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Canada Recommended firms Tier 1 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Stikeman Elliott Torys Tier 2 Blake Cassels & Graydon Goodmans McCarthy Tétrault Tier 3 Bennett Jones Borden Ladner Gervais Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Ogilvy Renault What used to be a time of income trusts dominating the equity market in Canadian initial public offerings (IPOs) has now dried up due to the new legislation taxing the trusts. "There is a three-year window where it still remains an advantage to be an income trust," said one partner. Some have seen new yield equity instruments and common share IPOs popping up to replace the demand. Real estate investment trusts (Reits) – an area where the law remains unchanged – are consistently strong in equity, as is resource financing.

Generous equity Australian firms have experienced an interesting year marked by a generous number of initial public offerings (IPOs), particularly in the resources sector. As one partner commented: "There were 212 IPOs in Australia, half of them from mining, and the trend is continuing. The question is how long the boom will last for."

How capital markets trends have affected firms in 22 economies worldwide

A plethora of firms are winning work in Peru's capital markets, but three big firms dominate in Chile

China has propelled high-yield debt this year. But the battle for the legal work is becoming complicated as more UK firms hire US lawyers

Until August, it was a bumper year for the world's capital markets. And that enabled a lot of local firms to dominate the international competition

Companies warm to the idea, says Deloitte

Private equity finally gets a little easier

Corporate insolvencies increase More companies are feeling the effects of the credit crunch and running into financial problems. Between July and September, corporate insolvencies rose by 1.8% on the previous quarter, according to figures released by R3, the association of business recovery professionals, last month.

In June 2007, the government announced the 2007 Independent Power Producer (IPP) solicitation for 3,200mw, using a power purchase agreement similar to that used in its successful 1994 solicitation. Seven projects were awarded Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in that round – all achieved financial close, and all but one have commenced production. On October 19 2007, 20 proposals were submitted. The announcement of successful bidders is expected before the general election on December 23 2007.