Mergermarket Ranks Davies No. 1 in Canadian Deals by Value for 2021

Davies has topped the list of firms in Mergermarket’s Canada League Tables for 2021 with the highest deal value in Canadian M&A transactions.

In addition, Davies is the only Canadian firm ranked in the following for 2021:

• Bloomberg’s Top 20 in Cross-Border Announced Deals by Value
• Refinitiv’s Top 25 by Value in (i) Global Principal Advisors Completed; (ii) Global Announced Including Withdrawn tables; (iii) Any US Involvement Completed; and (iv) US Target Completed tables

Included among our notable transactions over the past year are the following:

• Kansas City Southern’s US$31-billion merger with Canadian Pacific Railway – the largest Canadian cross-border deal in 2021
• Shaw Communications’ C$26-billion merger with Rogers Communications – the largest Canadian deal in 2021
• Agnico Eagle Mines in its merger of equals with Kirkland Lake Gold to create the third largest gold company in the world with a market cap of US$30-billion in one of the largest deals ever in the Canadian gold sector
• Cominar REIT’s C$5.7-billion sale to Iris Acquisition II LP, a consortium led by Canderel Real Estate Property Inc.