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Private to public and back again

Canadian initial public offering (IPO) activity boomed from 2018 to 2021, with transaction volumes peaking in 2021.

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.

Ontario Superior Court rules on fair value in Baffinland dissent decision

In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) found that the price at which a takeover bid process was ultimately...

Top Canadian public M&A legal developments in 2022

The pace of Canadian M&A activity slowed in 2022 relative to record deal activity levels in 2021. I

Cineplex awarded $1.2 billion by Ontario court for ‘busted deal’

In a highly anticipated decision, an Ontario Court has held that Cineworld improperly terminated its December 2019 agreement to purchase Cineplex’s...

M&A: A look back at 2021 and ahead to 2022

As the world worked towards returning to a “new normal,” Canadian public M&A deal volumes in 2021 outpaced those in 2020 on both a quarterly...

Potential Canadian implications of the Archegos fallout

Global bank losses following the Archegos Capital Management fallout now surpass $10 billion, prompting renewed focus in the United States on...