On February 4, 2015, Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Special Situations Team, were joined by Wes Hall, CEO, Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. to host our annual video webinar “Shareholder Activism: A Year in Review
Demonstrated impropriety, not mere speculation, required to warrant appointment of independent chair: Ontario court
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) recently confirmed that “demonstrated impropriety” is required to warrant court intervention in the appointment of an independent chair of a shareholders’ meeting in a proxy contest. In Meson Capital Partners, LLC v
Board renewal: A focus on board performance
Long-serving boards and board renewal policies may face increasing scrutiny in the 2015 proxy season. Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) recently released a position paper, Beyond Term Limits: Using Performance Management to Guide Board Renewal (the ICD
CSA issues progress report on its review of Proxy Voting Infrastructure
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently provided an update on their ongoing review of proxy voting infrastructure. The progress report follows the publication of CSA Consultation Paper 54-401 Review of the Proxy Voting Infrastructure in August 2013 (the