead lawyer: Michael Urbani
• Rio Tinto in securing a controlling interest of Ivanhoe Mines and in its agreement to support a comprehensive US$7.3 billion financing plan. Lead lawyer: Shea Small
• Rio Tinto in its C$650 million acquisition of Hathor Exploration. Lead lawyer: Cameron Belsher
Key clients: Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Xstrata and Hunter Dickinson
Contact: Brian Graves Tel: +1 416 601 8153
Email: bgraves@mccarthy.ca
Contact:Roger Taplin Tel: +1 604 643 5922
Email: rtaplin@mccarthy.ca
Financial Services:
• Golden Credit Card Trust in its US$1.15 billion note offerings, and Royal Bank of Canada as the seller. Lead lawyer: Marc MacMullin
• BCE in its financing for Bell Canada’s C$3.38 billion bid for Astral Media. Lead lawyer: Barry Ryan
• National Bank of Canada subsidiary Natcan Investment Management in its C$309.5 million sale of assets to Fiera Capital. Lead lawyer: David McAusland
Key clients: TD Bank, Bank ofMontréal, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, National Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, GE, Manulife
Contact: Barry Ryan Tel: +1 416 601 7799
Email: bryan@mccarthy.ca
Capital Markets:
• The US dealers as Canadian counsel in Royal Bank of Canada’s US$2.5 billion bond offering – the first-ever US public covered bond offering
• Enbridge in its C$1.85 billion equity offerings. Lead lawyer: John Osler
• Molson Coors Brewing Company as Canadian counsel in its C$1.9 billion debt offering to support its acquisition of StarBev. Lead lawyer: Philippe Fortier
Key clients: TD Securities, Scotia Capital, RBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets, Credit Suisse
Contact: Jonathan Grant Tel: +1 416 601 7604
Email: jgrant@mccarthy.ca
Information Technology:
• Research In Motion in the negotiation of commercial agreements with leading US Internet and social media companies, and global rollout of technology licensing and related agreements in more than 180 jurisdictions. Lead lawyer: Cheryl Slusarchuk
• Desjardins Technology Group in the negotiation of a telecommunications services outsourcing agreement with a leading provider that includes fibre-to-branch and call centre services. Lead lawyer: Charles Morgan
• Scotiabank in strategic sourcing matters, including its outsourcing renewal and cloud services procurement. Lead lawyer: Barry Sookman
Key clients: Kobo, HSBC Bank, Metro Richelieu
Contact: Cheryl Slusarchuk Tel: +1 604 643 7124
Email: cslusarchuk@mccarthy.ca
Competition/Antitrust:
• Anglo American in its US$5.2 billion acquisition of De Beers. Lead lawyer: Oliver Borgers
Hynix Semiconductor in the Supreme Court of Canada determination of indirect purchaser claims. Lead lawyer: Madeleine Renaud
• BCE in its C$3.2 billion acquisition of CTV Television Network. Lead lawyer: Donald Houston
Key clients: Rio Tinto, Pepsi, BCE, Unilever
Contact: Donald Houston Tel: +1 416 601 7506
Email: dhouston@mccarthy.ca
Labour & Employment:
• Ontario Ministry of Education in the Provincial Discussion Table established to perform collective bargaining in Ontario’s education sector. Lead lawyer: Paul Boniferro
• Major Montréal universities in injunction proceedings related to student strikes/boycotts. Lead lawyer: André Baril
• Attorney General of Ontario in an application before the Superior Court concerning a pay dispute and involving constitutional process by the association that represents Ontario’s Justices of the Peace. Lead lawyer: Sunil Kapur
Key clients: CIBC, Catalyst Paper, Fairmont Hotels
Contact: Jacques Rousse Tel: +1 514 397 4103
Email: jrousse@mccarthy.ca
Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation:
• Morneau Shepell, the administrator of Nortel Networks’ US$9 billion Canadian pension funds, in plan governance, administration and compliance issues during the company’s international insolvency proceedings. Lead lawyers: Randy Bauslaugh and Jamey Gage
