Life Sciences Expertise | Blakes

Canada’s leading public companies and investment dealers regularly turn to us to handle their corporate finance transactions and securities regulatory matters, tapping into our national and international presence to access our exceptional cross-border capability in principal markets.

We have extensive experience with public offerings, including initial public offerings, acquisition finance and innovative fund structures, as well as private placements. We routinely advise corporations, trusts and investment banks on all types of securities regulatory matters and have unsurpassed knowledge of securities regulation gained, in part, through our work with Canadian securities regulators.

We also have specialized experience advising on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in connection with corporate financing, fund structuring, investment transactions, ESG reporting and disclosure obligations.

To view a list of our most recent representative matters, please visit Equity Capital Markets, or Debt Capital Markets.

Awards & Recognition

Blakes continues to lead Canada’s capital markets sector. Among our recent highlights, we advised TC Energy on its C$7.9-billion notes offering related to the spinoff of its liquids pipelines business — the largest bond offering in Canadian history — which was recognized as Capital Markets Deal of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Law Awards.

In the first half of 2025, Blakes also ranked number one in Canada across key capital markets league tables for:

Equity, equity-linked and preferred offerings, for issuers and underwriters combined, by deal count (Bloomberg)
Equity and debt offerings, for issuers and underwriters combined, by deal count (Financial Post)
Equity and equity-related offerings, for issuers, by deal count (LSEG, formerly Refinitiv)