Michael Innes
Canada Guide 2025
Band 1 : Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
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About
Provided by Michael Innes
Practice Areas
Michael is the National Chair of Osler’s Corporate Group which encompasses Capital Markets, Emerging and High Growth Companies, M&A and Private Equity. He is a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee Executive Council and Operations Committee, and is the former Chair of the Firm’s Audit Committee and a former member of the Firm’s Partnership Board. He has been nationally and internationally recognized as a leading capital markets and cross-border corporate lawyer in Canada.
Michael’s practice focuses on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate matters. He has advised clients in transactions involving the private placement and public offering of debt and equity securities, take-over bids, plans of arrangement, private equity fund formations and leveraged buy-outs. He has also advised various pension funds in their investment activities and various private equity funds in connection with their formation and investment activities.
Michael has provided corporate, M&A and securities law advice to issuers and market participants in the electricity, telecommunications, media, automotive, robotics, life sciences, financial, pension, benefits, real estate, semiconductor, mining, printing, food and general technology sectors.
Career
University of Toronto, LL.B.
University of Waterloo, B.A.Sc.
Bar Admission: Ontario, 2001 | Massachusetts, 1998
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Ontario
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
Chambers Review
Canada
Michael Innes is the chair of the firm's corporate group and routinely acts for leading Canadian underwriters and companies on high-value debt offerings from the Toronto office.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael has the experience and ability to deal with different personalities and situations, and he always comes up with the appropriate solutions."
"Michael has the experience and ability to deal with different personalities and situations, and he always comes up with the appropriate solutions."
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