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Multilateral CSA Notice 45-311 and crowdfunding

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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May 9 2013

In an effort to encourage crowdfunding, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") of the country's provinces and territories, with the exception

Transactions to minimize the tax implications of the twenty-one-year rule for trusts

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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April 30 2013

For income tax purposes, trusts are generally deemed to dispose of their capital property every 21 years following their creation, resulting in the

A new era in Canadian defensive tactics? Canadian securities regulators publish competing proposals on poison pills and defensive tactics

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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March 26 2013

Since the Supreme Court of Canada's 2008 decision in BCE, Canadian boards responding to a hostile bid have been faced with a conundrum. On the one

Spinoff techniques revisited

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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March 4 2013

There has been a trend for a number of years for many public companies to seek to dispose of business operations that are outside of their core

Dramatic conclusion to six months of uncertainty under the Investment Canada Act: government approves two acquisitions by state owned enterprises and issues new SOE guidance

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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December 8 2012

Yesterday, Canada’s Industry Minister announced that he had approved, under the Investment Canada Act, the proposed acquisitions by CNOOC, a Chinese stated-owned enterprise (“SOE”) of Nexen, an oil and gas company with significant oil sands assets, and Petronas, a Malaysian SOE of Progress Energy, a natural gas producer

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec sells 5.63 of its stake in BAA, raises £253 million

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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September 29 2012

As part of the transaction by which Ferrovial, S.A. sold 10.62 of its stake in BAA’s holding company, FGP Topco Ltd., to Qatar Holding LLC for 607 million, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has announced that its stake in BAA will decrease from 21.18 to 15.55

Tax Court of Canada renders decision on taxation of break fees

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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May 24 2012

On February 24, 2012, the Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") rendered its decision in Morguard Corporation v. Her Majesty the Queen (2012 TCC 55 PDF) on the issue of the taxation of break fees received in the context of a takeover bid pursuant to a "lock-up agreement"

Amendment to Investment Canada Act will allow greater ministerial disclosure

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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May 2 2012

Bill C-38, the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, which was given first reading on April 26, 2012, contains a proposed amendment to the Investment Canada Act to allow the Industry Minister to publicly disclose the fact that he has sent a preliminary notice to a foreign investor that he is not satisfied that the foreign investor’s proposed investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada

Raising funds: is $150,000 an amount you should be concerned about?

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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April 3 2012

Startup technology companies, junior exploration firms and other ventures in Canada rely on a number of exemptions and tax vehicles to help raise operating and growth capital

Antitrustcompetition & marketing year-in-review: Canada 2011

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Canada
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February 29 2012

2011 was all about enforcement

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