Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

155 Wellington Street West,
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3J7
Canada
(416) 863-0900
www.dwpv.com
info@dwpv.com

Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg is a mid-sized Canadian law firm focused on serving industrial and commercial companies and financial institutions, both public and private. The Firm's practice areas include banking, capital markets, real estate, corporate, environmental, infrastructure, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. The Firm’s sector experience includes business services, communications, energy services, financial services, food, information services, IT, infrastructure, life science, media, metals/mining, oil/gas exploration, real estate, retail, utilities, software, and technology hardware. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg was formed in 2001 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.


M&A Advisory Summary

Buyside vs Sellside

Year '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buyside (2.8/yr) 18 1 3 2 7 1 32
Sellside (3.0/yr) 10 2 4 4 5 - 25
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Most Recent

Target Company Date Value Type
Sign-up to View 2024-01-09 - Business Services
Sign-up to View 2023-12-19 505M CAD Information Technology
Sign-up to View 2023-10-23 410M CAD Marketing
Sign-up to View 2023-10-03 395M CAD Environmental
Sign-up to View 2023-09-22 - Forest Products
Sign-up to View 2023-09-22 - Forest Products
Sign-up to View 2023-09-13 - Utilities
Sign-up to View 2023-08-10 - Financial Services
Sign-up to View 2023-07-13 148M CAD Software
Sign-up to View 2023-04-12 - Information Technology
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Sector Experience

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Geo Experience

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Transaction Type Experience

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Top M&A Clients

PE Firms (11) Deals
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Corporate (41) Deals
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Deal Values

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Largest Kansas City Southern
$27.0B (2021-09-15)