Corporate Finance Advisory
PwC Canada's Deals practice, whose national Corporate Finance team runs sell-side, buy-side and financing mandates for Canadian companies.
PwC Canada's Deals practice covers the full transaction lifecycle in Canada: strategy, corporate finance, due diligence, valuations, value creation and real assets and infrastructure, plus crisis work such as restructuring and forensics. Within it, the national Corporate Finance team advises on divestitures, acquisitions, debt and equity raises and board-level financial advice. PwC says the team has more than 60 M&A advisory specialists across Canada, and its national leader is based in Montreal. LSEG's 2025 ranking, as published by KPMG, credits PwC with 35 completed Canadian deals that year.
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Sell-side advice through every stage of a sale, from carve-outs of large-company divisions to sales of owner-managed businesses, including finding domestic, international, strategic and financial buyers.
Buy-side work: acquisition strategy, identifying and approaching targets, valuation and negotiation support.
A product group inside investment banking: it does the modelling and execution on deals the industry coverage teams originate, rather than holding client relationships of its own.
Raising growth or acquisition capital, refinancing, recapitalizations and staple financing, and raising capital in stressed situations.
Independent strategic-options analysis for boards and shareholders, plus advice on mergers, joint ventures and real-estate portfolio strategy.
Due diligence, valuations, value creation, capital projects and infrastructure, and crisis services (restructuring, forensics) sit in the same national Deals practice.
Canadian offices only. PwC Canada publishes no office list for its Corporate Finance team; the only city confirmed on an official bio is Montreal (the national Corporate Finance leader). PwC Canada's firm-wide office list covers all service lines. This list may be incomplete.
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4 reasons for PwC Corporate Finance / Deals
One reason works across this whole category and is worth using once, in your own words: this is where you learn the diligence side of a deal, which is the half most bankers never see. Saying you want to understand what a quality of earnings actually tested before you start relying on one is a better answer than anything about brand, and it sets up the “why banking later” question cleanly rather than making it awkward.
Deals is run as one integrated platform (strategy, diligence, corporate finance, valuations) rather than separate silos, so you see the full arc of a transaction.
Valuations depth here is genuine and technical, which is the best foundation you can build early.
Large private company client base means owner-led sellers and succession-driven processes rather than public-market M&A.
Strong pathway into banking or private equity afterwards, and the firm is used to that rather than offended by it.
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Industry coverage 5
Own the client relationships in a sector and bring the mandates in.
Real Assets
Infrastructure and real estate advisory spanning commercial structuring, project finance, procurement support and real asset transactions; national leader based in Montreal.
MontrealCalgaryVancouverEdmonton
Energy, Utilities, Mining and Industrials (EUMI) Deals
Industry deals coverage of energy, utilities, mining and industrials, led by a Vancouver partner.
Vancouver
Industrial Manufacturing and Automotive Deals
National industrial manufacturing and automotive deals lead, based in Montreal.
Montreal
Deals Banks
Go-to-market lead for deals work with banks and lenders, based in Toronto.
Toronto
Private Equity & Principal Investors
Deals coverage of private equity and principal investor clients.
Product 4
Sit inside investment banking and work across the coverage teams rather than holding clients of their own. M&A is the one to understand: it does the modelling and execution on deals most coverage groups originate.
Corporate Finance
National team of 60+ M&A specialists running divestitures, acquisitions, debt and equity financings and strategic advice to boards; the national leader is based in Montreal. No other city is stated publicly.
Montreal
Transaction Services
Buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence, including a dedicated Financial Services transaction services team.
TorontoMontrealVancouverCalgary
Valuations
Independent business valuation advice, plus a financial instruments valuations team.
Toronto
Performance & Restructuring
Corporate advisory and restructuring: turnaround, performance improvement and formal insolvency work, led nationally from Toronto.
TorontoVancouverMontreal
Other teams 2
Value Creation
Pre- and post-deal value creation and deals analytics, led by the national Deals markets and value creation leader in Toronto.
TorontoMontreal
Deals Strategy
Deal strategy and commercial work within the Deals practice.
Montreal
Partner, National Corporate Finance Leader
Corporate Finance
Montreal-based partner and managing director who leads PwC Canada's national Corporate Finance team and sits on the Deals leadership team. Has more than 30 years of experience helping private companies raise capital and buy or sell businesses, on deals of roughly C$25 million to C$500 million; focuses on consumer products, industrial manufacturing and real estate. BAA (HEC Montréal), CPA, CFA.
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National Deals Leader, PwC Canada
Deals leadership
Leads PwC Canada's national Deals practice, covering M&A (including corporate finance) and crisis services, and sits on PwC Canada's leadership team. Has more than 25 years in professional services advising PE firms, pension funds and global corporates; previously led Deals business units, Deals for the BC region and Financial Services Deals. CPA, CA and FCA (ICAEW).
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Jan 7, 2026
Groupe Somavrac Inc.
Financial advisor to Somavrac · Infrastructure
Buyer Consortium led by Instar Asset Management (with Investissement Québec and Fonds de solidarité FTQ)
An Instar-led consortium including Investissement Québec and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ partnered with the Paquin family to acquire Groupe Somavrac.
Feb 12, 2025
Buhler Industries Inc.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to the special committee · Industrials - Agricultural Equipment
Buyer ASKO Sinai ve Teknoloji Üretim Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş.
Buhler Industries agreed to be taken private by its 96.7% shareholder ASKO by way of amalgamation.
