Ranking/Recognition
RANKING/RECOGNITION
Top Cross-Border Lawyers and Deals
EXPERTISE
Asset-based Lending, Banking and Financial Products, Insolvency and Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions
LAWYER(S)
Derrick Tay, Jacques Demers, Kevin Morley, Norman Steinberg, Stephen Kelly
Ogilvy Renault acted on the number one cross-border deal of 2006 according to Lexpert's Top 10 list featured in the 2007 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.
Ogilvy Renault was Canadian counsel to Domtar in its US$3.5 billion merger with U.S. giant Weyerhaeuser's fine paper business, creating the largest fine paper company in North America and the second-largest in the world. The deal boasted an innovative structure that combined a U.S. Reverse Morris Trust with a Canadian exchangeable share structure. "We believe this is the very first time a cross-border M&A transaction has been effected through a Reverse Morris Trust," notes Norman Steinberg, managing partner of Ogilvy Renault in Montreal.
In addition, four Ogilvy Renault partners are ranked among the leading cross-border corporate lawyers in Canada: Norman M. Steinberg (M&A), Kevin J. Morley (Asset-Based Lending), Jacques Demers (Banking) and Derrick C. Tay (Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring).
Stephen Kelly is also recognized as one of the "Top 20 Corporate Lawyers to Watch."
