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Osler Update December 17, 2021

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...

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Cineplex awarded $1.2 billion by Ontario court for ‘busted deal’
Osler Update December 13, 2021

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...

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M&A: A look back at 2021 and ahead to 2022
Osler Update May 17, 2021

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...

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Potential Canadian implications of the Archegos fallout
Osler Update March 1, 2021

Commission emphasizes take-over bid regime predictability in ESW/Optiva decision

The OSC released the reasons for its order of Sept 14, 2020, dismissing the application for exemptive relief brought by ESW, the largest shareholder...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Top public M&A legal developments in 2020

While the declaration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic in Q1 – and its subsequent impact – resulted in a sharp decrease...

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Osler Update December 13, 2019

Private equity continues to drive deal activity

The 2019 year-to-date activity levels in the Canadian private equity (PE) space are strong, exceeding 2018 levels for the same period. In this...

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Osler Update December 13, 2019

Top public M&A and proxy contest legal developments in 2019

This article sets out some of the most notable Canadian legal developments in public M&A and proxy contests in 2019.

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Osler Update February 22, 2019

Court rejects deal price as indicator of fair value in dissent decision

In an extraordinary decision, the Supreme Court of Yukon in Carlock v. ExxonMobil Canada Holdings ULC (ExxonMobil), awarded dissenting shareholders a...

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Osler Update March 21, 2018

Poison pills under the new bid regime: lessons & questions flowing from Canada’s largest cannabis M&A deal to date

On March 15, 2018, the OSC and the Financial Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan issued their reasons for the Aurora-CanniMed decision.

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Osler Update July 27, 2017

Securities Commission staff raise the bar for conflict transactions

Staff of the securities regulatory authorities in each of Ontario, Québec, Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick have indicated that they intend to...

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