Toronto (Canada) – Fasken has once again demonstrated its dominant performance, advising on significant transactions in Canada and retaining the top positions in league tables published by LSEG Data & Analytics, Mergermarket, Bloomberg and PitchBook for Q3 2025.
Detailed Q3 2025 M&A league table rankings include:
- #1 for Canadian M&A deals by deal count (Mergermarket)
- #1 for completed deals with any Canadian involvement by deal count (LSEG Data & Analytics)
- #1 for announced deals with any Canadian involvement by deal count (LSEG Data & Analytics)
- #1 for Canadian involvement (mid-market) by deal count (LSEG Data & Analytics)
- #1 for Canadian involvement (small-cap) by deal count (LSEG Data & Analytics)
- #1 for M&A deals by geography – Most active in rest of world (PitchBook)
- #1 for M&A deals, representing – Most active in rest of world: investors (PitchBook)
Detailed H1 2025 Capital Markets league table rankings include:
- #1 (tied) for Canada Equity IPO: Legal adviser - issuer ranked by deal count (Bloomberg)
Fasken’s M&A and Capital Markets team continues its dominant performance in major Q3 2025 League Tables from PitchBook. These rankings, together with recent honours, including High Yield Deal of the Year at the IFLR Americas Awards 2025 and recognition as M&A Law Firm of the Year by Best Lawyers Canada 2025, reflect our commitment to delivering exceptional results for clients.
Consult Fasken’s comprehensive book on private M&A, Private M&A in Canada: Transactions & Litigation and the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Knowledge Centre for key thought leadership from the team.
Fasken’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions practice group is a clear leader in Canada and among the country’s largest. Our M&A team advises our clients on the most complex and noteworthy transactions and cross-border deals. The group also calls upon our deep bench for industry-specific knowledge and advice on regulatory matters including tax strategy, anti-trust and foreign investment, labour and employment, intellectual property, sanctions and corrupt practices and government relations. The Capital Markets group regularly acts for underwriters and issuers on Canada’s most complex corporate finance transactions. A key to our success is our proven ability to maintain longstanding relationships with our publicly traded clients (many of which we have been advising since their IPO) that extend beyond capital markets transactions and throughout their lifecycle as publicly traded issuers.
About Fasken
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