Corporate Finance & Securities: Overview

Osler is consistently recognized as one of Canada’s leading corporate finance firms. Our clients include major Canadian corporations, well-known multinationals, entrepreneurial and growth oriented businesses and Canadian and global investment banks engaged in capital markets activities in Canada, the United States and internationally. Our one-firm approach to practice, which includes Canadian and U.S. corporate finance lawyers and diverse client base allows us to remain at the forefront in developing creative financing solutions.

Industry Recognition

In 2011, our Corporate Finance Group was ranked in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as “most frequently recommended,” placing it among Canada’s leading firms for the fourteenth consecutive year. The 2011 edition of IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms ranked Osler as Tier 1 for our work in capital markets, where peers noted that “Osler is a top-tier firm without a doubt.” The Financial Post league tables for the third quarter of 2010 ranked Osler as both the top firm (by both value and number of deals) when acting for the underwriters on debt offerings and the top firm (by value of deals) when acting for the underwriters on combined debt and equity deals. In addition, in the 2010 year-end results from Bloomberg L.P., Osler was ranked the top Canadian firm advising issuers on global equity offerings (by value of deals) and the top Canadian firm advising issuers on equity IPOs, as well as the top Canadian firm advising issuers on U.S. equity and equity-linked offerings.