Securities Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy & Utilities Law

New Bill Heightens Potential For More Investment Canada Reviews Of SOE Acquisitions

by Sandy Walker | Dentons on 5/13/2013

Last week the Canadian Government introduced amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) to implement its revised policy towards state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which it announced in December last year....more

Private Equity - Spring/Summer 2012

by Dechert LLP on 7/19/2012

In This Issue: - p1 Jobs Act Implications for Private Equity - p4 Recent Developments in Acquisition Finance - p7 What’s the Deal With Fracking? Regulation, Litigation and Due Diligence - p11 New German Tax...more

Changes to the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation

by Dentons on 6/15/2012

The good news is that many of the current registration fees will be eliminated including fees for registration of exploration and development work, registration of payment of cash in lieu of work, registration of portable...more

Osler Mining Review - February 2012

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/27/2012

Introduction This edition of the Osler Mining Review contains the following articles: (i) a look at the rules TSX resource companies should keep in mind when putting together a board of directors; (ii) an analysis...more

2011 Capital Markets Review

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/20/2012

Table of Contents * Introduction * 2011 Corporate Finance Review * 2011 in M&A: A Year of Break-Ups * Developments in Canadian Poison Pill Jurisprudence * Global Stock Exchange Consolidation and the...more

Are Prosecutors Pushing the Envelope Too Far?

by Michael Volkov on 1/19/2012

Federal prosecutors continue their aggressive enforcement of criminal laws against companies and individuals using aggressive investigative techniques, novel theories and new strategies which are testing the limits of due...more

Anti-Corruption Risks for Private Equity -- Portfolio Companies

by Michael Volkov on 1/18/2012

The Justice Department and the SEC are targeting private equity companies for anti-corruption enforcement. Private equity companies are most at risk in their ownership of private equity companies....more

QUESTIONING CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY

by Michael Volkov on 1/16/2012

The Obama Administration is aggressively prosecuting companies for criminal violations of anti-corruption, health care, labor and environmental laws. This article examines the aruments for and against imposing criminal...more

Update on Take-over Bid Defensive Tactics Law and Regulation in Canada – The Securities and Corporate Disconnect Continues

by Dentons on 1/3/2012

“… in our view, Neo does not stand for the proposition that the Commission will defer to the business judgment of a board of directors in considering whether to cease trade a rights plan, or that a board of directors in the...more