Osler: Deep Expertise, Unparalleled Results
Independent research consistently confirms Osler’s pre-eminent position in the Canadian marketplace:
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 quotes clients as saying that Osler is an “outstanding firm [where] the lawyers give exceptional service.”
- Osler is one of only two Canadian firms ranked top tier in five of six categories in the 2011 edition of IFLR 1000: The Guide to the Leading Financial Law Firms.
- Six Osler partners were named “Lawyers of the Year” by Best Lawyers 2012 in the areas of: M&A, Technology, Franchise, Banking & Finance and Natural Resources.
- Osler was named “National Firm of the Year” for Canada at the International Financial Law Review’s America’s Awards held on March 25, 2010.
- Osler was named the overall winner for Canada in the International Law Office’s “Client Choice Awards 2010”.
Canadian and worldwide rankings acknowledge Osler as an undisputed leader in Mergers & Acquisitions:
- For over five years, Osler has been given the highest possible ranking by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate/M&A. The 2011 edition of ChambersGlobal noted: “This leading corporate practice is recognised for its strength across a range of industries.”
- For over five years IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms has given Osler a Tier 1 ranking for Mergers and Acquisitions. In the 2011 edition, IFLR declared: “Osler is a strong contender in Canada’s M&A market, providing its clients with some of the finest legal counsel in the field.”
- Since 2004, Osler has been in the top ranked group of Canadian law firms for Mergers and Acquisitions according to The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.
- Since 2006, Osler has been ranked #1 in Toronto for Mergers & Acquisitions by The Best Lawyers in Canada. The 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada also ranked Osler #1 across Canada for Mergers & Acquisitions.
- For the last five years, Osler has consistently and repeatedly placed at the top end of transaction league tables, with Thomson Financial and Bloomberg L.P. frequently ranking Osler first among Canadian law firms for the value or volume of announced or completed deals. In the 2010 year-end results, Osler was ranked the #1 law firm for Canadian M&A deals according to both Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg L.P.
- The Financial Times/Mergermarket M&A Americas Awards named Osler “Legal Advisor of the Year – Canada”.Osler also played a key advisory role on the “M&A Deal of the Year – Canada” (Fording Canadian Coal Trust’s $14.1 billion sale to Teck Cominco Limited) and the “Private Equity Deal of the Year – Canada” (CHC Helicopters Corporation’s $3.7 billion sale to First Reserve Corporation).
- Osler received the “Foreign Outbound Award” for its work on Kinross Gold Corp.’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Aurelian Resources Inc. and the “Value Creation Award” for work on Open Text’s US$363 million acquisition of Hummingbird Ltd at The Canadian Deal Makers Awards (2008).
Osler is noted for its exemplary tax practice:
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers 2011 notes that Osler is “clearly an excellent firm, the level of expertise here is very, very, very high.”
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011 places Osler in the first tier of Canadian tax advisors.
- The International Tax Review’s World Tax 2011 also places Osler in the first tier of Canadian tax advisors after 16 straight years of first-place rankings in its annual survey.
- Osler has more individual practitioners recognized for their excellence in tax law in Canada than any other firm, according to The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011.
- Osler was named “Canada Tax Dispute Firm of the Year” and “Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year” by at the International Tax Review’s awards held on September 29, 2010.
- Osler was named the 2008 “Tax Litigation Firm of the Year” by the International Tax Review.
Osler’s Competition/Antitrust Practice is recognized as top tier:
- “Consistently recommended” for competition/antitrust by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011.
- More competition/antitrust practitioners from Osler’s Toronto office are listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 than from any other law firm in Canada.
Osler’s exceptional Energy Group commended:
- Osler is ranked as top tier for Energy: Oil & Gas by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 which notes which notes that the energy lawyers at Osler “the lawyers are always there, ready to serve.”
- Osler is “consistently recommended” by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011 for its work in Energy: Oil & Gas, with a number of leading practitioners in this area.