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Proposed amendments to Investment Canada Act capture control-in-fact investments by state-owned enterprises

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • May 2 2013

On April 29, 2013, the Federal Government introduced its 2013 budget implementation bill, Bill C-60, which would also implement announcements made

Significant changes proposed to early warning regime key disclosure trigger lowered to 5

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2013

The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have proposed significant amendments to the "early warning" regime with respect to the disclosure of

New rights plan and defensive tactics proposals shift Canadian M&A landscape

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2013

A newly-proposed Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) rule on shareholder rights plans and an alternative proposal on defensive tactics from the

2012 capital markets review

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 9 2013

Global capital markets experienced mixed results in 2012. Optimism regarding the economic recovery underway in some Countries was tempered by the

New rules for foreign investment by state-owned enterprises - do they strike the right balance?

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • December 9 2012

On December 7, 2012 the federal government announced its approval of both Malaysian-controlled PETRONAS’ proposed $6 billion acquisition of Progress Energy Resources Corp. (“Progress”) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (“CNOOC”) proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc. (“Nexen”

Risks of venture capital taken into account when determining the obligations of directors and officers of start-up companies

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 13 2012

In a recent unanimous decision, the Québec Court of Appeal warned courts seized with requests for oppression remedies under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the CBCA) of the dangers of holding venture capital funds solely responsible for the risks associated with their investments in start-up companies

Commentary on October 24, 2012 notice of ways and means motion relating to tax matters - acquisition of control (subsection 256(7))

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 1 2012

The Income Tax Act (the “Act”) contains rules that limit the ability of corporations to utilize losses and other tax attributes following an acquisition of control

Government rejects PETRONAS-progress transaction: is rejection the new reality for foreign investors?

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 21 2012

At three minutes to midnight on Friday, October 19, 2012, Industry Minister Christian Paradis advised Malaysian state-owned PETRONAS that it had not demonstrated that its proposed acquisition of Calgary-based Progress Energy Resources Corp would be of “net benefit” to Canada

Strategic lessons arising from Canadian and U.S. judicial consideration of confidentiality agreements

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • October 16 2012

Judicial decisions in Ontario and, more recently, Delaware have transformed restrictions on use of shared information commonly found in confidentiality agreements into de facto standstill provisions

Proposed tax changes negatively affect foreign investments in Canadian mining companies

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 13 2012

Canadian tax amendments proposed on August 14, 2012 (the Proposals) could adversely affect structures, commonly used in the mining sector, involving Canadian corporations with foreign subsidiaries