Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) congratulates the clients and teams behind some of Canada’s most impactful legal matters, which wererecognized at the 2025 Canadian Law Awards.
This year, we advised onnineExcellence Awardee matters, including threeDeal of the Year award winners:
Capital Markets Deal of the Year
TC Energy Corp. on its C$7.9-billion notes offering related to the spinoff of TC Energy’s liquids pipelines business
Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. on its C$7.15-billion refinancing, the largest Canadian dollar-denominated corporate bond offering to date
M&A Deal of the Year
Royal Bank of Canada on its C$13.5-billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada
Blakes is also pleased to have acted on the following Excellence Awardee matters:
Commercial Litigation Team of the Year
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. in Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd. v. Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. at the Alberta Court of Appeal
Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners on Xplore Inc.’s C$1.6-billion recapitalization
M&A Deal of the Year
Advent International Corporation in its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Nuvei Corporation
Enerplus Corp. in Chord Energy Corporation and Enerplus Corp.’s C$11-billion merger
The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources Ltd. in Glencore plc’s C$9.9-billion acquisition of Teck Resources Ltd.
Mid-Market Deal of the Year
OpenGate Capital in its C$155-million acquisition of Cineplex Inc.’s Player One Amusement Group
We are honoured to collaborate with many of Canada’s leading legal and business teams on their most complex transactions and high-stakes disputes. We commend all the winners and finalists for their outstanding work and contributions to the profession.
About the Canadian Law Awards
Presented annually by Key Media, the Canadian Law Awards celebrate excellence in the legal profession across Canada. Nominees are selected through a competitive submission process from law firms and in-house teams nationwide. An independent panel of judges evaluates the entries based on a rigorous set of criteria to identify the year’s most impactful and innovative legal work.
