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High society: Canada braces for cannabis M&A boom — The Lawyer

In a comprehensive report from the UK’s leading industry journal, The Lawyer, on the state of Canada’s burgeoning cannabis industry, Osler...

Exclusive: China’s HNA Group seeks up to $1.5 billion in new fund – document – Thompson Reuters

HNA Aviation and Tourism Group – a unit of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group – is aiming to raise up to $1.5 billion by the end of 2018 in a new...

Robert Yalden will be the inaugural holder of the Stephen Sigurdson Professorship at Queen’s

After 27 years with the Firm, Rob Yalden will be taking early retirement from Osler later this year in order to join the Queen’s University Faculty...

Are we putting too much trust in blockchain? – CBA National

In a recent feature in CBA National, the regular publication of the Canadian Bar Association, Agnese Smith examines the rising popularity of...

U.S. tax reform hits Canada — Canadian Lawyer

Osler partner Paul Seraganian tells Canadian Lawyer that he predicts “a more level playing field” resulting from the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...

Sandra Abitan, Montréal Managing Partner, wins the Leadership Award from the AFFQ

Osler congratulates Sandra Abitan, the Managing Partner of the firm’s Montréal office, on winning the Leadership Award from the Association of...

Canadian M&A deals seen rebounding after sluggish first quarter – Thomson Reuters

Though the first quarter of 2018 was sluggish for mergers and acquisitions among Canadian companies, an uptick in deals is expected moving forward,...

Lawyers stumped over new gender and identity provisions for environmental impact assessments – National Post

In February 2018, the federal government introduced Bill C-69 which, among other things, repeals the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 and...

Issue must be ‘novel’ to avoid cost award – Law Times

In Mancinelli v. Royal Bank of Canada, Justice Paul Perell outlined the criteria for determining if an issue in a claim is significantly “novel”...

Supreme Court sets out liability for auditors – Law Times

In a recent 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada held that Deloitte & Touche breached the duty of care it owed to its client, Livent Inc.,...