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Nancy Hamzo
Work Department
Corporate & Securities
Position
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 and as a key lawyer in Legal 500 Canada 2021 for M&A. 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.
Career
Languages
Arabic, English
Education
- University of Ottawa (J.D.) (2008)
- University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Commerce, with Honors)
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Competition and antitrust
Baker McKenzie‘s practice group regularly assists Canadian and international clients on a range of transactional merger control and foreign investment review matters. Additional areas of focus include antitrust counselling relating to commercial activities and handling contentious matters before Canadian judicial and enforcement authorities. Antitrust-focused Arlan Gates steers the practice from Toronto. Nancy Hamzo specializes in M&A and foreign investment requirements in Canada.
Canada > Corporate and M&A
Leveraging the deep bench strength of its global network of 70 offices across North America, Latin America, and the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, the Toronto corporate team of Baker McKenzie advises domestic and multinational corporates on high-value, cross-border transactions. With a client base spanning such sectors as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, aerospace, engineering, professional services and healthcare, the practice’s full offering covers M&A, restructurings, takeover bids and corporate reorganizations. The team is led by David Palumbo, who brings expertise to capital markets and public M&A matters, along with Nancy Hamzo, a specialist in complex life sciences and tech industry transactions. Another name to note is Haran Viswanathan, who was promoted to partner in January 2024.