Oct 5, 2020
Dominion Lending Centres (DLC LP units)
Financial advisor to the special committee · Financial Services
Buyer Founders Advantage Capital Corp.
Founders Advantage agreed to acquire the remaining interest in Dominion Lending Centres in exchange for preferred shares, with a formal valuation putting the acquired units at about $128.7 million.
Jul 29, 2020
IPL Plastics Inc.
Formal valuation and fairness opinion to the special committee · Industrials / Packaging
Buyer Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP Funds)
Madison Dearborn Partners agreed to acquire IPL Plastics for C$10.00 per share in cash, valuing IPL at C$555 million on an equity basis and C$981 million on an enterprise basis.
Jan 24, 2020
Strongco Corporation
Financial advisor to Nors · Industrials / Equipment Distribution
Buyer Nors, S.A.
Portugal's Nors agreed to acquire Strongco for C$3.15 per share in cash, a transaction value of about C$193 million including net debt.
Oct 2, 2017
Central Fund of Canada Limited
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Asset Management
Buyer Sprott Inc.
Central Fund of Canada agreed to a plan of arrangement with Sprott Inc. under which a Sprott subsidiary would acquire its common shares for C$500 each and take over its administration agreement, with an earnout to the administrator.
Jun 5, 2017
Orion Mine Finance royalty and stream portfolio
Financial advisor to Osisko · Mining (Royalties & Streams)
Buyer Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd · Seller Orion Mine Finance
Osisko Gold Royalties agreed to acquire a precious-metals royalty and stream portfolio from Orion Mine Finance for C$675 million in cash and C$450 million in Osisko shares.
Dec 19, 2016
TransAlta Corporation preferred shares
Fairness opinion on the arrangement · Power Generation
TransAlta proposed a plan of arrangement to exchange its existing preferred shares for new preferred shares.
May 6, 2010
Magna International Inc.
Financial advisor consulted by the special committee · Automotive
Magna agreed a reorganization to eliminate its dual-class share structure controlled by the Stronach Trust.
2009
Vasogen Inc. / IntelliPharmaCeutics Corp.
Financial advisor to Vasogen on the Cervus LP transaction · Pharmaceuticals
Buyer IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc.
Vasogen and IntelliPharmaCeutics completed an arrangement creating a public specialty pharma company, with a related C$7.5 million financing from Cervus LP.
Oct 30, 2008
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (corporate reorganization)
Financial advisor to Ballard; fairness opinion · Clean Technology
Buyer Superior Plus Income Fund
Ballard agreed a plan-of-arrangement reorganization with Superior Plus, moving its business to a new company and receiving about C$46.3 million.
Apr 30, 2007
Beanstream Internet Commerce Inc.
Financial advisor to Beanstream (ran the auction process) · Payments / Technology
Buyer LML Payment Systems Inc.
LML agreed to acquire Beanstream by plan of arrangement after an auction process run by Beanstream's advisor.
Feb 16, 2007
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.
Financial advisor to Spectrum and the special committee (ran the sale process) · Technology
Buyer Vecima Networks Inc.
Vecima agreed to acquire Spectrum Signal Processing for cash plus Vecima shares, equivalent to C$0.8939 per Spectrum share.
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Instar Asset Management Inc. via CNW · Jan 7, 2026 · newswire.ca
Buhler Industries Inc. via CNW · Feb 12, 2025 · newswire.ca
MNP via Cision (newswire.ca) · Jul 24, 2023 · newswire.ca
Founders Advantage Capital Corp. via GlobeNewswire · Oct 5, 2020 · globenewswire.com
IPL Plastics Inc. via GlobeNewswire · Jul 29, 2020 · globenewswire.com
Strongco Corporation via GlobeNewswire · Jan 24, 2020 · globenewswire.com
Central Fund of Canada Limited (SEC 6-K exhibit) · Oct 2, 2017 · sec.gov
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (SEC 6-K exhibit) · Jun 5, 2017 · sec.gov
TransAlta Corporation via SEC EDGAR (6-K Ex. 99.1) · Dec 19, 2016 · sec.gov
Magna International Inc. via SEC (Form 6-K) · Jun 17, 2010 · sec.gov
IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. via SEC (Form 6-K) · Oct 22, 2009 · sec.gov
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC via SEC EDGAR (Form 6-K) · Nov 24, 2008 · sec.gov
LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC via SEC EDGAR (Form 8-K EX-99.1) · Jun 6, 2007 · sec.gov
SPECTRUM SIGNAL PROCESSING INC via SEC EDGAR (Form 6-K) · Mar 30, 2007 · sec.gov
SPECTRUM SIGNAL PROCESSING INC via SEC EDGAR (Form 6-K) · Mar 5, 2007 · sec.gov
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Co-op / Off-cycle intern · Canada
Recruited through the firm's national campus programme rather than by the deal advisory practice alone, so the posting usually sits on the firm-wide student site. BSO has not confirmed a timetable for PwC Corporate Finance / Deals on an official page: this records that the intake exists and what the category's cycle looks like, not a published date. Confirm with the firm before you plan around it.
Full-time Analyst · Canada
The graduate intake into transaction services, valuations and corporate finance, usually alongside the CPA and CBV pathways the practice supports. BSO has not confirmed a timetable for PwC Corporate Finance / Deals on an official page: this records that the intake exists and what the category's cycle looks like, not a published date. Confirm with the firm before you plan around it.
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