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With unprecedented crises such as COVID-19 and dramatic climate change, boards must create a strong sense of social responsibility. In addition, structures such as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and...

As of recently, Ontario legal persons no longer have to pay the registration fees when registering in Québec's Enterprise Register.

Our previous blogs discussed capital-raising for businesses in the agricultural sector. Generally speaking, to raise money by selling shares, a business must either prepare a prospectus or sell...

Canadian technology and VC-backed exits don't follow the broader Canadian private M&A playbook. They are a distinct market, built around pricing precision, technology-specific risk, and a remedies stack calibrated for venture-backed sellers.

On August 17, 2012 the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) published a bulletin entitled Private Placements – Temporary Relief from Certain Pricing Requirements (Original Bulletin), which provided, on a temporary basis and subject to compliance with the Original Bulletin, the granting of relief to TSXV issuers from certain existing pricing requirements related to private placement financings.

Earnouts are contractual clauses in private M&A that tie part of the purchase price to the target business's performance post-closing.

In January 2010, Ford Motor Company discovered that funds had been misappropriated at one of its franchisees. On the application of one of the franchisee's creditors, a court ordered the franchisee into receivership and held that no agreements then in place (including the franchise agreement) could be terminated without consent of the court.

On May 1st, 2020, significant amendments to the British Columbia Business Corporations Act (the "Act") will come into effect.

On April 17, 2023, Generative AI Solutions Corp. ("GenAI" or the "Company") (CSE: AICO) (‎FSE: 99L.F) (OTC: IDLSF), Ultron Capital Corp. ("Ultron") and a wholly owned subsidiary...

On November 7, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") released CSA Staff Notice 51-365 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024...

On this episode, Blair McCreadie is joined by Andrea Johnson, Partner and Global Co-Head of Dentons Private Equity group, to discuss recent insights gleaned from Dentons' exclusive report...

Under Delaware law, the seller in an M&A transaction can include a "Great Hill clause", i.e., one designed to preserve the seller's control over the target's privileged pre-closing attorney-client communications.

Ce guide propose aux non-Canadiens une introduction aux lois et à la réglementation qui s'appliquent aux activités commerciales au Canada, plus particulièrement en Ontario.

On August 15, 2023, special purpose acquisition company Pono Capital Three, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTHR) ("Pono") announced the execution of a definitive Business Combination Agreement with Robinson Aircraft Ltd., a Lindsay, Ontario-based company doing business as Horizon Aircraft.

2024 was an eventful year for shareholders under Delaware corporate law, and one both private equity and venture capital watched with great interest.

In an earlier issue, we reported on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Staff Notice 52-320 Disclosure of Expected Changes in Accounting Policies Relating to Changeover to International Financial Reporting Standards — to provide our readers advance notice of the mandatory transition of financial reporting standards applicable to Canadian publicly accountable enterprises from Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (Canadian GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards.

On August 3, 2012 the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada ("IIROC") issued its strategic plan for 2012-2015 ("Plan").