Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (TSX: CF) in its acquisition of Sawaya Partners, an independent M&A advisory firm. For more information, please read the company’s press release.

Canaccord Genuity is an independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets. Sawaya is has established itself as a globally recognized, premium independent M&A advisory businesses with deep domain expertise in the consumer industry.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partner Gregory Gooding and includes associates Aleena Aspervil, Sarah Jacobson and Vishaal Sharma, banking partners Gregory Lyons and Jeffrey Robins, benefits partner J. Michael Snypes, Jr., associate Charity Brunson Wyatt and law clerk Christopher Johnson, and tax partner Michael Bolotin.