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We’re here to help drive business across borders.
As the largest business law firm in Canada, our team can draw upon a full suite of specialty practices whenever the need arises. From untangling complex transactions and getting them across the line to defending high profile class actions, we help companies across the Americas doing business in Canada.
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Overview

Fasken advises and represents clients in cross-border matters throughout the Americas. We work with Canadian companies doing business abroad and U.S. and Latin American companies doing business in Canada. We have also acted as global coordinating counsel on multijurisdictional M&A and financing transactions.

Our clients range from established multinational corporations to start-ups interested in attracting foreign investment or expanding to new markets.

Chambers Global, IJ Global Americas, iamPatent 1000, Who’s Who Legal and other respected international publications consistently recognize our practitioners as global leaders.

Fasken advises clients and works with professionals throughout the Americas in all types of commercial transactions, disputes, CSR and indigenous peoples matters. Canada has seven free trade agreements in the region; our team is proficient in regional regulations and bilateral treaties, with many of us having held key positions on treaty negotiation teams and committees.

If disputes arise, we represent clients before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s International Court of Arbitration, American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).


Areas of Expertise

Experience

  • IAMGOLD announces closing of sale of its interest in the Bambadji Joint Venture in Senegal, [Deal - IAMGOLD Corporation], Canadian gold mining company completes divestiture of non-core Senegal exploration assets as part of a US$200 million mining transaction.
  • Vistara Growth and Beedie Capital announce strategic partnership, [Deal - Vistara Capital Partners Ltd.], Beedie Capital acquired a 50% interest in Vistara Capital and agrees to be anchor investors in new US$500M Vistara Growth Structured Opportunities Fund.
  • LMPG receives strategic investment from Platinum Equity, [Deal - LMPG Inc], Strategic private equity investment in a leading North American manufacturer of specification-grade lighting solutions.
  • Lomiko Metals enters into definitive agreement to be acquired by Global Battery Materials for an implied equity value of C$11 million, [Deal - ], Global Battery Materials to acquire Lomiko Metals in an approximately C$11 million transaction to create a vertically integrated Canadian graphite platform.
  • CFR Chemicals was acquired by PERIN Resources, LLC., [Deal - ], CFR Chemicals was acquired by PERIN Resources, LLC.
  • Janssen secures a landmark decision from the Supreme Court of Canada confirming the patentability of pharmaceutical dosing regimens, [Case - Janssen Inc.], Supreme Court of Canada ruling confirming the patentability of pharmaceutical dosing regimens.
  • Electrovaya enters strategic relationship and issues warrants to Amazon subsidiary, [Deal - Electrovaya Inc.], Lithium-ion battery manufacturer enters strategic transaction agreement and issues warrants to Amazon subsidiary.
  • Confidential client closes US$52 million syndicated credit facility, [Deal - Confidential Client], Acted as Canadian legal counsel to agent for syndicated credit facility to healthcare investment vehicle managed by private Chinese investment corporation with multi-jurisdictional operations.
  • Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners support strategic partnership between Toitures Couture and Couverture Montréal-Nord to establish a leading re-roofing platform in Eastern Canada, [Deal - ], Alfar Capital and Walter Capital Partners back a strategic partnership between Toitures Couture and Couverture Montréal-Nord to establish a leading re-roofing platform in Eastern Canada.

Knowledge

  • OLRB Clarifies Employers’ Workplace Harassment Investigation Obligations Under OHSA, 8/20/2026
  • Canada’s National AI Strategy: What It Signals for AI Regulation, Privacy and Online Safety, 8/20/2026
  • Is Québec Approaching a Major Turning Point in Religious Accommodation?, 8/20/2026
  • Update: Small Business Procurement Program Launches as Buy Canadian Reforms Expand, 8/18/2026
  • Life Sciences-Health Canada Takes Action Against Unauthorized Peptide Sales, 8/18/2026
  • Canada's Foreign Influence Registry: Key Compliance Questions, 8/14/2026
  • Spoliator Alert: Supreme Court of Canada Imposes Strict Duty to Preserve Documents Where Litigation is Ongoing or Reasonably Contemplated, 8/14/2026
  • When AI meets RWI in M&A: What Impact Will AI have on Representation and Warranty Insurance?, 8/13/2026
  • Procurement Alert: Canada's Defence Drone Initiative Launches Its First Prequalification Round for Suppliers, 8/13/2026
  • China’s Revised Arbitration Law: International Arbitration Implications as Canada-China Relations Thaw, 8/13/2026

Events

  • Expert Determination Clauses: When to Use Them, How to Draft Them, and Why they Differ from Arbitration Clauses, 9/22/2026
  • Latest Developments in Enforceability of Termination and Other Contract Clauses in Employment Agreements, 9/17/2026
  • Early-Career Judgment: Navigating Grey Areas in Practice, 9/10/2026
  • The Office is Calling: Legal Considerations for Return-to-Office Policies, 6/25/2026
  • The BC Foodtech Briefing: 2026 Trends & Local Impact, 6/17/2026
  • CLC Part II Challenges: Managing Workplace Violence and Harassment Complaints, Investigations, and Reprisal Risks, 6/17/2026
  • Recent Developments in Commercial Real Estate Litigation, 6/17/2026
  • Pensions and Benefits Look Forward and Look Back, 6/16/2026
  • Artificial Intelligence in Health & Life Sciences, 6/11/2026
  • VAT and GST/HST Compliance and Strategy for Canadians Expanding their Exports to Europe, 6/8/2026

News

  • David Turgeon discusses IP ownership in the defence sector in Canadian Lawyer, 7/14/2026
  • Marie-Gabrielle Bélanger discusses Québec’s new regulation on sexual violence in the workplace in Canadian HR Reporter, 7/13/2026
  • Marie-Gabrielle Bélanger comments on employers’ rights and obligations related to return-to-office policies in Les Affaires, 7/9/2026
  • Laurie Turner and Claire Gowdy analyze healthcare M&A trends in Canada in Lexpert, 7/8/2026
  • Fasken to Attend the 13th Annual Summit for Women in Life Sciences Law, 7/6/2026
  • Marie-Gabrielle Bélanger discusses the rules surrounding return-to-office policies on Radio-Canada, 7/6/2026
  • Bulletin on Indigenous equity investments co-authored by Amy Carruthers and Tara Bishop referenced in The Logic, 6/10/2026
  • Celebrating BC's Food & Beverage Industry: Fasken Continues its Partnership with BCFB, 5/25/2026
  • Fasken Will Attend the 2026 Food and Beverage Ontario Annual Conference, 5/13/2026
  • Ella Plotkin discusses alternative infrastructure project delivery models in Lexpert, 5/6/2026