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OfficeMax and Office Depot merger of equals who will sit behind the CEO’s desk?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2013

One of the more interesting governance issues in any merger of equals transaction is determining which Chief Executive Officer will take the helm of

TCC denies the use of acquired losses

  • Thorsteinssons LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • January 13 2013

In NRT Technology Corp v. The Queen, 2012 TCC 420, a company (NRT) acquired a target company with substantial business losses (Losses). NRT

2012 capital markets review

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • 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

M&A: Torys' top trends for 2013 - Trend 3 - Shareholder Activism

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 3 2013

Shareholder activism is not new to Canada, but Pershing Square's 2012 success with CP Rail sent a clear message to Canadian boards: no widely held

End of a trend? Canada approves CNOOCNexen and PetronasProgress acquisitions, but revises approach to SOE investment

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 12 2012

On Friday, December 7, 2012, the Canadian government issued determinations under the Investment Canada Act, approving acquisitions by foreign state-owned enterprises of two companies with significant operations in the Canadian oil sands

British Columbia Court of Appeal overturns TELUS shareholder meeting decision

  • Lawson Lundell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 15 2012

On October 2, 2012, I blogged about court intervention in shareholder proxy contests in British Columbia

Doing business in British Columbia 2012

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 12 2012

Except where otherwise noted, this paper is current as of September, 2011 and provides preliminary information on Canadian and British Columbia legal matters to assist you in establishing a business in British Columbia and provides general guidance only

Anti-inversion regulations severely limit substantial business activities exception, as illustrated with Canada

  • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • August 10 2012

In 2004, Congress enacted 7874 to put an end to certain perceived abuses associated with ‘‘inversion transactions,’’ i.e., transactions in which a U.S.-based multinational corporation migrates to a lower-tax jurisdiction in order to reduce U.S. taxation

Doing business and raising capital in Canada

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 29 2012

We have prepared this Business Law Guide as a general overview of certain legal and business matters that may be relevant to a decision to establish or invest in a business in Canada

Poison pill 101: shareholder approved and tactical pills

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 17 2012

One of the key questions in connection with the decision to adopt a poison pill, or shareholder rights plan, is whether the rights plan should be “shareholder-approved” or “tactical”