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Baker McKenzie Acts for TMX Group in its Acquisition of Cboe Australia
The acquisition is happening concurrently with TMX’s acquisition of Cboe Canada, Canada’s third largest exchange.
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Overview
With more than 60 years of experience in the Canadian market, Baker McKenzie brings deep local insight combined with the strength of a truly global platform. From Toronto, our lawyers advise Canadian, US and other multinational clients on complex domestic and cross-border matters across North America and beyond. Clients rely on us for practical, business-focused advice on transactions, disputes, investigations, workforce issues, regulatory change and expansion into new markets.
Our Canada team is recognized for its strengths in corporate transactions, labour and employment, litigation and tax, complemented by growing capabilities in areas such as competition and foreign investment, international arbitration, financial services regulation, and technology, data and emerging digital sectors, including AI and FinTech. We combine deep knowledge of Canadian federal and provincial law with seamless collaboration across Baker McKenzie’s global network to help clients manage risk, unlock opportunity and move confidently across borders.
This combination of local market insight and international coordination is reflected in the breadth of our cross-border work and long-standing client relationships. Recent mandates include advising TMX Group on its proposed acquisition of Cboe Australia, alongside its acquisition of Cboe Canada, as well as supporting organizations investing in and expanding within Canada through practical guidance, including the Firm’s Doing Business in Canada 2025 guide.
Canada Student Program
We view our people as our greatest asset and strive to foster an inclusive culture that recognizes and amplifies diverse perspectives and the voices of diverse individuals, with the opportunity to grow, be engaged, feel valued, and fully contribute. We know the value of our talent in sustaining our success and so we're committed to offering the platform to nurture this talent, beginning with our student programs.
Offices
Toronto
181 Bay Street, Suite 2100Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3
Canada
Tel: +1 416 863 1221
Fax: +1 416 863 6275
Cross-border capabilities
As the first truly integrated global law firm in Canada, Baker McKenzie is built to help clients navigate cross-border complexity with coordinated, commercial advice. Our lawyers regularly work with colleagues across jurisdictions to support multijurisdictional transactions, regulatory approvals, investigations, disputes and strategic business transformations. Our work spans the full business lifecycle – from market entry, acquisitions, joint ventures and capital raising, to financing, competition and foreign investment approvals, tax structuring, employment planning, compliance and post-closing integration. We are particularly well positioned to support matters where legal, regulatory and operational issues intersect across jurisdictions. In disputes, investigations and regulatory matters, our Canada team supports clients facing complex litigation, international arbitration and cross-border compliance challenges. We also advise on rapidly evolving trade, sanctions, customs and supply chain issues that increasingly shape global business operations.
Digital, AI and FinTech
We have also built market-leading capability in emerging and fast-evolving areas of business. Our Canada practice includes dedicated strength in AI, blockchain and FinTech, with Toronto-based leadership and deep experience advising on governance, regulation, data privacy, intellectual property, digital assets, payments, Open Banking, AML and financial crime compliance, and cross-border expansion. This capability is particularly relevant as Canada continues to refine its AI policy and regulatory landscape. Our lawyers actively advise on developments affecting AI governance, innovation, liability, security and compliance, helping clients deploy new technologies responsibly and at scale.
Comprehensive approach
We also provide local and global advice in the following areas:
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain & FinTech
- Antitrust, Competition & Foreign Investment
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Data, Technology, Cybersecurity & Privacy
- Dispute Resolution & International Arbitration
- Employment & Compensation
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Intellectual Property
- International Commercial & Trade
- Investigations, Compliance & Ethics
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tax
- Real Estate
- Restructuring & Insolvency
An eye for talent: We support the professional development of our talent at all stages of their careers through training opportunities including:
- International Clerkship Program
- Associate Training Program
- New Partner Program
- New Joiners Course
- Secondments
We are committed to recruiting qualified professional staff, lateral associates and partners.
We are committed to the recruitment of a diverse workforce. We understand that organizations work best when people with different backgrounds and multiple points of view are brought together. We believe that this understanding allows us to better serve the rapidly changing needs of our clients across the world.
We have contributed more than US$1.6 million in scholarships to minority law students. To further increase the diversity of our talent pool, our offices partner with a number of organizations designed to broaden the pool from which we recruit. We encourage our attorneys to leverage their affinity with professional associations as they continue their careers with us.
New lawyers are invited to engage in their local markets, while also encouraging them to think and work as part of the global firm. The diversity of our workforce has fueled the growth of the Firm into what it is today – one of world’s most multicultural professional services organizations.
Key Contacts
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Managing Partner
George Avraam, FCIArb, Q. Arb
Partner- Toronto
+ 1 416 865 6935 Email