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Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide for Investment Banks, Bidders and Boards, 10th edition

Davies’ Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions guide draws on our substantial cross-border M&A experience to offer guidance on both the legal framework and practical aspects of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, including critical...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La CVMO rejette une demande de dispense de l’obligation de dépôt minimal applicable aux offres publiques d’achat

La Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario (la « CVMO ») a récemment rendu publique sa décision à l’égard d’une demande de dispense de l’obligation de dépôt minimal en vertu des règles canadiennes relatives aux offres...more

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Take-Over Bid Rules Not Made to Be Broken – OSC Rejects Requested Relief from Minimum Tender Requirement

The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) recently released its decision rejecting a request from ESW Capital, LLC (ESW) for relief from the minimum tender requirement under Canadian take-over bid rules (the Relief) in...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mach Group “Mini Tender” Offer to Buy Montreal-Based Airline Won’t Fly: Quebec Financial Markets Tribunal

On August 11, 2019, Quebec’s financial markets administrative tribunal (TAMF), by a majority decision, invoked its public interest jurisdiction to cease trade Mach Group Inc.’s offer (Mach Offer) to acquire 19.5 per cent of...more

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Securities Commissions Provide Guidance on New Canadian Takeover Rules in Hostile Cannabis Bid

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For close to three months, M&A lawyers and other capital markets participants had been anxiously awaiting the release of written reasons from the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) and the Financial and Consumer Affairs...more

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Private Placement as Defensive Tactic Considered in Context of New Takeover Bid Rules

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On October 24, 2016, the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission (together, the Commissions) released their much anticipated reasons for their July 22, 2016, order, In the matter of Hecla...more

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New Law on Defensive Tactics: Balancing Business Judgment and Shareholder Choice

On October 24, 2016, the Securities Commissions of British Columbia (BCSC) and Ontario (OSC, together with the BCSC, the Commissions) released the reasons for their decision in Re Hecla Mining. The Commissions had previously...more

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