Apr 6, 2016
The first quarter 2016 M&A league tables have been released and Osler has received #1 rankings from Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, and Mergermarket. This follows our first place full-year rankings for 2015.
According to Thomson Reuters, there was US$68 billion of deal activity with Canadian involvement in the first quarter, up 49% from the same period in 2015, and Osler advised on US$32 billion in total transaction value represented by 18 deals. Notable transactions in the first quarter included advising Corus Entertainment in its $2.65 billion purchase of Shaw Media from Shaw Communications and iCON Infrastructure in its $480 million agreement to acquire Capstone Infrastructure.
Highlights of Osler’s Q1 2016 rankings include:
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Ranked by Thomson Reuters as the #1 Canadian law firm for Canadian announced deals (by value) and the #3 firm (by deal count)
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Ranked by Thomson Reuters as the #1 law firm for Canadian completed deals (by value) and the #4 firm (by deal count)
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Ranked by Bloomberg as the #1 law firm for Canadian announced deals (by value) and the #3 firm (by deal count)
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Ranked by Mergermarket as the #1 law firm for Canadian announced deals (by value) and the #3 firm (by deal count)
With offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, Osler is consistently ranked as one of the top M&A law firms in Canada. Our roles on domestic, cross-border and international transactions include advising public companies, private companies, private equity sponsors, emerging companies and start-ups, global conglomerates, pension funds, sovereign funds, and financial advisors.