Capital Markets
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 2
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Provided by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Capital is the lifeblood of any business. Accessing public and private markets with agility and creativity – in Canada and the U.S. – is essential. Plugged into the industry, our team constructs innovative solutions that help unlock capital and protect you for the future.
Complex financings demand sophisticated solutions. From IPOs and secondary offerings to high-yield and investment-grade debt, we create tailored structures that work.
Our reach is multijurisdictional. Canadian and U.S. issuers turn to us for their cross-border financings because we understand the way markets work throughout North America. From advising a major U.S. bank on the first southbound-only equity offering under MJDS to establishing a rare cross-border two-shelf debt platform for Canada’s largest communications company, our creativity gets the job done.
Using our extensive experience and connections, we settle issues quickly to satisfy regulatory requirements. Canadian securities regulators and stock exchanges seek our perspectives to shape policy and legislation. We share our insights, keeping our clients’ interests first.
Chambers Review
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg provides sophisticated guidance to underwriters, issuers and private equity investors involved in complex capital markets transactions and financings across various sectors including mining, telecommunications and retail. The team demonstrates notable aptitude for cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mandates, with areas of focus including cross-border IPOs, private offerings and issuances of public debt. The firm regularly acts for large institutional clients in Québec, and clients further benefit from its well-reputed tax practice.
Work Highlights
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP counselled Rogers Communications in its private placement of senior notes valued at CAD4.25 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team exhibits an exceptionally high level of specialised legal acumen."
"Davies is a very technically strong team."
"They have their ear to the ground when it comes to what is going on in the market."
"Davies always provide very practical and relevant advice. They are solutions-oriented."
"They are good at anticipating certain issues before they arise."
"The team exhibits an exceptionally high level of specialised legal acumen."
"Davies is a very technically strong team."
"They have their ear to the ground when it comes to what is going on in the market."
"Davies always provide very practical and relevant advice. They are solutions-oriented."
"They are good at anticipating certain issues before they arise."
Notable Practitioners
David Wilson is particularly well known for his work on fixed-income offerings as part of a broader practice involving debt and equity issues. He operates out of Toronto.
"David has exceptional insight."
Robert Murphy is a highly regarded Toronto-based capital markets practitioner whose experience extends to a variety of domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions, including those involving MJDS concerns. He acts for a number of major Canadian financial institutions in their role as underwriters.
"Rob is a knowledgeable and astute lawyer with tremendous commercial sense."
"He is cerebral and thinks through issues well."