Canada: Shareholders

The concept has been tested. The brand is established. The Canadian market appears attractive. The decision to move forward is often driven by a combination of opportunity and momentum.

Matthew Sammon and Andrew Locatelli examine 10 noteworthy commercial decisions from 2021 to 2025, offering practical lessons for litigators, in-house counsel, and business leaders. These cases provide a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the complexities of modern commercial disputes on Canada's Commercial List.

This retrospective examines five years of oppression remedy jurisprudence from Canada's Commercial List, analyzing key trends and landmark decisions that shape shareholder dispute litigation. The analysis provides business owners, directors, officers, and litigators with practical insights into the likelihood of success in oppression proceedings and the strategic approaches that resonate most effectively with Commercial List judges.

In private mergers and acquisitions transactions in Ontario, it is customary for a share purchase agreement ("SPA") to include a mechanism that allows the purchase...

Shareholder meetings may often appear to be a routine corporate affair, but they are the foundation of shareholder democracy. When a director election becomes contested, the manner in which a company administers...

Le 19 mars 2026, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont annoncé la mise en œuvre d’un projet pilote autorisant les émetteurs émergents admissibles...

The CSA's pilot project to allow eligible venture issuers to voluntarily adopt semi-annual financial reporting (SAR) is set to begin in March 2026(the SAR Pilot).

Many clients and businesses located outside of North America look to Canada and the U.S. to incorporate subsidiaries for a number of reasons...

L'année écoulée a été marquée par un nombre de développements jurisprudentiels importants qui continuent à façonner l'interprétation et l'administration du régime d'imposition du Canada.