Join us for this special one-hour webinar on May 1 at 12 p.m. ET., when members of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies practice provide their insights from this important report and share the key findings pertinent for all stakeholders in the high-growth companies environment.

In our third annual Deal Points Report: Venture Capital Financings, Osler’s EHG Group analyze 486 anonymized venture capital and growth equity preferred share financings completed from 2020 to 2023, representing approximately US$8 billion in total transaction value.

The report provides analysis and key insights for founders, entrepreneurs, investors and advisors contemplating transactions this year and beyond.

In Osler’s upcoming webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) in infrastructure projects, participants will gain valuable insights into the fast-evolving use of AI in the design, management, monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure projects. You will hear how AI is being used to gain efficiencies on projects and what challenges using AI can bring, as well as the risks and liabilities that may be in play.

This 30-minute discussion will feature special guest Dave Spagnolo, President and CEO of leading public transportation consultancy firm SYSTRA Canada, who will discuss SYSTRA’s use of AI models, its applications, and the impacts, benefits and risks of using AI in the industry.

Joining Dave will be Osler’s Andrew Wong (partner, Construction), Paul Ivanoff (partner, Construction Litigation) and Matt Burgoyne (partner and Co-Chair, Digital Assets and Blockchain).

Osler is proud to sponsor TEI’s 56th Annual Canadian Tax Conference. This year’s program will feature workshops, income and commodity tax streams led by some of Canada’s leading tax practitioners.

This year, Osler Partner and former Chief Justice of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal The Honourable Marc Noël, KC, will join the conference as a Guest Speaker on May 6. Osler Tax Partners Patrick Marley and Mark Brender will also present during the conference. Patrick Marley will lead a breakout session providing an Update on Pillar 2 (May 6), and Mark Brender will lead a breakout on the CRA’s new view on Safe Income (May 7).

Osler is proud to be a strong advocate for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we invite you to join us as we bring 2SLGBTQ+ professionals, advocates and allies together to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia, share our experiences and discuss best practices for 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion as lawyers, in the legal profession and beyond.

The theme of this year’s event is on gender identity and transgender rights. The in-person panel discussion will be followed by a reception. We look forward to welcoming you.

Join us on Thursday, May 9 when Chad Bayne, Partner, Founder and Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and John Valley, a Partner in Osler’s leading Corporate Governance practice, host guest speaker Karamdeep Nijjar, a Partner at Inovia Capital.

The many challenges high growth companies face require governance at the speed of light. Building on the basics of good corporate governance from Part 1, in this session we will explore navigating key governance issues and inflection points in the evolution of high growth companies, including when to recruit independent directors, managing conflicts among founders and investors at different investment rounds, changes in leadership, crisis management, insolvency risks, mergers and acquisitions and going public.

Osler is proud to participate in IFA Canada’s 2024 Tax Conference. The program will focus on international taxation issues impacting cross-border transactions.

This year, Osler Tax Partner Kim Maguire will co-present an IFA 2024 Congress Report on ‘Finding the Meaning of Nexus for Taxes – Past, Present and Future.’ Osler Tax Associate Kaitlin Gray will participate in the panel discussion ‘Hybrid Mismatch Rules: What’s Cooking?’ and Osler Tax Partner Pooja Mihailovich will participate in the panel discussion ‘Amended GAAR: What you need to know!’ both on May 15.

Additional details about the conference and agenda can be found here.