42 Osler lawyers recognized by Lexpert as leaders in Finance and M&A

Osler is proud to announce 42 of our lawyers have been recognized as leaders in the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2023.

The Lexpert Special Edition highlights Lexpert-ranked lawyers from The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2023 practice areas: Banking & Financial Institutions; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance & Securities; Corporate Mid-Market; Corporate Tax; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity. This year our leading lawyers include:

Osler’s Capital Markets team is consistently recognized as one of Canada’s leading capital markets firms. Our capital markets practice is focused on advising private placements, public offerings and alternative listing methods and has extensive experience with financing methods. The practice is also experienced in debt, covering a broad spectrum of products and has expertise in regulatory matters relating to corporate finance transactions.

Our leading M&A team provides experienced legal counsel on all M&A transactions and for all clients, ranging from local startups to global conglomerates. Our roles on domestic, cross-border and global transactions include advising public companies, private companies, portfolio companies, private equity sponsors, emerging and high growth companies, pension funds, sovereign funds, and financial advisors.

Osler is a recognized leader in Canadian asset Securitization and Structured Finance, advising financial institutions, corporate issuers, underwriters and other participants. Our experience includes both single-seller and multi-seller structures in a range of asset classes, such as credit card receivables, residential and commercial mortgages, trade accounts receivables, auto and equipment loans and leases, rental cars, mutual fund fees and wholesale dealer loans. We also advise participants in a range of structured finance transactions, including covered bond issuances. Our experience further includes the financing of specific assets, such as rail cars, aircraft and other equipment.

Osler’s Corporate and Commercial litigation practice is one of the largest and most accomplished in Canada. Years of careful recruiting and rigorous training have allowed us to develop deep expertise in complex corporate and commercial litigation. As experienced trial and appeal lawyers, our litigators appear as counsel in all levels of courts in Ontario, Alberta, Québec and most other Canadian provinces, as well as in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Osler’s Corporate and Securities litigation team have extensive experience representing public and private clients of all sizes in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and securities matters before the courts and provincial securities commissions. We have been at the forefront of the development of legal principles governing a number of critical aspects of modern corporate law. As a result, we are intimately familiar with the potential risks involved in pursuing a course of action and can advise on the best approach to dealing with a litigious matter.

The Osler Tax Group is consistently recognized as a leading provider of tax law services in Canada. From our offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver, our tax lawyers operate as an integrated unit and in partnership with our clients to develop sophisticated solutions to our clients’ most complex and important taxation issues. With close to 60 tax professionals, we offer our clients expert advice on a broad range of tax matters of importance to their business interests.

Osler’s team of private equity legal advisors includes leading legal professionals with extensive sector knowledge and experience advising both domestic and international clients. Consistently ranked as the top M&A firm in Canada, we have the resources to execute on complex domestic and cross-border transactions and have done so for some of the largest private equity firms and pension funds in the world. We advise on all elements of investment including fund formation and fund investment, co-investments, structuring, lending, leveraged buyouts, distressed investing and acquisitions through restructuring, carve-out transactions, cross-border support for global transactions, PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Companies) and IPO exits.

Read more about the Lexpert’s leaders in Finance and M&A on the publication’s website.