Norton Rose Fulbright Special Situations team leads the Canadian market in the H1 2026 Shareholder Activism league tables, showcasing Canadian excellence on the global stage

Our Canadian Special Situations team continues to deliver standout results on the global stage, once again earning distinction as the only Canadian law firm ranked globally in the LSEG H1 2026 Shareholder Activism league tables.

In addition, our Canadian Special Situations team again ranks #1 among Canadian law firms for both company- and activist-side mandates, across Bloomberg's H1 2026 Global Activism league tables.

H1 2026 highlights include:

Bloomberg

• #1 Canadian legal advisor for company-side campaigns globally
• #1 legal advisor for activist-side engagement in Canada

LSEG (Refinitiv)

• #1 Canadian legal advisor globally
• Only Canadian legal advisor included in the global top 10
• 5^th highest count for company-side engagement globally
• 6^th highest count for activist-side engagement globally

Together, these results reinforce our position as the Canadian market leader for complex, high-stakes shareholder matters, demonstrating strength across both sides of mandates and recognition on a global stage.

Walied Soliman, KC, Canadian chair of Norton Rose Fulbright and co-chair of the Special Situations team, commented: "These rankings confirm what the market already knows: we are the leading special situations law firm in Canada and an increasingly trusted choice globally for companies and shareholders facing their most consequential moments. We are grateful to our clients for their confidence and proud of the exceptional team behind these results."

About LSEG and Bloomberg

LSEG is one of the world's leading providers of financial markets infrastructure and delivers financial data, analytics, news and index products to more than 40,000 customers in over 170 countries.

Bloomberg is the global leader in business and financial data, news and insight. The Bloomberg M&A league tables are the definitive publication of M&A rankings, representing the top financial and legal advisors across a broad array of deal types, regions, and industry sectors. The rankings data is comprised of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, debt-for-equity swaps, joint ventures, private placements of common equity and convertible securities, and the cash injection component of recapitalization according to Bloomberg standards.