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Competition, marketing and foreign investment law saw a number of changes in the past year.

As the half-way mark of 2025 approaches, mergers and acquisitions activity remains in a state of fitful growth, marked by a number of offsetting market forces and uneven levels of activity.

BHP Billiton's bid for Potash Corporation in November 2010 which was blocked by the Canadian government made financial headlines worldwide.

In late April 2008, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations on national security reviews of acquisitions of U.S. businesses by foreign persons.

Davies' Doing Business in Canada guide provides executives, in-house counsel and foreign investors with an overview of the legal framework governing Canadian business operations...

Global M&A has risen substantially in 2015, with the total value of deals internationally surpassing US$3 trillion.

The following offers a high-level summary of some of the legal issues that organizations should consider when investing in the Western Canadian market.

While the volume of big ticket M&A transactions appears to be on the rise as we enter the third quarter of 2008, it is unlikely that we will see the same number of deals as in prior years.

A recent decision under Canada's foreign investment law, which involves as the target a space technology firm, raises questions about whether the ruling marks a shift in the way in which our federal government is going to look at foreign investments in Canada and whether this development will put a chill on foreign takeovers.

We have summarized key developments in Canadian law from the fourth quarter of 2016, relevant to the oil and gas industry.

On April 14, 2026, the Government of Alberta (Alberta) introduced Bill 30, the Expedited 120-Day Approvals Act, 2026 (Bill 30).

Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to the People's Republic of China in January 2026 concluded with the release of a joint Economic and Trade Cooperation Roadmap.

If nothing else, a visit to China confirms that the economic centre of gravity is shifting to Asia and that trend is being accelerated by the global recession.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service ("CSIS") is Canada's principal national intelligence service. CSIS investigates actions believed...

Last week, the federal government adopted regulations implementing long-awaited changes to the Investment Canada Act (ICA).

The ICA contains provisions which enable the Canadian government to begin a national security process for investments that may be "injurious to national security".

It has been an eventful year so far for foreign investment review in Canada. As expected (see our December 2016 Update)...

In the past week, the Government of Canada has twice asserted a more aggressive posture towards investments by state-owned enterprises ("SOE") in Canada's critical minerals sector.