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Osler Update July 18, 2024

Corporate transparency registers: what private companies need to know as requirements get stricter across Canada

Requirements for private companies to disclose corporate ownership information on “transparency registers” have swept across Canada. We explain...

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Corporate transparency registers: what private companies need to know as requirements get stricter across Canada
Osler Update February 29, 2024

Recent developments impacting unanimous shareholder agreements in Ontario

Two recent Ontario cases illustrate how common provisions in unanimous shareholder agreements could be interpreted when majority and minority...

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Recent developments impacting unanimous shareholder agreements in Ontario
Osler Update December 11, 2023

Impact of transparency register requirements on financial sponsors

In recent years, new requirements for private companies to disclose corporate ownership information have proliferated across Canada.

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Impact of transparency register requirements on financial sponsors
Osler Update June 20, 2021

Exchangeable share structures – an overview

Exchangeable share structures have been a fixture in structuring cross-border share exchange mergers and acquisitions involving Canadian corporations...

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Osler Update February 12, 2021

Wastech and discretion: The Supreme Court of Canada on the duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith

In Wastech, the SCC sought to clarify the scope of the duty to exercise contractual discretionary powers in good faith previously recognized in...

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Osler Update October 6, 2020

One of these things is not like the other: A Canadian amalgamation is similar to a Delaware merger, but there are critical differences

A recent decision of the Delaware Superior Court (the Court) serves as a useful reminder that there are important differences between a Canadian...

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