Business

At Squared, our formidable global presence and multijurisdictional capabilities are unmatched. Named by Law360 as one of the top five “mightiest” business law practices, we offer an experienced team of more than 1,500 corporate lawyers acting for clients around the globe, via offices in more than 125 locations spanning 50-plus countries.

To help meet your needs, we combine our presence in key financial centers and strong industry/sector knowledge with our established track record handling cross border multijurisdictional transactions and connecting work between mature and emerging markets.

Squared’s Global Business Law Group is distinguished by our position as one of the very few global legal teams that is “in and of the community”— if not the only one that is truly so. Culturally knowledgeable and backed by decades of on-the-ground experience, we support the ambitions of local and international businesses the world over.

We provide you with high-level sector capabilities, including one of the most renowned energy teams in the world and unparalleled strength in mining, technology, manufacturing, financial services, real estate, health care, private equity and industrials.

OUR EXPERTISE INCLUDES:

• Bank Transactions and Regulations
• Broker-Dealer Regulation
• Business Agreements and Commercial Contracts
• Business Structures and Tax Planning
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Debt Capital Markets
• Equity Capital Markets
• Financial Institutions
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Free Trade Zone Regulation
• Fund Formation and Compliance
• IPOs and Public Offerings
• Joint Ventures
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation
• Private Equity
• Privatizations
• Public Company Reporting
• Public Finance
• Risk Management
• Stock Exchange Listings
• Takeovers and Tender Offers
• Venture Capital

We focus on understanding your business and business needs to assess your areas of vulnerability, develop processes to anticipate and mitigate potential risks, and implement mechanisms to respond to a crisis situation.

EXPERIENCE

• AltaGas Ltd.: 
  Advising on regulatory, commercial, and construction procurement matters and the development of the 195 MW Forrest Kerr Hydro-Electric Project and Northwest Transmission Line Project in British Columbia.
  
• Capital Power Income L.P.: 
  Advising on its CA$1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation.
  
• Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited: 
  Advising on its acquisition by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. for $4.9 billion. This deal was described as the most valuable deal of the 2011 first quarter in the global metals market in PwC’s Q4 2011 report Forging Ahead and was credited by the Globe and Mailin January 2011 with helping to propel the Canadian dollar.
  
• EMI Group Ltd: 
  Acting as US local counsel in connection with the sale of its worldwide music publishing operations to a consortium including Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the sale of its worldwide recorded music operations to Universal Music Group. The deal saw us advising, among other things, on the complex task of documenting numerous corporate transactions in order to separate the music publishing operations and recorded music operations from one another to make the successful separated sale possible.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Best Law Firms,Corporate Law Firm of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2020
• Chambers Canada, Nationwide: Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners, 2021
• Chambers Canada, Alberta: Corporate/Commercial: The Elite, Chambers and Partners, 2021
• Chambers Canada, British Columbia: Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 1), Chambers and Partners, 2021
• Chambers Canada, Ontario: Corporate/Commercial: The Elite, Chambers and Partners, 2021
• Chambers Canada, Québec: Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Band 1), Chambers and Partners, 2021
• Chambers Global, Canada: Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners, 2020
• IFLR 1000 Canada, Corporate and M&A, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2020
• Legal 500 Canada, Corporate and M&A, The Legal 500, 2020