Osler is top-ranked capital markets advisor in 2016

Desmond Lee, Michael Innes

Feb 1, 2017

Financial Post has announced its 2016 year-end league table results, and Osler received a #1 ranking as legal counsel to the issuer for debt and equities combined by deal value (#2 by deal count). Highlights of Osler’s rankings in the Financial Post tables also include:

  • #1 ranking as legal counsel to the issuer for debt offerings by deal value and deal count

  • #2 ranking as legal counsel to the underwriters for debt offerings by deal value and deal count

  • #3 ranking as legal counsel to the issuer for equity offerings by deal value

According to Financial Post, Osler advised issuers on 33 financings completed in 2016 worth a total of $30.64 billion, including advising on eight of the 20 largest debt offerings of the year.

Osler’s capital markets rankings for 2016 also include:

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

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

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

  • #3 ranking from Bloomberg as legal advisor to the manager 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 2016, Osler was ranked #1 among Canadian law firms in the full-year 2016 M&A league tables published by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Mergermarket.

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