According to reported results from E&Y’s recent Global Capital Confidence Barometer survey, Canada’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is expected to remain strong despite the current climate of geopolitical uncertainty, with 62% of Canadian respondents actively pursuing deals
The shifting role of private placements
In the aftermath of the 2016 amendments to the Canadian takeover bid rules, legal practitioners and regulators alike predicted that the new 105-day minimum bid period heralded the end of the defensive tactic of choice in recent decades—the shareholder rights
Shareholder activism in M&A
As noted by Kingsdale Advisors in a recently published report, corporate directors and their legal advisors continue to pay insufficient attention to shareholder activism in M&A. The authors of the 2017 special report caution that not only have shareholder
Private equity trends towards specialization
Competition has increased in the private equity (PE) market. In the US, PE firms paid a 31% premium for acquisitions in 2016, an eight-year high according to Bloomberg data. There are a growing number of market participants
New forfeiture of corporate property regime in Ontario
A new regime effecting the forfeiture of corporate property was recently enacted in Ontario. The new legislation, which came into force on December 10, 2016, includes the Forfeited Corporate Property Act, 2015 (FCPA) and related amendments to the
Modern M&A deal process: focus on negotiated sales and increased usage of technology
Technology is increasingly playing a bigger role in M&A deals, transforming the way transactions are priced, negotiated and completed. The use of different platforms is facilitating transmission of deal information to a wider group, and as a result, crucial stages
Ontario’s Bulk Sales Act: no more
Last year, we reported that Ontarians may finally be able to bid farewell to the archaic Bulk Sales Act (Ontario) (the BSA). The BSA was initially enacted to protect creditors of a seller against the sale of assets in