Our Practice
Our Cross-Border & International Transactions practice can be divided into four categories.  The first category is international mergers and acquisitions, which range from the purchase of a single company, business or asset in a single location to acquisitions of multiple companies and assets in numerous locations.  The second category is international joint ventures, which, because joint ventures involve an ongoing relationship, require particular sensitivity to local country customs and practices.  The third category is international financing transactions, including cross-border equity and debt offerings and international tender offers.  Also included in this category is advising companies on issues of corporate governance in the international context.  Finally, there is a large category of other international transactions such as licensing, outsourcing, franchising, distribution, international tax issues and other commercial matters.

We have offices in three of North America's largest financial markets. In addition to all of our Montréal lawyers being fluent in both English and French, we have lawyers who are fluent in many other languages, including Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic and Hebrew. In addition, our expertise and capability in both the common and civil law systems greatly enhances our ability to efficiently carry out large multi-jurisdictional transactions. Our experience representing companies doing business world-wide has been a major focus of our firm for over forty years. 

Our Clients
We act for a diverse range of clients in the international area, including:

• Global manufacturers;
• Retail chains;
• Commercial real estate firms;
• Energy and mining firms.

Recognition
Davies is consistently recognized among its peers, clients and third-party organizations for its standard of excellence in M&A.  We are consistently ranked among the leading firms in Canada for Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global's Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business, who noted that market observers felt "the firm houses some of the brightest, most creative legal minds around".  Davies also ranked in the top tier of Practical Law Company's 2009/2010 Cross Border M&A Handbook and International Financial Law Review's 2009 Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms.

We achieve this recognition because we excel at the most complex forms of transactions and apply our experience, depth and integrated team approach to achieve the best result for each of our clients regardless of borders.

Organizational Leadership
Davies has organized conferences focussed on international transactions and doing business in Canada around the world and our lawyers are widely published and are regularly invited to speak at conferences on cross-border and international transactions.

Davies also produces a Doing Business in Canada publication in English, French, Spanish and Chinese which is a very useful guide providing comprehensive information about conducting business in Canada. The publication is used by our clients and contacts around the globe as a handy reference guide in response to questions which may be raised on the Canadian business environment.