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Green investment funds: threshold considerations and challenges

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

With the Obama administration’s focus on renewable energy and the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"), we are seeing increasing investment interest in the renewable energy sector

State-owned buyers of Canadian businesses

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 28 2009

Pursuant to amendments made to the Investment Canada Act (the "Act") by Bill C-10, in force in March 2009, the pre-existing low $5 million threshold for Industry Canada review of foreign investments in the uranium sector has been substantially increased

Chinese rule changes mean more mining acquisitions

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • September 28 2009

China’s appetite for foreign mining and energy companies continues to grow

Opportunities for Canadians to plug into the U.S. stimulus package

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • June 2 2009

On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Act"

Court stops hostile bid due to financial advisor’s conflict of interest

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2009

In February 2009, the Ontario Superior Court stopped a hostile bid by Rusoro Mining Ltd. for the shares of Gold Reserve Inc. because Rusoro’s financial advisor, Endeavour Financial International Corporation, had a conflict of interest

TSX overruled OSC requires approval of HudBay shareholders in proposed acquisition of Lundin

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2009

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently exercised its seldom-used statutory right to review decisions of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and overturned a TSX decision

OSC overturns TSX decision - requires shareholder approval based on fairness concerns

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 11 2009

On January 23, 2008, the Ontario Securities Commission issued its decision In the Matter of HudBay Minerals Inc., setting aside a prior decision of the Toronto Stock Exchange and requiring approval by the shareholders of HudBay Minerals Inc. of the company’s proposed acquisition of Lundin Mining Corporation

OSC orders Hudbay shareholder vote in Lundin merger

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 12 2009

On January 23, 2009, the Ontario Securities Commission prohibited HudBay Minerals Inc. (HudBay) from issuing shares in connection with its proposed merger with Lundin Mining Corporation (Lundin) without first obtaining HudBay shareholder approval for the transaction

Strategic field poison pill need to reconsider joint venture agreements

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Russia
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  • January 29 2009

Legislative developments have created a very uncertain position in the event of a strategic field classification and this needs to be factored into existing investments for exploration of potentially large deposits

Private investment consortium Macquarie Infrastructure Partners receives approval to acquire Duquesne Light Holdings Inc FERC emphasizes state's concurrent jurisdiction

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 10 2007

FERC continued turning the mergers and acquisition (M&A) tide by approving Macquarie Infrastructure Partners' $1.59 billion acquisition of Duquesne Light Holdings Inc., while emphasizing the importance of concurrent state commission approval requirements