Banking & Finance

Osler’s Financial Services Group acts for leading North American and international financial institutions and a wide variety of global industry leaders. Osler’s Financial Services practice group is a fully integrated team that offers extensive knowledge of all aspects of financial services combined with an efficient cross-jurisdictional platform.

The team acts for every major Canadian financial institution and numerous foreign lenders, providing advice to a wide range of financial services industry players, including banks, insurance companies, trust companies, pension funds, investment dealers and other leading financial institutions. Osler advises on a complete range of issues including mergers and acquisitions, the establishment of new entities, bank products, and regulatory compliance.

Osler’s team has significant experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of financing transactions, including cash flow loans, acquisition financings, syndications, asset-based lending, distressed lending, project financings, public-private partnerships, subordinated debt arrangements, private placements, swaps, securitizations and structured finance arrangements. Osler’s cross-border practice is a core strength, seamlessly navigating between U.S., international and Canadian lending environments to anticipate and address industry-specific issues and provide integrated banking and debt finance expertise on domestic and cross-border transactions.