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| Rank | Value* ($billions) | Date | Deal | Target advisers | Acquirer advisers | Target legal advisers | Acquirer legal advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43.1 | Sept. 6 | Enbridge buys Spectra Energy | BMO Nesbitt Burns; Citi; Goldman Sachs; Barclays; Morgan Stanley | Credit Suisse Group; RBC Dominion Securities; JP Morgan; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Wells Fargo Securities | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Goodmans; White & Case | Sullivan & Cromwell; McCarthy Tétrault; Alston & Bird; O'Melveny & Myers |
| 2 | 18.3 | Sept. 12 | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan bids for Agrium | Barclays; CIBC World Markets; Morgan Stanley | Bank of America Merrill Lynch; RBC Dominion Securities; Morgan Stanley | Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Norton Rose, Fulbright; Paul, Weiss; Latham & Watkins; Shearman & Sterling; Osle, Hoskin & Harcourt; Allens | Stikeman Elliott; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
| 3 | 12 | March 17 | TransCanada buys Columbia Pipeline Group | Goldman Sachs; Lazard | Wells Fargo Securities; JP Morgan | Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Bennett Jones | Mayer Brown; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; White & Case; Norton Rose Fulbright; Shearman & Sterling |
| 4 | 11.1 | Feb. 9 | Fortis buys ITC Holdings | Barclays; Morgan Stanley; Lazard | Goldman Sachs; Scotiabank Capital | Torys; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Jones Day; Dykema | White & Case; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; McInnes Cooper |
| 5 | 8.1 | Jan. 19 | Progressive Waste Solutions buys Waste Connections | Morgan Stanley; Stifel Nicolaus & Co.; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Wells Fargo Securities | JP Morgan; BMO Nesbitt Burns | Locke Lord; Bennett Jones; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Latham & Watkins; McCarthy Tétrault | Stikeman Elliott; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| 6 | 5.3 | Aug. 22 | Alimentation Couche-Tard bids for CST Brands | Bank of America Merrill Lynch; JP Morgan | Morgan Stanley; National Bank Financial | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Stikeman Elliott; Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Faegre Baker Daniels; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| 7 | 4.5 | Dec. 18 | Fairfax Financial Holdings bids for World Assurance Company Holdings | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | N/A | Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Baker & McKenzie; Walder Wyss & Partners | Shearman & Sterling; Torys; Homburger |
| 8 | 3.8 | June 29 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bids for PrivateBancorp | Goldman Sachs & Co.; Sandler O'Neill Partners | JP Morgan; CIBC World Markets; Citi | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Vedder Price; Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson | Mayer Brown; Sidley Austin; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| 9 | 3.6 | July 11 | Onex and Baring Private Equity Asia buy Thomson Reuters' Intellectual Property & Science (IP&S) business | Guggenheim Partners; JP Morgan | RBC Dominion Securities; Morgan Stanley; Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Allen & Overy | Latham & Watkins; AZB & Partners; Allens; Torys; Veirano Advogados; Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen; Shin & Kim; LCS & Partners; Loyens & Loeff; Creel, Garcia Cuella, Aiza y Enriquez; Schoenherr Attorneys at Law |
| 10 | 3.1 | May 2 | BCE bids for Manitoba Telecom Services | TD Securities; Barclays; CIBC World Markets | BMO Nesbitt Burns; RBC Dominion Securities | Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson; Stikeman Elliott; Paul, Weiss | Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Sullivan & Cromwell; McCarthy Tétrault |
| 11 | 2.5 | April 6 | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buys a 40 per cent stake in Glencore Agricultural Products | Barclays; Citi; Credit Suisse Group | Deutsche Bank | Linklaters; McCarthy Tétrault; Sayenko Kharenko | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Allens; Torys; Blake Cassels & Graydon; Kim & Chang; Sayenko Kharenko |
| 12 | 2.4 | Jan. 19 | Brookfield Asset Management buys Rouse Properties | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | N/A | Sidley Austin; White & Case | Weil Gotshal & Manges |
| 13 | 2.2 | Feb. 3 | Lowe's Companies buys Rona | Scotia Capital | CIBC World Markets; RBC Dominion Securities | Norton Rose Fulbright | Stikeman Elliott; Hunton & Williams |
| 14 | 2.2 | Nov. 1 | LS Power Equity Advisors's Helix Generation bids for certain U.S. power assets of TransCanada | JP Morgan | Barclays; Citi; Credit Suisse Group; Wells Fargo Securities | Mayer Brown | Shearman & Sterling |
| 15 | 2.2 | March 2 | McKesson buys Katz Group Canada | N/A | Goldman Sachs | Dentons; Bennett Jones | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
Source: Thomson Reuters / *Target, including debt