• SSQ Life Insurance Company in the pension aspects of its C$300 million acquisition with its majority shareholder, Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec, of AXA Life Insurance. Lead lawyer: Lorraine Allard
• Air Canada’s three-member mediation/arbitration panel in determining the company’s long-term sustainability of its pension plans for its Canadian Auto Workers union members. Lead lawyer: Randy Bauslaugh
Key clients: Morneau Shepell, OMERS, Siemens Canada, Kimberly-Clark, Knowledge First Financial
Contact: Randy Bauslaugh Tel: +1 416 601 7695
Email: rbauslaugh@mccarthy.ca
Power:
• Boralex, Gaz Métro LP and Valener in the C$725 million non-recourse project financing of their 272 MW Seigneurie de Beaupré wind farm. Lead lawyer: Marc Dorion
• Enbridge in its purchase of a 50% undivided interest in the 300 MW Lac Alfred wind project. Lead lawyer: Marc Dorion
• Xstrata Copper in the sale to Origin Energy of a 51% stake in the proposed 1,000 MW hydro-electric project being developed in Chile. Lead lawyer: Sean O’Neill
Key clients: Bruce Power, ENMAX, Enbridge, NextEra Energy
Contact: David Lever Tel: +1 416 601 7655
Email: dlever@mccarthy.ca
Real Estate:
• RBC Capital Markets in H&R REIT’s C$500 million bond offering. Lead lawyer: John Currie
• TD Bank in its C$375 million financing for Dundee REIT’s C$580 million acquisition ofWhiterock REIT. Lead lawyer: John Currie
• Shell Canada Products in its sale of 236 retail stations and convenience food stores in Québec and Atlantic Canada to Sobeys. Lead lawyer: James Papadimitriou
Key clients: Oxford Properties, Brookfield, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Concert Properties
Contact: Lisa Vogt Tel: +1 604 643 7935
Email: lvogt@mccarthy.ca
Infrastructure:
• Infrastructure Ontario and Humber River Regional Hospital in the financial close with Plenary Health Care Partnerships of a new C$1.75 billion acute care facility. Lead lawyer: Gordon Willcocks
• The lenders and the agent National Bank Financial in the financial close of the C$128.6 million threekilometre Airport Rail Link Spur project,which includes a new passenger station at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Lead lawyer: Stephen Furlan
• Infrastructure Ontario in the structuring, procurement, negotiation and settlement of the C$514 million Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes’ Village project. Lead lawyers: Godyne Sibay and Gordon Willcocks
Key clients: EllisDon, Laing O’Rourke, Gracorp Capital, TD Securities, Scotia Capital, National Bank Financial
Contact: Gordon Willcocks Tel: +1 416 601 7818
Email: gwillcocks@mccarthy.ca
Contact: Linda Brown Tel: +1 604 643 7191 Email: lbrown@mccarthy.ca
Tax:
• Kraft Foods in the spinoff of its North American grocery business to create Mondelez International, a global snacks business, and Kraft Foods Group, a North American grocery business. Lead lawyer: Jerald Wortsman
• A Rio Tinto affiliate in its C$650 million acquisition of Hathor Exploration. Lead lawyer: Ron Mar
• Sunshine Oilsands in its C$580 million initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Canada’s first oil sands company to list on the HKEx. Lead lawyer: T J Kang
Key clients: Bell Canada, Chrysler Canada, PepsiCo and Pepsi-Cola Canada, Bank ofMontréal, Kraft Foods, Enbridge
Contact: Douglas Cannon Tel: +1 416 601 7815
Email: dcannon@mccarthy.ca
Areas of PracticeAboriginal
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Capital Markets
Clean Technology
Communications
Competition/Antitrust
Consumer & Retail
Energy
Environmental
Financial Services
Health
Hospitality
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
International Trade & Investment
Labour & Employment
Life Sciences
Litigation
M&A
Mining
Municipal Planning
Outsourcing
Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation
Privacy
Private Equity
Private Transactions
Procurement
Public Companies
Real Estate
Securities Regulation & Investment Products
Tax