Securities regulators publish guidance on the use of preliminary economic assessments *

Canada - September 18 2012
On August 16, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 43-307 Mining Technical Reports — Preliminary Economic Assessments (Staff Notice 43-307), which addresses certain concerns of CSA staff that have recently arisen around the use of preliminary economic assessments (PEAs) by mining issuers.

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Reverse takeovers – an alternative exit strategy *

Canada - July 31 2012
When evaluating possible exit options, an alternative to the typical IPO or sale transaction is a reverse takeover transaction (often referred to as an "RTO").

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M&A activity – interesting trends from 2011 and insights for 2012 *

Canada - February 21 2012
Some interesting trends emerged from a study of select US M&A deals in 2011 that may be predictors of what’s to come in 2012.

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Canadian M&A activity in the United States reaching historic levels in 2011 *

Canada, USA - December 7 2011
Despite continuing economic uncertainty in 2011, the pace of Canadian M&A activity in the United States so far this year has reached historic levels, according to a recent study published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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BCSC proposes amendments to NI 45-106 to require additional disclosure from issuers raising capital under prospectus exemptions *

Canada - November 29 2010
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) published for comments amendments to National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus and Registration Exemptions that would introduce a new Form 45-106F6 British Columbia Report of Exempt Distribution to replace the current Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distribution.

Co-authors: Charles-Antoine Soulière, Jean-Philippe Buteau.

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