With
Zain Rizvi
The SEC's view that many ICOs constitute securities offerings will have far-reaching implications for blockchain businesses and ICOs.
With
Steven Cutler,
Oliver Desilets,
Scott Fisher,
Mindy Gilbert,
Cynthia Hill,
Peter Hong,
Jeffrey Nadler,
Patricia Olasker,
Poonam Puri,
Geoffrey Rawle,
James Reid,
Sébastien Roy,
Robin Upshall,
David Wilson
Canadian capital markets in 2016 were turbulent and unpredictable, to say the least. Factors that contributed to shaky investor confidence included the unprecedented British vote to exit the European Union, ...
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William Ainley,
Patricia Olasker
This statement is more emphatic and more widely applicable than we would have expected was called for by the Yukon Court of Appeal's decision.
With
James Doris,
Patricia Olasker,
Poonam Puri
A recent court decision from the Yukon has grabbed the attention of financial advisers and mergers and acquisition practitioners, raising questions about established market practices in M&A transactions...
With
Steven Cutler
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), in aiming to improve the accuracy, reliability and accountability of the system by which votes are counted at shareholders' meetings...
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Jennifer Longhurst,
Patricia Olasker
The year 2015 was significant for proxy contests in Canada, with a total of 55 contests, exceeding the previous record high of 43 contests set in 2009.
With
Scott Fisher,
Mindy Gilbert,
Brooke Jamison,
Neil Kravitz,
Jennifer Liu,
Robert Murphy,
Jeffrey Nadler,
Patricia Olasker,
James Reid,
Nir Servatka,
Anthony Spadaro,
Paul Watkins,
David Wilson
The past year was a roller coaster of a year for Canadian capital markets, beginning much how it ended – with a devalued Canadian dollar, lower interest rates in Canada and a shift in regional growth...
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Neil Kravitz,
Patricia Olasker,
Franziska Ruf
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have announced today the final adoption of previously proposed amendments to Canada's take-over bid regime.
With
Neil Kravitz,
Patricia Olasker,
Franziska Ruf
In response to those comments, the final rules have been scaled back in a number of important respects.
With
Neil Kravitz,
Evan Paperman
Six years ago, the TSX adopted specific rules governing the listing of Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations in response to the growing popularity of these investment vehicles in the United States.
With
Neil Kravitz,
Jennifer Longhurst,
Franziska Ruf
The federal government announced today as part of its 2015 budget that the 2015 Economic Action Plan will include proposed amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity in public companies, using the "comply or explain" model of disclosure currently required by most provincial securities regulators for TSX-listed companies.
With
Patricia Olasker
Much has been written and said about how hospitable to shareholder activism Canada is compared to the United States.
With
Neil Kravitz,
Patricia Olasker,
Franziska Ruf
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published today for comment proposed rules to implement previously announced changes to the Canadian take-over bid regime.
With
Patricia Olasker,
David Wilson
The most talked about Canadian deal of 2014 was Burger King's acquisition of Tim Hortons.
Alex Moore, a partner at Davies, commented on the proposed new rules on takeover bids that the Canadian Securities Administrators recently announced.
