As we previously discussed, the use of share buybacks has accelerated in recent years, both in Canada and the United States. This has sparked anxious debate over the extent to which buybacks can form part of an effective long-term
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Webinar – Corporate governance, shareholder activism, and hostile M&A: Key developments in 2018 and a look ahead
Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team, will host a 60-minute webinar on corporate governance, shareholder activism, and hostile M&A on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 12 p.m. EST. To sign up, please
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Walied Soliman interviewed in “Creating a Unified Vision — How Some Activists are Working with Boards and Management”
Walied Soliman, Global Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright and co-chair of the firm’s Canadian special situations team, was recently interviewed in a piece by Skytop Strategies (view here). The piece draws on recent experiences to discuss how shareholders…
Activist Insight Monthly features interview with Co-Chairs of Canadian Special Situations team
This month’s edition of Activist Insight Monthly, which focuses on Canada, features an in-depth interview with Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, Co-Chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team. The interview focuses on recent trends our team is seeing…
Preparing for activism in 2018: the activist investing annual review
Activist Insight recently published the fifth annual edition of The Activist Investing Annual Review (the Review). The Review analyzes global activist investing trends over the past few years, with an emphasis on 2017, forecasts developments expected in 2018, and…
ISS releases 2018 Americas Proxy Voting Guidelines Updates
On November 16, 2017, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its 2018 Americas Proxy Voting Guidelines Updates (the Updates). These updates implement changes in a number of areas, with the most significant being a gender diversity policy…
Proxy access: wrong for Canadian companies, wrong for Canada
In our latest memo, members of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team weigh in on proxy access. The memo is written by Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, Partners and Co-Chairs of our Canadian Special Situations team, and Joe Bricker…
Trends and predictions in Canadian proxy contests
Kingsdale Advisors (Kingsdale) recently released its annual Proxy Season Review for 2017. The report examines trends observed in 2017 and provides analysis on what the future may hold for Canadian proxy contests. The report also outlines strategic recommendations…