Jeremy Fraiberg

Jeremy Fraiberg

Partner, Corporate
Co-Chair: Mergers and Acquisitions

Toronto

(416) 862-6505 

[email protected]

Bar Admission: Ontario, 2000 |

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Jeremy is Co-Chair of Osler’s Mergers and Acquisitions Group and former Co-Chair of Osler’s Mining Group. He has acted for public and private companies, boards of directors, special committees, private equity firms and family offices on a range of acquisitions, securities offerings, activism mandates and other corporate transactions. Jeremy routinely represents investment dealers on fairness opinions, valuations and complex financial advisory assignments.

Jeremy has been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Band 1), Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Most Frequently Recommended); and IFLR100: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms.

Jeremy has taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on contested mergers and proxy contests and has spoken and written about a range of legal issues. After graduating from law school he served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Areas of Expertise

Representative Work

  • Bank of Montreal in its US$16.3 billion acquisition of Bank of the West
  • Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation
  • West Street Capital in its $1.3 billion acquisition of People Corporation
  • The special committee of Power Financial in its reorganization transaction with Power Corporation
  • The special committee of Goldcorp in its US$10 billion acquisition by Newmont Mining
  • Penfund and its portfolio companies on a number of acquisitions and investments, including Penfund’s acquisition and subsequent sale of SureWerxand Mevotech L.P.
  • Mitel in its US$2 billion sale to affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners
  • Stryker Corporation on its acquisition of NOVADAQ Technologies Inc.
  • Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund on its acquisition of Canexus Corporation
  • Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. on its $1.4 billion acquisition by Vail Resorts
  • Canadian Oil Sands Limited on its agreement to support Suncor Energy Inc.’s $6.6 billion take-over bid
  • Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund on its US$900 million acquisition of General Chemical Corporation
  • The special committee of Inmet Mining Corporation in response to the $5.1 billion unsolicited offer by First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
  • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its $1.1 billion joint acquisition of Q9 Networks with Bell Canada, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners
  • TELUS Corporation in its dual class share reorganization and related proxy contest with Mason Capital Management LLC
  • London Stock Exchange Group plc in its proposed merger with TMX Group Inc. and related proxy contest with Maple Group Acquisition Corp.
  • Magna International Inc. on its dual class share reorganization
  • The board of directors of Addax Petroleum Corporation in connection with the $8.27 billion sale of Addax to Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation
  • Lundin Mining Corporation in its private placement to and proposed business combination with HudBay Minerals Inc.
  • Kinross Gold Corporation in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Aurelian Resources Inc.
  • Royal Bank of Canada in its $1.36 billion acquisition of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.
  • Magna International Inc. in the US$1.54 billion investment by OJSC Russian Machines
  • IPSCO Inc. in its US$7.7 billion sale to SSAB Svenskt Stål AB
  • Novelis Inc. in its US$6.0 billion sale to Hindalco Industries Limited
  • CanWest Global Communications Corp. in its $2.3 billion joint acquisition and reorganization of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. with Goldman Sachs Capital Partners

Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Corporate/M&A (Canada) (Band 1)
    • “He is an excellent M&A practitioner.”
    • “I was extremely impressed with his knowledge of the specifics of what we were trying to do; he was invaluable on the strategy side as well.”
  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Corporate/Commercial (Ontario) (Band 1)
  • Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada: Recognized in Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance & Securities; Corporate Mid-Market; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized in Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance & Securities; Corporate Mid-Market; Toronto’s top corporate mid-market lawyers in 2021; Mergers & Acquisitions; Toronto’s best mergers and acquisition lawyers in 2021; Mining
  • Legal 500: Recognized in Corporate and M&A
  • IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms: Recognized in M&A
  • Thomson Reuters: “Stand-out Lawyer”

Media Mentions

  • Osler News Feb 13, 2025

    Osler recognized as a leading firm in Chambers Global 2025 Guide

    Osler has been recognized as a leading firm in the Chambers Global 2025 Guide.

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    Osler recognized as a leading firm in Chambers Global 2025 Guide
  • Media Mentions Oct 4, 2024

    Canadian stock sales plunge to lowest level since 1998 – The Globe and Mail

    In a concerning sign for Canadian economic growth, the combined value of new stock sales by Canadian companies in the third quarter of 2024 fell 74...

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  • Osler News Jul 5, 2024

    Osler ranked top Canadian M&A law firm for first half of 2024

    Osler is proud to be ranked as the #1 law firm in the Canadian M&A league tables published by Bloomberg and LSEG (formerly Refinitiv) for the...

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  • Media Mentions Jul 3, 2024

    Canadian corporate debt soars in second quarter – The Globe and Mail

    Slow M&A activity is unlikely to rebound before economic uncertainty surrounding the U.S. election is resolved, says Jeremy Fraiberg, Co-Chair,...

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    Canadian corporate debt soars in second quarter – The Globe and Mail
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Community Involvement

  • Canadian Business Law Journal Board of Trustees
  • Capital Markets Institute Advisory Board

Credentials

Education

  • University of Toronto, LL.B.
  • Harvard University, A.B.

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ontario

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