Business Law and Corporate Law

While private equity sponsors commonly rely on the board of directors to set the repurchase price of management equity upon a manager's departure, alternative valuation mechanisms are available...

In many shareholder disputes, one of the first points of conflict is whether a company's officers or directors actually had the authority to make the decisions or sign the agreements that are now being challenged.

Like last year, progress on enhancing diversity among the directors and executive officers of Canadian public companies lost momentum in 2025.

A trust is a legal relationship that is created where property is entrusted to a person to hold or manage the property for the benefit of another.

Between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026, business owners can access significant tax benefits when selling a qualifying business to an employee ownership trust ("EOT") pursuant to a transaction that constitutes a qualifying business transfer. Among other benefits, eligible vendors are entitled to receive a shared pool of up to $10 million in capital gains deductions (the "EOT Deduction").

In 2025, Prince Edward Island introduced a sweeping modernization of its trust legislation through Bill No. 5 –Trustee Act, replacing the longstanding Trustee Act (Chapter T-8).

As artificial intelligence (AI) solutions become more prevalent in organizations, their use is increasingly making its way into the boardroom. AI-driven transcription and summarization tools promise efficiency...

In a recent decision, (Re) Yurkiw Estate, 2025 BCSC 1026, the BC Supreme Court clarified a trustee's obligation to produce trust files, and specifically, this obligation where there is a corporate trustee.

What happens when the person at the center of a harassment complaint is also a family member? In this episode of Beyond Succession, host Leah Tolton, is joined Laura Inglis...

While private equity sponsors commonly rely on the board of directors to set the repurchase price of management equity upon a manager's departure, alternative valuation mechanisms are available...

This information that follows is taken from sources including The Car Connection, Autoweek, Green Car Reports, and other industry sources.

M&A dealmaking sentiment picked up in the third quarter of 2025 as companies and investors adapted to the uncertainty that prevailed in the first half of the year.