Desmond Lee, Michael Innes
Aug 3, 2018
Financial Post has announced its league table results for the first half of 2018, and Osler was ranked #1 as legal counsel to the underwriters for combined equity and debt offerings by value. Osler advised the underwriters on 14 completed transactions valued at $7.0 billion. Osler was also ranked #2 as legal counsel to issuers, advising on 14 transactions that raised $10.8 billion in total.
In addition to the Financial Post rankings, Osler is ranked as follows for the first half of 2018, based on deal value:
- #1 ranking from Thomson Reuters as counsel to the underwriters for equity offerings
- #1 ranking from Thomson Reuters as counsel to the underwriters for debt offerings
- #2 ranking from Bloomberg as counsel to the underwriters for corporate bonds
In addition to expertise in capital markets, Osler continues to lead the Canadian M&A rankings for legal advisors. For the first half of 2018, Osler was ranked #1 in the Canadian M&A league tables published by Thomson Reuters and Mergermarket.
See all of the Financial Post tables here.