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Bought deal failure lessons learned from the Stetson Weisel decision

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 26 2013

In mid-2008, Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd., a Calgary-based junior oil and gas exploration company that trades on the TSX Venture Exchange, hired underwriter

Common restrictive covenants in corporate transactions successfully challenged in the Ontario Court of Appeal

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 25 2013

Companies involved in M&A transactions should be aware of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Martin v. ConCreate USL Limited Partnership

Proposed amendments to Canada’s early warning reporting regime

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2013

The Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") have published for comment proposed amendments to the early warning reporting regime in Canada

The continuing saga of permissible deal protections in Delaware: standstill pill combo not preclusive if the mechanics are right

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

Following a trilogy of cases decided in late 2012 by the Delaware Court of Chancery, dealing with standstill provisions in non-disclosure

News flash - important developments affecting foreign investment in Canada

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 8 2012

The federal government today announced that it has approved CNOOC's acquisition of Nexen Inc. as well as Petronas' acquisition of Progress Energy Resources Corp. Both of these transactions involve proposed acquisitions of Canadian businesses by foreign state owned enterprises ("SOEs"

Chinese enterprises represent overlooked source of financing for Canadian mining juniors

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, China
  • -
  • December 4 2012

In recent years, Canada’s resource sector has increasingly recognized the importance of China as a market for its natural resources, to the point where China is now Canada’s second-largest trading partner

Getting in: considerations and structures for entering the Chinese market

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 30 2012

In this presentation, Jack Yong explores considerations and structures for entering the Chinese market

Canadian government rejects (on an interim basis) Petronas' proposed acquisition of Progress Energy

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 23 2012

Just before midnight on Friday, October 18, Canada’s Industry Minister announced his interim conclusion that Petronas’ proposed C$6 billion acquisition of Progress Energy does not satisfy the “net benefit to Canada” test under the Investment Canada Act

Heart and soul - proposed changes to the UK Takeover Code's residency test

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 28 2012

The United Kingdom's Takeover Panel, the regulatory body that oversees the conduct of public mergers and acquisitions, recently commenced a consultation process about the application of its regulations, the 'City Code', to companies which have historically not benefited from its protection

Doing business in Canada

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 17 2012

Unlike the United States, Canada was not created by a unilateral declaration of independence from the colonial occupation of England