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    Sullivan & Cromwell assists a wide range of Canadian commercial and governmental clients with U.S. and non-U.S. legal matters, as well as multinational clients with strategic interests in the region. The Firm offers notable expertise in securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, litigation and investigations.

    The Firm has broad experience advising Canadian issuers, underwriters and other market participants in public and private offerings, including multijurisdictional disclosure system and other SEC-registered offerings, as well as offerings pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Firm also advises sponsors and lenders in connection with project finance and some of Canada’s leading commercial enterprises on groundbreaking M&A transactions.

    S&C’s litigation lawyers regularly represent Canadian companies on a wide variety of legal disputes, including shareholder litigation, antitrust class actions, bankruptcy and U.S. federal and state law compliance matters. The Firm also advises Canadian companies on investigations involving federal regulators, including FCPA and antitrust investigations.

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    S&C Advises Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and Panama Canal Railway Company on Railway Sale

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    S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $3 Billion Registered Senior Notes Offerings

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    S&C Advises Canadian Pacific on $1.2 Billion SEC-Registered Senior Notes Offering

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    S&C Advises Bell Canada on First SEC-Registered Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Offering of $2.25 Billion of Notes

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    S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $4.25 Billion Registered Notes Offerings

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    Securities

    Sullivan & Cromwell has broad experience representing issuers, underwriters and other market participants in registered offerings by Canadian issuers, including SEC and multijurisdictional disclosure system offerings, as well as offerings pursuant to Rule 144A or Reg S. Representative matters include advising:

    • Bank of Montreal in 22 offerings of notes totaling $37.95 billion (2020-2025)
    • Bell Canada Inc. in eight offerings of notes totaling $5.4 billion (2021-2024) and three offerings of notes totaling C$3.3 billion (2020-2021)
    • Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) (n/k/a Canadian Pacific Railway Company) in its $6.7 billion offering of senior notes, issued in connection with its acquisition of Kansas City Southern (KCS) (2021)
    • The underwriters to Daimler Truck AG in its C$2.0 billion offering of bonds by Daimler Trucks Finance Canada Inc. (2021) (its inaugural offering of bonds following its spin-off from Daimler AG)
    • U.S. counsel to the trustee and collateral agent to Electra Battery Materials Corporation (f/k/a First Cobalt) in three Section 4(a)(2) offerings of convertible senior notes totaling $99 million (2021-2024)
    • Enbridge Inc. in 13 SEC-registered offerings of notes totaling $21 billion (2020-2024) and $3.39 billion equity offering concurrent with its $14 billion acquisition of three companies from Dominion Energy (U.S.) (2023)
    • Hudbay Minerals Inc. in two Rule 144A/Reg S offerings of senior unsecured notes totaling $1.2 billion (2020-2021)
    • Kinross Gold Corporation (Canada) in its $500 million Rule 144A/Reg S offering of senior guaranteed notes (2023)
    • U.S. counsel to the initial purchasers to OMERS Finance Trust in six Rule 144A/Reg S offerings of guaranteed senior notes totaling $5.9 billion (2020-2024)
    • Royal Bank of Canada in 28 SEC-registered and unregistered offerings of notes and covered bonds totaling $63.48 billion (2020-2025)
    • We are also a leader in advising on securities offerings by Canadian sovereigns, some recent examples include representing:
    • The underwriters to Manitoba in four SEC-registered offerings of global debentures and notes totaling $3.3 billion (2021-2024)
    • The underwriters to Québec in 10 SEC-registered offerings of global notes totaling $19.37 billion (2020-2024)

    Mergers & Acquisitions

    As a leading global law firm in M&A, S&C has extensive experience advising on Canadian M&A transactions, including many cross-border transactions involving Canadian companies. Selected representations include advising:

    • Ares Management (U.S.) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) in their acquisition of a majority interest in TricorBraun (2021)
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in multiple transactions, including its sale of its 31.6% stake in Puget Holdings (U.S.) to Macquarie Group (Australia) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Canada) (2021); acquisition from Enbridge of 49% of the entity that holds Enbridge’s stake in Éolien Maritime France SAS, Enbridge’s partnership with EDF Renewables (France) – the partnership is developing three offshore wind farms in France (2020); and $625 million acquisition through a joint venture with Hudson Pacific Properties (U.S.) of a 668,000-square-foot trophy office tower in Seattle (2020)
    • Canadian Pacific Railway in its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern (U.S.), creating the first rail network connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada (2021)
    • Enbridge in its acquisitions of The East Ohio Gas Company (U.S.), Questar Gas Company (U.S.) and its related Wexpro (U.S.) companies and Public Service Company of North Carolina (U.S.) from Dominion Energy (U.S.) for $14 billion (2023)
    • HSBC Holdings (U.K.), as U.S. counsel, in its $10.1 billion sale of its banking business in Canada to Royal Bank of Canada (2022)
    • L3Harris Technologies (U.S.) in the $1.05 billion sale of its Military Training business to CAE (2021)
    • Lundin Mining Corporation in connection with its and BHP’s (Australia) acquisition of Filo Corp., pursuant to which Lundin Mining and BHP will form a 50/50 joint venture to hold the Filo del Sol project and Lundin Mining’s Josemaria project (2024)
    • NMG (U.S.), parent company of Neiman Marcus (U.S.) and Bergdorf Goodman (U.S.), in its $2.7 billion acquisition by HBC, parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue (U.S.) (2024)
    • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and SeaCube Container Leasing (U.S.) in OTPP's sale of an equity stake in SeaCube to Wren House Infrastructure (U.K.) (2023)
    • Rio Tinto (U.K.) in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources (2022)
    • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources in Teck's $9 billion sale of its steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources, through a sale of a majority stake to Glencore, as well as in connection with unsolicited acquisition proposals from Glencore, the dropped spin-off of Elk Valley Resources, and the six-year sunset for the multiple voting rights attached to the Class A common shares of Teck (2023)
    • Triton International (U.S.) in its $13.3 billion acquisition by Brookfield Infrastructure (2023)

