Firm Rankings

A Year of Firsts

Stikeman Elliott has been the firm behind the headlines in many of the most challenging Canadian business transactions and court cases. As a result, we have been recognized in major Canadian and international league tables as the market leader among Canadian law firms in the practice areas at the heart of sophisticated corporate, M&A, securities, real estate, banking and structured finance transactions.  

First in Canada

• WORLD FINANCE MAGAZINE - Best Corporate & Commercial Team in Canada 2008
  
• INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW (IFLR) - 2007 National Law Firm of the Year (Canada), as well as the Americas M&A Deal of the Year for our work on the CVRD-Inco transaction
  
• CHAMBERS GLOBAL - Canadian Law Firm of the Year 2006 and ranked Top Tier in Corporate/M&A

First in Corporate Deals

• Stikeman Elliott acted in 6 of Lexpert's Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2007, including the top 2 deals of the year - acting for BCE Inc. in its $51.7 billion sale to a consortium led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Deal of the Year) and acting for Alcoa Inc. in its bid for Alcan Inc.
  
• Stikeman Elliott acted in 6 of Lexpert's Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2006, including the top 2 deals of the year - acting for CVRD in its successful $19.9 billion bid for Inco (Deal of the Year) and acting for Mittal Steel N.V. in its successful US$33.4 billion bid for Arcelor S.A.

First in Canadian and Cross-Border M&A

• BLOOMBERG - by volume of announced Canadian deals 2008 YTD
  
• BLOOMBERG - by volume in Global Private Equity Announced Deals 2008 YTD (among Canadian firms)
  
• BLOOMBERG - the highest deal volume and average deal size among Canadian law firms, for the period ended August 31, 2008, including acting on the top 2 deals of the year (by value)
  
• AMERICAN LAWYER - M&A advisors for deals involving a U.S. principal 2007 (among Canadian firms)
  
• THOMSON FINANCIAL - by volume of announced Canadian deals 2006 and 2007
  
• MERGERMARKET - by volume of announced Canadian deals 2006 and 2007
  
• MERGERMARKET - by number of North American buyouts 2007 (among Canadian firms)
  
• MERGERSTAT REVIEW - by number and volume of announced U.S. based deals 2006, 2007 and 2008 YTD (among Canadian firms)
  
• MERGERSTAT REVIEW - #1 among Canadian firms by value of U.S.-Canada cross-border M&A in the computer software, supplies & services industry and drugs, medical supplies and equipment industry, 2007

First in Corporate Finance among Canadian Firms

• BLOOMBERG - by volume of equity offerings (acting for issuers and underwriters) 2008 YTD
  
• BLOOMBERG - by volume of equity, income trust, convertible and preferred offerings (acting for underwriters) 2008 YTD
  
• BLOOMBERG - #1 Canadian firm by volume of U.S. IPO offerings (acting for underwriters) 2008 YTD
  
• IFLR/Dealogic - by value of SEC registered equity capital markets offerings, among Canadian firms 2007
  
• FINANCIAL POST - by value and by number of combined debt and equity offerings for underwriters 2007 and 2008 YTD

First in Lexpert/American Lawyer Media

First in IFLR 1000, Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer?

Stikeman Elliott was also ranked first by Best Lawyers 2009 among Canadian law firms for M&A, Corporate Law, Securities, Derivatives, International Arbitration and Media Law.

First in Business Litigation

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