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Tighter lending environment fuels distressed M&A deals

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 17 2008

Although the global “credit crisis” phenomenon has been dominating the headlines for some time, the implications of it in Canada may just be beginning in the form of increased distressed M&A activity

The CCAA scene: recent and notable

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 26 2010

In our group's October 2009 e-Communiqué, we reported that Nortel agreed to sell its Enterprise Solutions (business phone) division to New Jersey-based Avaya Inc. for US$900 million

Law on CCAA asset sales clarified in Nortel proceedings

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 12 2009

The highly publicized announcement by Nortel Networks Corporation (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, "Nortel") of its intention to sell certain of its businesses has provided an opportunity for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to settle the state of the law in Ontario (and, hopefully, across Canada) on the sale of all or substantially all of an entity’s assets within Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") proceedings

The sale of assets by a receiver: a cautionary tale

  • Aird & Berlis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 30 2011

The case of Canrock Ventures LLC v. Ambercore Software Inc. et al is a cautionary tale for a Receiver and its counsel alike

The Canadian leasing environment: an overview for US professionals (business and legal)

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 5 2011

As international trade grows, financial institutions and manufacturers of equipment recognize that international sales or globalization of their business is a requirement to staying competitive

Significant proposals to amend Canada’s foreign affiliate tax rules

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • August 22 2011

On August 19, 2011, the Federal Minister of Finance released a significant package of proposed amendments to Canada’s income tax rules applicable to Canadian multinational corporations with foreign affiliates

Who's left standing in the sun? Consolidation of a challenged industry

  • Lawson Lundell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 11 2012

The solar manufacturing industry is suffering from over-capacity

Mergers & acquisitions in a more uncertain world: using the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 25 2012

You are probably aware of the useful restructuring and creditor protection process available to insolvent entities in the United States under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

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

Good news for Canadian mortgagees

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 12 2012

US lenders in cross-border M&A transactions often ask how real estate security differs in Canada