    Project Development and Finance

    S&C has advised on groundbreaking projects and infrastructure matters in Canada or for Canadian companies. Even under difficult market and political conditions, S&C brings complex and challenging projects to a successful financial close. Recent selected matters include representing:

    • California Resources Corporation (U.S.) in the formation of a joint venture with Brookfield Renewable (Canada), creating a carbon management partnership (2022)
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in several transactions including:
      • the acquisition (as a member of a consortium) and subsequent sale of its 31.6% stake in Puget Holdings (U.S.) to Macquarie Group (Australia) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Canada) (2021)
      • the acquisition from Enbridge of interests in North American and German renewable power assets (2018)
    • Centerra Gold (Canada) and the Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) in connection with the expropriation of its gold mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, its related international arbitration proceedings against the Republic and KGC’s recent Chapter 11 filing and successful settlement (2022)
    • Kinross Gold Corporation and its subsidiary, Tasiast Mauritanie Limited S.A. (Mauritania), in a $300 million senior secured debt facility to be used for the Tasiast gold project in Mauritania (2019)
    • Teck Resources Limited and Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca (Chile) in the $2.5 billion project financing of the Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper project in Chile (2019)

    Litigation

    S&C’s litigators represent some of Canada’s leading commercial enterprises in a variety of legal disputes. Highlights of the Firm’s litigation work include representing:

    • A global e-commerce company, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and its Chief Financial Officer in putative securities class action litigations filed against them in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The two complaints allege claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and stem from the company’s public disclosure regarding its revenue recognition in connection with certain transactions. S&C is coordinating with a parallel securities action that has been filed in Canada
    • Enbridge Inc., its directors, and subsidiary Enbridge Pipelines (Alberta Clipper) L.L.C., as lead counsel in a class action litigation and derivative suit arising from Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.’s purchase of a 66.67% interest in the American segment of the Alberta Clipper pipeline from its general partner in 2015, which included a ruling from the Delaware Supreme Court fundamentally changing the law on the application of the “entire fairness” doctrine
    • Kinross Gold Corp. in its favorable settlement with the SEC stemming from an FCPA investigation arising from the company’s activities in West Africa and in a parallel investigation by the DOJ, which closed its investigation and declined to pursue charges
    • Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Europe Limited, in obtaining the dismissal of a class action lawsuit involving the trading of supranational, sovereign and agency bonds alleging violations of U.S. antitrust laws and state law claims
    • TD Bank in successfully settling a securities class action alleging that the defendants made materially false and misleading statements about TD Bank’s sales practices
    • The Bank of Nova Scotia in obtaining global coordinated resolutions with the DOJ and CFTC resolving investigations of spoofing with respect to precious metals futures contracts as well as alleged failures to provide pre-trade mid-market marks to swap counterparties and other swap dealer compliance issues

    Cybersecurity

    S&C’s Cybersecurity Group advises companies on cybersecurity preparedness, incident response, disclosure controls and procedures, post-breach investigation, complex litigation and corporate governance in cybersecurity. Our recent representations involving Canadian companies include advising:

    • A retailer, in connection with a cybersecurity breach at its third-party e-commerce platform
    • A retailer, in connection with a breach of customer credit card information
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • S&C Tops M&A Rankings for Global Dealmaking in the Full Year 2023

      January 5, 2024
    • S&C Capital Markets Practice Ranks Highly on Bloomberg Q1 2018 League Tables

      April 2018
    • S&C’s Capital Markets Practice Tops Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg 2017 League Tables

      January 2018
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and Panama Canal Railway Company on Railway Sale

      April 10, 2025
    • S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $3 Billion Registered Senior Notes Offerings

      April 4, 2025
    • S&C Advises Canadian Pacific on $1.2 Billion SEC-Registered Senior Notes Offering

      March 21, 2025
    • S&C Advises Bell Canada on First SEC-Registered Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Offering of $2.25 Billion of Notes

      February 25, 2025
    • S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $1.25 Billion Registered Notes Offering

      February 13, 2025
    • S&C Advises Royal Bank of Canada on $4.25 Billion Registered Notes Offerings

      February 5, 2025
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • S&C Tariffs Tracker (Updated) – U.S. Announces Import Investigations and Limited Tariff Relief

      S&C Memos |  May 1, 2025
    • Tariffs Tracker (Updated) – Trump Administration Announces Asia-Related Trade Measures

      S&C Memos |  April 22, 2025
    • S&C Tariffs Tracker

      Emerging Issues | 
    • Tariffs Tracker (Updated) – Department of Commerce Seeks Public Comments on Potential Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Tariffs

      S&C Memos |  April 16, 2025
    • Tariffs Tracker (Updated) – President Trump Exempts Certain Electronics from ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

      S&C Memos |  April 14, 2025
    • Tariffs Tracker (Updated) – President Trump Pauses Country-Specific Reciprocal Tariffs and Raises Additional Duties on Chinese Goods

      S&C Memos |  April 10, 2025
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