Blake Cassels & Graydon is a leading law firm in Canada which excels in corporate, transactional, and tax controversy. The firm handles both domestic and international tax matters. The tax group stands as one of the largest in the country, with offices in all of Canada’s key business centers.
Over the research period,
Blake Cassels & Graydon advised Pacific Woodtech on a
$210 million acquisition
of Louisiana
Pacific’s Engineered Wood. The business includes its
U.S and British Columbia
lumber
facilities.
The firm is also currently
advising Royal Bank of Canada
in an ongoing acquisition of HSBC Canada valued at
C$13.5 billion.
In 2022 the firm has been active in recruitment bringing on Chris Sheridan, Sameer
Nurmohamed, Elena Balkos and Lara Friedlander. Chris and Sameer join the team as partners from Osler
Hoskin and Harcourt, Elena
joins as Counsel from KPMG and Lara Friedlander also joins as a new partner from CIBC.
“Lawyers are of a high calibre.”
“Very solid M&A tax team.
Working on important deals in Western Canadian market.”
“They have an excellent partner in the indirect-tax area who is an up and comer in the field (Zvi).”
“Extremely strong Canadian tax group.”
