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By David E. Woollcombe, Shane C. D'Souza and Heidi Gordon The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) have released joint reasons for their decisions...
View ArticleSandbagging in Good Faith: How Bhasin v Hrynew Can Impact Indemnification for...
By Geoff R. Hall, Matthew Harris, Jeremy Busch-Howell and Benjamin Layton In the context of a merger or acquisition, a vendor may unknowingly make untrue representations about the target business....
View ArticleCorporate Democracy vs. Directors’ Powers: lessons from Marquee/Smoothwater
By Robert Hansen, Shane C. D'Souza and Vanessa Chung Alberta’s Court of Appeal recently overturned a controversial interlocutory decision involving a proposed acquisition by Alberta Oil Sands Inc....
View ArticleNew 2017 Competition Act Merger Notification Threshold
By Donald Houston and Michele Siu The pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold for 2017 has increased to $88 million from the 2016 threshold of $87 million. As per the indexing mechanism set...
View ArticleCanadian Securities Administrators Publish Report and Guidelines on Social...
By David E. Woollcombe and Claire Gowdy We recently wrote an article for The Canadian Securities Regulatory Monitor, McCarthy Tétrault’s blog covering securities regulatory developments, that we...
View ArticleOntario’s Bulk Sales Act has been repealed
By Ian Mak, Jake Irwin, Heidi Gordon and Vanessa Chung On March 22, 2017, Ontario’s Bulk Sales Act (BSA) was repealed, bringing to an end bulk sales legislation in Canada.1 The BSA was enacted in 1917,...
View ArticleInvestment Canada Act Review Threshold Increases to C$800 Million
By Oliver J. Borgers and Michele Siu Today the pre-closing review threshold that applies to most direct acquisitions of Canadian businesses by non-Canadian[1], non-state owned investors from WTO member...
View ArticleNew Investment Canada Act Review Threshold – C$1 Billion
By Oliver J. Borgers and Michele F. Siu On June 22, 2017, the pre-closing review threshold that applies to most direct acquisitions of Canadian businesses by non-Canadian1, non-state owned investors...
View ArticleLooking Out for Minority Security Holders – Securities Commission staff...
By David E. Woollcombe, Robert Hansen and Heidi Gordon On July 27, 2017, staff of the securities regulatory authorities in each of Ontario, Québec, Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick (CSA Staff)...
View ArticleNew China Guidelines on Overseas Investments Encouraging for the Natural...
By Shea Small, Bobby Wang, Joyce Lee and Craig Spurn On August 17, 2017, China’s NDRC, Ministry of Commerce, the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly released their...
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