Derek J. Bell
DLA Piper
Articles
Cineplex’s biggest blockbuster of 2021 is not on the screens: Ontario Court Awards $1.2 billion in damages to Cineplex because Cineworld walked from its merger deal
Canada - December 16 2021 Can a purchaser in a merger transaction walk away from the deal because of COVID-19? For the second time in a year, the Ontario Superior Court of…
Trapped in an impasse: Is deadlock enough to wind up a closely-held private company?
Canada - December 13 2021 The “easy” oppression cases are where one of a few shareholders in a private company misappropriate assets, or otherwise act in a manner that…
Canadian and UK courts engage on whether COVID-19 is a “material adverse effect” in M&A transactions
Canada, United Kingdom - March 25 2021 When COVID-19 hit the world, academics and legal practitioners began to ask whether the existence of COVID-19, or governmental responses to it, would…
Wastech v Greater Vancouver: The Supreme Court narrows the scope of review over the exercise of contractual discretionary power
Canada - February 9 2021 In Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, the Supreme Court of Canada has given further guidance on the…
Facilitation payments no longer permissible under Canadian anti-corruption law
Canada, OECD, United Kingdom, USA - November 16 2017 Canada's repeal of the "facilitation payments" exception in its foreign anti-corruption law widens the rift between the United States, which permits…
