Stikeman Elliott LLP, Capital Markets | Chambers Global Profile

About

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

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Capital Markets - Canada

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

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.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

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"Stikeman is an excellent business-minded legal team with knowledge across structures and industries."