Orestes Pasparakis and Walied Soliman, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian special situations team, and Joe Bricker, associate, have published an article highlighting the growing problem of abusive short selling in Canada and calling for legislative reform. The article ran
5 Key Developments in Canadian Corporate Governance Rules in 2017
Members of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canadian Special Situations team have published an article on the firm’s website highlighting key developments in Canadian corporate governance rules in 2017. The article can be found here: http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/files/ca-5-key-developments-in-canadian-corporate-governance-rules-in-2017-161267.pdf.
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M&A – key developments in 2016 and a look ahead
January 2017 – Walied Soliman and Orestes Pasparakis, co-chairs of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Special Situations Team hosted their annual video webinar on M&A activity in Canada. They highlight the key developments of 2016 and what to expect for 2017. Watch
Non-standard accounting measures: The media, regulators, and shareholders zero in
Non-standard accounting practices have been gaining in popularity among Canadian publicly traded companies. Issuers that rely solely on standard accounting metrics now make up a small minority of the companies listed in the S&P 500 and S&P/TSX 60.
Many issuers
More proxy fights and bully M&A tactics to come for commodity issuers; CSA publishes amendments to the Canadian take-over bid regime
Yesterday morning, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published the long-awaited amendments to Canada’s take-over bid regime (the Amendments) under Multilateral Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids. We believe that these Amendments may result in
CSA publishes proposed amendments to the Canadian take-over bid regime
On March 31, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published proposed amendments to Canada’s take-over bid regime (the Proposed Amendments) under Multilateral Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids, other related instruments and the Ontario
The Rise of Policy Activists?
In a recent twist on activist investing, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) purchased shares in SeaWorld in an effort to address conduct it considers animal cruelty. According to PETA, it bought “the smallest number
Welcome to Norton Rose Fulbright Canada’s Special Situations Law blog!
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