Lexpert has just published the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Click here to see a digital replica of the print product.
This publication is distributed to 15,000 US senior in-house counsel and 10,000 lawyers in major US markets.
It profiles Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in cross-border Corporate Law and Transactions, specifically in the following practice areas: Asset-Based Lending, Banking and Finance, Competition/Anti-Trust, Corporate Finance and Securities, Corporate Tax, Energy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring, M&A , Mining Law, Technology Transfers, Commodity Tax/Customs, Franchising and Project Finance.
In addition to information on Lexpert-ranked lawyers, the Lexpert US/Canada Cross-Border Guide – Corporate also identifies “Corporate Lawyers to Watch” – winners and finalists in the previous year’s Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 Awards.
The publication also features the following journalist and sponsored law-firm authored articles geared to keeping attorneys and in-house counsel in the US informed of relevant business law issues in Canada:
Activism and Governance: Corporate governance and shareholder activism have seen a number of key developments recently in Canada
Inbound Private Equity: US-based private-equity investors have contributed significantly to the steadily strengthening Canadian market
Aboriginal Land: The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision recognizing title over a piece of First Nations land is having a major im-pact on investment in the resource sector
From Mining to Oil: The mining sector was forced to be creative when commodities declined a few years ago. Now it is the oil companies’ turn
Whopper of a Deal with a Double-Double Take on the Canadian Exchangeable Share Structure: Burger King’s acquisition of Tim Hortons relied on a reinvention of the conventional exchangeable share structure. By David Wilson and Patricia Olasker; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Canadian REITs: With a decline in the Canadian dollar, American and foreign acquirers could be looking closer at the Canadian REIT sector for strategic M&A opportunities. By Stephen Pincus, Bill Gorman, and Chat Ortved; Goodmans LLP