Osler is top-ranked capital markets advisor in 2015

Desmond Lee, Michael Innes

Feb 5, 2016

Financial Post has announced its 2015 year-end league table results, and Osler received a #1 ranking as legal counsel to the issuer for debt and equities combined by deal count (#2 by total deal value).  Osler also ranked #1 as legal counsel to the issuer for equity offerings and #2 as legal counsel to the issuer for debt offerings by deal value.

Osler advised on the four largest equity deals of the year:

Osler’s capital markets rankings for 2015 also include:

  • #1 ranking from Bloomberg as legal advisor to the issuer for Canadian equity offerings by deal value

  • #3 ranking from Bloomberg as legal advisor to the manager for Canadian equity offerings by deal value

  • #2 ranking from Bloomberg as legal advisor to the issuer for Canadian debt offerings by deal value

  • #2 ranking from Bloomberg as legal advisor to the manager for Canadian debt offerings by deal value

  • #1 ranking from Thomson Reuters as issuer legal advisor for Canadian debt offerings by deal count

  • #2 ranking from Thomson Reuters as manager legal advisor for Canadian debt offerings by deal count

In addition to expertise in capital markets, Osler continues to lead the Canadian M&A rankings for legal advisors. For 2015, Osler was for a second consecutive year ranked #1 by Thomson Reuters for both announced and completed Canadian M&A transactions.   

Read the full Financial Post article and see all the tables.