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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

  • 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.
  • Pulsar Helium Inc. (AIM:PLSR) (TSXV:PLSR) announces closing of £19 million fundraise, [Deal - Canaccord Genuity Corp.], Secondary fundraise by Pulsar Helium Inc. on AIM
  • Ni-Co Energy announces filing of final prospectus for proposed initial public offering, [Deal - ], Ni-Co Energy files final prospectus for proposed initial public offering and TSXV listing.
  • BDC participates in $139 million Series A to scale Arctic surveillance network and drone systems, [Deal - BDC Capital], The round is the largest Series A in Canadian defence history and backs Dominion's drive to revive the country's tradition of building world-defining technology.
  • Canaccord Genuity acts as sole agent and bookrunner for SuperQ Quantum Computing in oversubscribed LIFE offering for gross proceeds of $4.6 million, [Deal - Canaccord Genuity Corp.], Private placement deal in technology industry.
  • Parc 30 West completes the sale a 602,000-square-foot distribution facility, [Deal - ], Sale of a 602,000-square-foot distribution facility in Beauharnois, Quebec.
  • Plenary Americas LP and Walsh Investors reach financial close on University of Kentucky, [Deal - Plenary Americas], Infrastructure developers achieve financial close on US$410 million energy P3 project supporting a major U.S. university campus.
  • Gold Basin Resources Corporation announces completion of arrangement with majority shareholder, CANEX Metals Inc., [Deal - ], Arrangement involving Gold Basin and CANEX Metals Inc.

Knowledge

  • Occupational Health and Safety Prosecutions - Supreme Court Clarifies Delay Framework, 7/30/2026
  • Fasken’s Noteworthy News: Privacy & Cybersecurity in Canada, the US, and the EU (July 2026), 7/30/2026
  • Investing in Canadian LNG Part 3 – Indigenous Partnerships and Investment, 7/28/2026
  • Health Canada Strengthens the Drug and Medical Device Shortage Framework, 7/24/2026
  • Get With the Times: The CSA Seeks Stakeholder Comments on Modernizing Canada’s Capital Markets, 7/22/2026
  • Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the Patentability of Dosing Regimens: An Important Decision for the Pharmaceutical Industry, 7/20/2026
  • Health Canada’s New Draft Guidance on Foreign Regulatory Reliance for Certain Drugs, 7/17/2026
  • Probation Is Not a Free Pass: HRTO Finds Termination Tainted by Failure to Investigate, 7/16/2026
  • AI in the Boardroom E3 - “Shadow AI”, Continuous Disclosure, and the Inadvertent Disclosure of Material Non-Public Information, 7/15/2026
  • Government of Canada Launches Second Round of Consultations on Canada Labour Code Reform, 7/14/2026

Events

  • 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
  • Bill 29 — Bill 29 and the new warranty of good working order: Are you ready for October 5, 2026?, 6/3/2026
  • Blockbuster Annual Update on British Columbia Labour Employment Human Rights 2026, 6/3/2026
  • 2026 STEP Canada Conference, 6/1/2026

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