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Canadian M&A outlook: cautious optimism in a reshaped market

The “Trump bump” many M&A practitioners anticipated for 2025 largely failed to materialize, dampened by tariff uncertainty and geopolitical...

Connect with Osler at IBA 2025 in Toronto!

Osler, your Canadian partner As a proud host of the 2025 IBA Annual Conference in Toronto, we are delighted to welcome our global peers from...

Declining hostile bids, IPOs and public companies

Canada has seen a decline in hostile take-over bids and a rise in shareholder activism, alongside a continued decrease in IPOs suggesting policy...

Private equity M&A: strong appetite for exchangeable share structures

Exchangeable share structures are expected to become increasingly popular in the coming years.

Navigating control transactions: clarifying acceptable conduct boundaries

We review recent Canadian securities regulatory authority decisions that impact control transactions.

Canadian global minimum tax, digital services tax and other international tax reforms

The international tax landscape has seen substantial and complex changes in recent years, with still more underway.

Highlights of the new Competition Act and pending changes for foreign investment

We explore what all these and other changes mean for businesses operating in Canada.

Doing Business in Canada

Navigating the Canadian business landscape requires a thorough understanding of the legal, regulatory and economic environment.

Increased rigour in merger enforcement

The Canadian merger review regime under the Competition Act (the Act) has undergone significant change from a substantive, technical and procedural...