Canadian Stock Exchanges Provide COVID-19 Relief Measures
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) have announced relief measures for listed ... Continued
COVID-19: Securities Regulators Issue Guidance for Moving to Virtual AGMs
With directions and recommendations from all levels of government and health authorities to avoid large gatherings and practice social distancing to the extent possible as ... Continued
BC Securities Commission Provides Temporary Relief due to COVID-19
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BC Securities Commission (the “BCSC”) announced temporary measures to provide relief to regulated entities from certain disclosure and ... Continued
M&A in the midst of a Black Swan Event
As the devastating financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are felt by businesses of all sizes around the world, M&A decision makers are reviewing transactions ... Continued
COVID-19 Relief for Public Companies: Filing Deadline Extensions And Virtual Shareholder Meetings
Public companies are navigating choppy waters as a result of COVID-19. In addition to dealing with market volatility, public companies are facing critical business decisions ... Continued
Amendments to BC Securities Act to Clamp Down on Promotional Activities for Securities Issuers
Recently BC’s Securities Amendment Act, 2019 received Royal Assent. The Act amendments are significant and extensive and provide the BC Securities Commission with significant new ... Continued
CSA Provides Guidance on Public M&A Transaction Disclosure
On November 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) provided guidance on disclosure for reporting issuers doing merger and acquisition (“M&A”) transactions in the cannabis ... Continued
Selling Your Business – Five Tips for First Timers
If you are like most successful family or private business owners, you have worked hard, experienced highs and lows over the years and learned many ... Continued
Bernard Pinsky, Q.C. in the Latest Issue of BC Business Magazine
Our Capital Markets, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Co-Chair, Bernard Pinsky was quoted in the April 2019 BC Business Magazine article “The Promised Land: B.C. is ... Continued
Canada to Regulate Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms
On March 14, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published the consultation paper Joint Canadian Securities Administrators/Investment ... Continued
Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
Congratulations to our 21 CW lawyers on being peer-selected for the 13th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2019: Aaron Singer, Alex Petrenko, Amy Mortimore, Bernard Pinsky, Q.C., Brent Meckling, Chris Ramsay, Darren Donnelly, David ... Continued
Canadian Securities Regulators Consider Most ICOs and Tokens as Securities, Subject to Prospectus
CSA staff (“CSA”) on June 11, 2018 issued CSA Staff Notice 46-308, Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens (’46-308”). 46-308 was intended to respond ... Continued