Corporate Acquisitions And Mergers In Canada

Derived from Kluwer’s multi-volume Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers, the largest and most detailed database of M&A know-how available anywhere in the world, this work by a highly experienced partner in the leading international law firm Dentons Canada LLP provides a concise, practical analysis of current law and practice relating to mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies in Argentina. The book offers a clear explanation of each step in the acquisition process from the perspectives of both the purchaser and the seller. Key areas covered include: structuring the transaction; due diligence; contractual protection; consideration; and the impact of applicable company, competition, tax, intellectual property, environmental and data protection law on the acquisition process. Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers is an invaluable guide for both legal practitioners and business executives seeking a comprehensive yet practical analysis of mergers and acquisitions in Canada. Equivalent analyses of M&A law and practice in some 50 other jurisdictions, all contributed by leading law firms, are accessible on-line at www.kluwerlawonline.com under Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers.

Derived from Kluwer's multi-volume Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, the largest and most detailed database of M&A know-how available anywhere in the world, this work by a highly experienced partner in the leading international law firm Dentons Canada LLP provides a concise, practical analysis of current law and practice relating to mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies in Canada. The book offers a clear explanation of each step in the acquisition process from the perspectives of both the purchaser and the seller. Key areas covered include: structuring the transaction; due diligence; contractual protection; consideration; and the impact of applicable company, competition, tax, intellectual property, environmental and data protection law on the acquisition process. Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers is an invaluable guide for both legal practitioners and business executives seeking a comprehensive yet practical analysis of mergers and acquisitions in Canada. Equivalent analyses of M&A law and practice in some 50 other jurisdictions, all contributed by leading law firms, are accessible on-line at www.kluwerlawonline.com. under Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers.

In this book Professor Nicholls, one of Canada's leading scholars in corporate and securities law, offers a succinct and insightful discussion of the principal laws governing mergers and acquisitions transactions conducted in Canada. This third edition discusses the implications of a host of recent legal and regulatory developments.

This book offers a succinct and insightful discussion of the laws governing mergers and acquisitions transactions conducted in Canada. It draws on a collection of loosely related legal principles and rules in corporate law and securities law as well as in tax, competition, and a handful of other areas. Professor Nicholls, one of Canada's leading scholars in corporate law, provides a clear guide to this complex pastiche of legislation, regulation, administrative and judicial decision-making, and standard practices which have developed over time from both domestic and international precedents. This second edition discusses the implications of a host of legal and regulatory developments since 2007, including Multilateral Instrument 62-104 and the parallel Ontario securities law developments, groundbreaking court decisions including the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment in BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Icahn Partners LP v. Lions Gate Entertainmentand major Delaware opinions such as Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Airgas, Inc.and Lyondell Chemical Company v. Ryan, as well as many securities commission decisions including Re Neo Materials Technologies, Re Baffinland Iron Mining Corp., Canadian Hydro Developers, Re Pulse Data Inc., Re VenGrowth Funds, and Re Patheon Inc.

This document contains papers on the following: recent trends in merger and acquisition activity in Canadian and selected countries; patterns and motivations in Canadian acquisitions abroad; foreign ownership and corporate strategy; foreign multinational enterprises and merger activity in Canada; hostile takeovers; taxation and Canada-U.S. cross-border acquisitions; and mergers and acquisitions and the public interest.