Legal services in the United States and cross-border transactions
USA
Many of our clients are implementing North American business strategies. To meet their needs, Osler has acquired in-depth expertise in the areas of US business law that are most critical to his clients, including corporate law, tax, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, financial services. , corporate governance and executive compensation.
The integration of our services in Canadian and US business law gives our clients a significant advantage. Indeed, Osler can provide them with services crucial to their business under US law in an extremely efficient manner. Where laws and practices differ in the two countries, we provide clients with integrated legal advice, rather than leaving them the burden of reconciling the opinions of different firms across the border. When laws and practices are the same, we only do the necessary legal work once, reducing possible costs and delays for our clients.
In short, clients get more cost-effective US and Canadian legal advice from Osler that is more integrated than if they retained the services of US and Canadian law firms.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Osler's reputation for mergers and acquisitions in Canada is well established. We have played a key role in many of the most significant M&A transactions announced or completed over the past decade. In independent surveys, Osler ranked first among Canadian law firms for Canadian, cross-border and international-aspect transactions.
Our firm has extended its full range of M&A services to the United States. We assist our clients with this when they acquire or dispose of US and Canadian entities, including advising them on US securities laws, Delaware and New York corporate laws and to the rules of the stock exchanges.
Osler's US-based lawyers have advised our clients on take-over bids, private acquisitions and dispositions, and public to corporate conversions closed. We also advise clients on their disclosure obligations under US federal securities laws in connection with their acquisitions and dispositions. Our work involves regular discussions with representatives of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, stock exchanges and financial advisers.
Corporate finance and securities
We regularly advise public and private companies and investment dealers on a wide range of investments, including debt and equity investments under the Multinational Disclosure System (MDR), public offerings (IPO), investment grade debt securities and high yield debt securities (SEC registered or placed under Rule 144A or Regulation S), pre-registration statements, secondary investments and private placements under Regulation D or Section 4 (2).
Our work includes advising our clients on corporate restructuring in anticipation of an IPO, negotiating the terms of complex securities, including preferred shares, convertible debt securities and warrants, and commitments. related to high yield debt securities, drafting prospectuses and offering memoranda, negotiating underwriting agreements, trust agreements and financial agency agreements and performing due diligence reviews.
We regularly advise public companies and their shareholders on disclosure requirements under US federal securities laws, solicitation of proxies, compliance with stock exchange rules and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We also have extensive experience in debt and equity securities and public offerings, converting from public to private, and rights offerings.
Company law and corporate governance
Corporate governance is of vital importance to clients and their stakeholders, whether they are directors and officers, employees, investors or regulators. Using its experience gained on both sides of the border,
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