Osler leads Canadian firms in Thomson Reuters’ 2012 year-end M&A league tables for completed deals

Osler ranked #1 among Canadian firms in Thomson Reuters’ 2012 year-end M&A league tables

We are pleased to announce that Osler has again been ranked as the #1 Canadian firm for completed M&A deals by Thomson Reuters in its latest league table offering, for the year ending December 31^st, 2012. The firm also earned a #2 ranking, again this year, in the category of announced M&A deals for the year.

Osler also received top-tier rankings in the year-end M&A league tables from Bloomberg, with a #3 ranking by value and a #4 ranking by deal count.

We are extremely pleased to see the firm’s global expertise highlighted through our results in several jurisdictions beyond Canada’s borders in these releases from both Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, as outlined in the following summary of Osler’s results:

Thomson Reuters M&A:

#1 – Canadian Involvement Completed Deals ($32.25 billion, 76 deals)

#2 – Canadian Involvement Announced Deals ($48.36 billion, 75 deals)

#2 – Asian Involvement (excluding Japan) by Industry:  Energy ($23.53 billion, 2 deals)

#7 – Asian Involvement (excluding Japan) Announced Deals ($23.53 billion, 3 deals)

#7 – Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) Announced Deals ($26.2 billion, 9 deals)

• Additional rankings were earned in the French- and Australia/New Zealand-involvement categories.

Bloomberg M&A:

#3 – Canadian Deals Announced, by value ($41.7 billion)

#4 – Canadian Deals Announced, by deal count (77 deals)

#9 – China Deals Announced, by value ($17.43 billion)

• Additional rankings were earned in Global Private Equity Deals (Announced) and Asia Pacific Deals (Announced).