We provide advice to national and multinational employers, pension plan sponsors and administrators, public sector pension funds and financial institutions with respect to the Canadian and U.S./cross-border legal and regulatory aspects of pension plans and employee benefits plans. Pensions & Benefits Law is a discussion of Canadian and U.S./cross-border Pensions & Benefit Legal Issues.
We act on behalf of leading North American and international financial institutions and a wide variety of global industry leaders on a spectrum of finance transactions. With our network of offices across Canada and in New York, we seamlessly navigate between U.S., international and Canadian lending environments, anticipate and address industry-specific issues and provide integrated banking and debt finance expertise on domestic and cross-border transactions.
Osler’s Banking & Financial Services Group was ranked in the top tier of recommended firms in the 2009 edition of IFLR’s Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, stating that “the firm boasts a number of lawyers that are highly regarded by the market...This strength grants Osler a strong reputation in Canada” while “the partners’ cross-border work establishes the firm’s reputation internationally.” The Group is also “a go-to firm for corporate banking” according to peers in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers 2009 and is consistently recommended in a survey by the 2009 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.