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Proposed tax changes negatively affect foreign investments in Canadian mining companies

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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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

Proposed tax changes negatively affect certain foreign investments in Canada

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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September 6 2012

Canadian tax amendments proposed on August 14, 2012 (the Proposals) could adversely affect common acquisition structures for acquiring Canadian corporations with foreign subsidiaries

Quebec tribunal concludes Fibrek Inc. response to unsolicited bid went too far

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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June 14 2012

The hostile bid for Fibrek Inc. (Fibrek) by Resolute Forest Products Inc. (formerly AbitibiBowater Inc.) (Resolute) which unfolded over the course of November, 2011 to May, 2012 and the decision of the Quebec Bureau de Decision et Revision (the Bureau) in relation to a subsequent white knight bid by Mercer International Inc. (Mercer) puts target company boards on alert about circumstances in which steps taken by them in the face of unsolicited take-over bids may be overturned by a securities tribunal exercising its public interest jurisdiction

Proposed changes to the Investment Canada Act and foreign investment review process - benefit or increased burden for foreign investors?

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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June 14 2012

Guidance on the Government of Canada’s approach to its review of foreign investment in Canada has been anticipated since November 2010, when BHP Billiton withdrew its $40 billion hostile bid for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan after the Minister of Industry made an initial determination that the proposal was not likely to be of net benefit to Canada, despite BHP Billiton offering unprecedented undertakings

Delaware Chancery Court relies on Ontario decision on confidentiality agreements to block a $5.3 billion hostile bid

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada, USA
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May 10 2012

Taking a page from Ontario’s playbook, highly respected Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine Jr. recently found that a confidentiality agreement could temporarily block a subsequent hostile bid and proxy contest, even in the absence of an explicit standstill provision

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada, USA
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April 5 2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which makes significant changes to existing U.S. federal securities laws intended to make it easier for small and emerging companies to conduct public and private securities offerings in the United States

Canada to lift certain restrictions on foreign ownership in the telecommunications sector

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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March 26 2012

On March 14, 2012, the Honourable Christian Paradis, federal Minister of Industry, announced proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act to lift certain restrictions on foreign ownership in the telecommunications sector

M&A activity in the pipeline sector and the politics of moving hydrocarbons

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada, USA
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January 19 2012

One of the sectors that saw robust levels of M&A activity in 2011 was the North American pipeline sector

2011 in M&A: a year of break-ups

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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January 19 2012

In January, just as the new year was starting, Lundin Mining Corporation and Inmet Mining Corporation announced their $9 billion merger of equals, a stock-for-stock exchange to be completed by plan of arrangement

2011 corporate finance review

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada
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January 19 2012

In 2011, we were reminded of the old saying that “timing is everything”

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Proposed tax changes negatively affect foreign investments in Canadian mining companies

Proposed tax changes negatively affect certain foreign investments in Canada

Quebec tribunal concludes Fibrek Inc. response to unsolicited bid went too far

Proposed changes to the Investment Canada Act and foreign investment review process - benefit or increased burden for foreign investors?

Delaware Chancery Court relies on Ontario decision on confidentiality agreements to block a $5.3 billion hostile bid

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

Canada to lift certain restrictions on foreign ownership in the telecommunications sector

M&A activity in the pipeline sector and the politics of moving hydrocarbons

2011 in M&A: a year of break-ups

2011 corporate finance review

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