Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is ranked first among Canadian law firms and 9th in the world by Bloomberg's M&A Legal Advisory League Table rankings for global announced deals in the first quarter of 2008.  Davies is the only Canadian firm listed in the top 20.

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According to Bloomberg, in the first quarter of this year, Davies advised on transactions worth more than US$150 billion for a total market share of 22.1 percent worldwide.

Davies has consistently been recognized as having the highest concentration of top-rated lawyers of any major Canadian law firm and is consistently rated as a leading firm in M&A in Canada.

• Davies leads all Canadian law firms in corporate transactions in Toronto and is among the very best in Montréal, as ranked in the 2008 LEXPERT®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Davies is ranked 14th by Thomson Financial's Legal Advisor League Table rankings for worldwide announced deals in 2007, with the highest average deal value of any law firm in the world
• Davies is ranked first in Canada and 15th in the world in GSI's 2006 Legal Counsel Rankings, based on the dollar value of all transactions reported to the SEC with a completion date during the year

Our M&A practice spans every industrial and service business sector and includes representation in transactions of every size. While our reputation was built by our successes in multi-jurisdictional transactions where we provide sophisticated multi-practice advice, we also handle many transactions which are small in comparison, but are often extremely complex and require significant expertise.

Davies has a particular expertise in cross-border M&A, advising clients on both southbound and northbound acquisitions and dispositions. Our trans-border tax capability provides our clients with end-to-end advice in structuring transactions between Canada and the United States and frequently involving a number of other jurisdictions around the world.

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