Dec. 19, 2024 - Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian public companies in 2023, when shareholder engagement reached its...
Announcement
Davies Earns Six Tier 1 Rankings in IFLR1000 2022
International Financial Law Review has again recognized Davies’ financial and corporate law practices with Tier 1 rankings in the following areas:
- Capital Markets: Ontario
- M&A: Canada
- M&A: Ontario
- M&A: Québec
- Restructuring and Insolvency: Québec
Our Project Development: Infrastructure practice debuted in Tier 1 this year.
In addition to the practice rankings, 42 Davies lawyers were named as leaders in their field.
Published annually since 1990, IFLR1000 profiles the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers across more than 120 jurisdictions. Rankings are based on transactional evidence and peer and client feedback.
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