LAWYER PROFILE

William S Osler

Canada 2026

Bennett Jones LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/Commercial

Alberta

11 years ranked

About

Provided by Bennett Jones LLP

Canada

Practice Areas

Will practices in the areas of securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters, with a particular focus on the oil and gas sector. He has significant experience in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, acting for both issuers and underwriters, as well as Canadian and international takeover bids, plans of arrangement and asset and share purchase transactions. He has represented clients in several of Canada's largest recent initial public offerings.

Career

Admitted to Alberta Bar, 1995.

Personal

He is currently the Vice-Chair of the Calgary Stampede and a director of the Kidney Foundation of Canada Southern Alberta Branch.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Canada Guide

Corporate/Commercial - Alberta

Band 3

Individual Editorial

William Osler has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital markets mandates. He is highly active in the energy and infrastructure industries.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He always rises to the occasion and does a great job managing a large volume of work.
Corporate/CommercialChambers Canada Guide
He has exceptional client-handling skills.
Corporate/CommercialChambers Canada Guide
William is very practical in his approach to find solutions.
Corporate/CommercialChambers Canada Guide