On November 21, 2013, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) issued its 2014 Corporate Governance Policy Updates applicable to issuers holding their shareholder meetings on or after February 1, 2014. Updates for the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific were released.
Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of our Canadian Special Situations Team, recently authored an opinion piece in the National Post’s FP Comment section on “good” corporate governance . They argue that the emphasis Canadian companies place on good
On December 13, 2013, Glass Lewis (GL) published its 2014 Proxy Voting Guidelines for the upcoming proxy season for the U.S., Canada, the UK and Asia. Some of the key updates are summarized below. We recommend that readers
A recent trio of hotly contested proxy fights involving Norton Rose Fulbright’s Special Situations Team helped further clarify and define the rights of a board of directors to determine the timing of a shareholders’ meeting.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the Special Situations Law blog, a space for our Special Situations team members to comment and deliver insight on the legal and business developments impacting shareholder activism in Canada and globally. The