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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

The Kay report and the UK Government’s response

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 2 2013

On 23 July 2012, the Final Report on The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making (the "Report") was published. The Report

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

Antitrustcompetition & marketing year-in-review: Europe

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, France, United Kingdom
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March 15 2013

The Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures in March 2012. The Manual consists of internal working documents on the procedures for

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

Break fees from UK public companies unenforceable

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 22 2012

The High Court recently held that break fees offered by UK public companies constitute unlawful financial assistance and, as such, are unenforceable

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"

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Multilateral CSA Notice 45-311 and crowdfunding

The Kay report and the UK Government’s response

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

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

Antitrustcompetition & marketing year-in-review: Europe

Spinoff techniques revisited

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

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

Break fees from UK public companies unenforceable

Tax Court of Canada renders decision on taxation of break fees

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