Capital Markets
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 2
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Provided by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Blakes Capital Markets team is one of the largest and most experienced in Canada. Our lawyers are leaders in capital markets transactions, serving prominent companies and financial institutions in Canada, including the five major banks, the United States and worldwide. Canada’s leading public companies and investment dealers regularly turn to us to handle their corporate finance transactions and securities regulatory matters. We are known for having a highly skilled and well-balanced team, geographically diverse, knowledgeable in the industries that form of the core of the Canadian capital markets, experienced in both equity and debt transactions and serving both issuers and underwriters in Canada
We have extensive experience with public offerings, including initial public offerings, acquisition finance and innovative fund structures, as well as private placements. We routinely advise corporations, trusts and investment banks on all types of securities regulatory matters and have unsurpassed knowledge of securities regulation gained, in part, through our work with Canadian securities regulators.
Chambers Review
Blake, Cassels & Graydon is a respected law firm in the capital markets space in Canada, highly regarded for its representation of issuer and underwriter clients in big-ticket IPOs and secondary offerings. The firm also possesses deep expertise in DCM mandates. Its team has notable proficiency in assisting with securitisation transactions, as well as matters involving novel security instruments. It demonstrates significant capabilities in corporate financings and securities compliance matters. The firm's broad-ranging client base means its deal sheet includes offerings in the transportation, energy and hi-tech sectors, among others.
Work Highlights
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP represented TransCanada PipeLines in its public offering of CAD1.5 billion aggregate principal amount senior unsecured medium-term notes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Blakes team has been able to support in complicated transactions with efficiency and an ability to explain complicated subjects in an understandable way."
"It is a strong team with diverse skills that is always on top of current issues."
"They provide thoughtful responses that take a holistic approach to issues."
"The Blakes team has been able to support in complicated transactions with efficiency and an ability to explain complicated subjects in an understandable way."
"It is a strong team with diverse skills that is always on top of current issues."
"They provide thoughtful responses that take a holistic approach to issues."
Notable Practitioners
Tim Andison is a seasoned capital markets lawyer based in Blake, Cassels & Graydon's Toronto office. He has expertise in numerous debt and equity concerns, including IPOs, follow-on equity offerings and transactions involving high-yield bonds.
"Tim is very technical and collaborative, he is an excellent lawyer."
"He gives succinct legal advice and is highly regarded."
"Tim is an exceptional lawyer with a wealth of knowledge."
Catherine Youdan has a thriving capital markets practice in high-value offerings. She leads the firm's capital markets group in Toronto.
"She is a superb lawyer and researches every technical detail."
Toronto-based lawyer Michael Burke is well regarded for his work on asset-backed lending and leasing, which forms part of his broader securitisation practice. His clientele includes sellers, purchasers, credit enhancers and liquidity lenders.
Ranked Lawyers at
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Canada