Samantha Pettinato is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Business Law Group in Toronto. She practices corporate and securities law, with a focus on M&A, corporate governance, capital markets, and shareholder activism. Samantha advises boards of directors, special committees, investors, and business leaders across a range of industries, with notable experience in the metals and mining and financial services sectors. Samantha assists clients with executing a variety of complex transactions, including arrangements, reverse take-overs, going-private transactions, take-over bids, public offerings, strategic investments, private placements, and stock exchange listings. She also frequently provides advice to public companies on corporate governance matters and ongoing securities law requirements. Samantha speaks regularly on corporate governance and securities law topics and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as “Ones to Watch” in the areas of corporate law, securities law and M&A.

Samantha Pettinato is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Business Law Group in Toronto. She practices corporate and securities law, with a focus on M&A, corporate governance, capital markets, and shareholder activism. Samantha advises boards of directors, special committees, investors, and business leaders across a range of industries, with notable experience in the metals and mining and financial services sectors. Samantha assists clients with executing a variety of complex transactions, including arrangements, reverse take-overs, going-private transactions, take-over bids, public offerings, st...

Publications

Corporate Governance Law Guide

Co-author of the Canada - Market Insights and Canada chapters in the Corporate Governance Law Guide , published 25 August 2026 , alongside Jennifer F. Longhurst .