Capital Markets
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 1
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Provided by Stikeman Elliott LLP
The deep expertise and broad-based experience of Stikeman Elliott’s Capital Markets Group in securities and M&A matters enable our team to provide practical and creative solutions, as circumstances demand, ensuring our clients achieve their business goals.
Our securities expertise extends from private placements for early-stage issuers through to complex multi-jurisdictional public equity and debt offerings. Always on the vanguard, Stikeman Elliott has pioneered a number of novel securities structures for the Canadian market, including some of the earliest REITs, income funds and SPACs.
We are also among the most active M&A legal advisors in Canada. Whether advising on Canada’s largest contested public company transactions or friendly acquisitions, we strive to partner with our clients, making their goals our goals, their challenges our challenges.
Our seasoned regulatory team, which includes a former head of the Ontario Securities Commission, delivers sophisticated compliance advice in time-sensitive situations as well as practical solutions required for ongoing operations.
Recognized internationally for our work in multi-jurisdictional transactions, lawyers in our Canadian and international offices often work seamlessly with foreign counsel as part of an efficient and integrated international legal team.
Chambers Review
Stikeman Elliott has an esteemed team of securities practitioners who are routinely involved in some of Canada's largest debt and equity capital markets offerings. The group also provides complementary expertise in derivatives and securitisation matters, as well as significant experience of issuer-side IPO representation and debt issuances. The practice offers additional experience in sophisticated, complex REITs transactions, as well as cross-border offerings, routinely acting for leading Canadian underwriters, banks and corporations. The firm has broad national coverage, with a particularly substantial presence in Toronto and Montréal.
Work Highlights
- Stikeman Elliott LLP acted for Aritzia in a secondary offering of an aggregate of 1,500,000 subordinate voting shares for total gross proceeds of CAD77.4 million.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stikeman is an excellent business-minded legal team with knowledge across structures and industries."
"They are exceptional for complex securities law matters. They have some of the leading lawyers in Canada in this area."
"Stikeman has a very strong team with international knowledge and capabilities."
"Stikeman is an excellent business-minded legal team with knowledge across structures and industries."
"They are exceptional for complex securities law matters. They have some of the leading lawyers in Canada in this area."
"Stikeman has a very strong team with international knowledge and capabilities."
Notable Practitioners
D'Arcy Nordick is a Toronto-based lawyer who comes highly recommended for his expertise across a range of debt-related issues, particularly in regard to complex and novel bond offerings.
"D'arcy provides creative bespoke solutions and has a tremendous amount of experience to draw from."
Robert Carelli wins recognition for his strong capital markets practice across Canada, operating from his base in Montréal. He is particularly well versed in transactions involving initial public offerings.
Mark McElheran has a wide-ranging corporate practice which sees him engaged on issues of structured finance as well as public and private securitisation transactions. He is based in Stikeman Elliott's Toronto office.
"He is very knowledgeable and well liked by clients."
Toronto-based Ramandeep Grewal provides counsel to a client base which includes leading investment banks and dealers in Canada. She has experience acting on both domestic and international securities offerings.
Ranked Lawyers at
Stikeman Elliott LLP
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