Overview

Nancy Hamzo is a principal in the North American Transactions Group. Nancy regularly advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and complex corporate transactions including multi-jurisdictional reorganizations across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the life sciences and technology sectors. She further advises on Canadian antitrust and foreign investment matters.
Nancy has been recognized as a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40, in Legal 500 Canada and in Chambers - Canada. Nancy was also honoured as a finalist for the 2025 Canadian Law Awards - Female Trailblazer of the Year. She has practiced in the Firm's Amsterdam and Chicago offices working on cross border transactions. She serves on the Firm's North America Transactions Steering Committee and sits on the steering committee for Cross-Border Transactions and Integrations. She also co-chairs the Women's Networking Initiative in the Toronto office.
Nancy's practice focuses extensively on advising multinational clients with the planning and implementation of complex mergers and acquisitions, multi-jurisdictional corporate reorganizations, including pre-transaction restructurings, post-acquisition integrations, carve-outs, spin-offs, entity rationalizations, expansions and other strategic transactions. She also routinely advises on antitrust/competition and foreign investment requirements in Canada.
Advised Brookfield Asset Management on the global aspects of its USD 1.3 billion acquisition of Antylia Scientific from GTCR.
Advised Brookfield Asset Management on the global aspects of its USD 1.7 billion acquisition of nVent Electric’s Thermal Management business.
Advised Thomson Reuters on the global divestiture of majority interest in its Elite software business to TPG to create a new legal tech company with a value of USD 500 million.
Advised Accenture on the Canadian aspects of the acquisition of Ascendient Learning.
Advised Accenture on the acquisition and integration of Eclipse Automation, a provider of customized manufacturing automation and robotics solutions.
Advised Rosebank Industries plc on the non-US aspects of the acquisition of Electrical Components International (ECI) for approximately USD 1.9 billion.
Advised Advanced Instruments LLC on the non-US aspects of its acquisition of Nova Biomedical Corporation for USD 2.2 billion.

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Competition Law
• Civil Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2007 (ON)

Professional Details