After many successful years of publishing the Legal Year in Review (LYIR) outlining our reflections on significant developments in the Canadian legal and business landscape over the previous year, we were inspired to make a change. We are still providing the same high quality, insightful commentary on significant developments over the past year that our readers have come to rely on. This year we also hope to include our outlook on what to expect in 2024 and beyond as a result of these developments. The new Osler Legal Outlook was born from this expansion.
Providing valuable and insightful guidance about legal implications, potential trends and “what ifs” presents a challenge at the best of times and in the best economic conditions. This certainly wasn’t the situation in 2023. Ongoing economic uncertainty, including persistent inflation and high interest rates, as well as ongoing geopolitical instability, continue to colour markets and transactional practice. M&A and capital markets volumes were markedly lower, especially compared to the prior “boom” period of 2018 to 2021 …
