Lexpert published its US/Canada Cross-Border Guide – Corporate on June 10. Click here to view the digital edition.
The Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (the Lexpert US/Canada Cross-Border Guide – Corporate) profiles peer-ranked lawyers in the following practice areas: Asset-Based Lending, Banking and Finance, Competition/Anti-Trust, Corporate Finance and Securities, Corporate Tax, Energy, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring, M&A, Mining Law, Technology Transfers, Commodity Tax/Customs, Franchising and Project Finance. In addition to information on Lexpert-ranked lawyers, this publication also identifies “Corporate Lawyers to Watch” – winners and finalists in the previous year’s Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 Awards. A select list of Expert Witnesses is included in the publication as well. This guide is delivered to more than 15,000 US senior in-house counsel and 5,000 lawyers in major US markets.
The publication also features the following journalist and law-firm authored articles geared to keeping attorneys and in-house counsel in the US informed of relevant business litigation issues in Canada:
Take-Overs Get a Makeover: A Guide to the New Take-Over Bid Regime in Canada
by Gesta A. Abols; Grant E. McGlaughlin; Michael Partridge
The new harmonized take-over rules have been released by the Canadian Securities Administrators. The new rules are an attempt to enhance the quality and integrity of the take-over bid regime and rebalance the dynamic between all bidders, target boards and target shareholders.
Securities in Flux
Canadian securities law has seen a raft of recent changes, including a new national securities model, a take-over bid regime, proxy regime reform, a push for proxy advisor regulation and new listing exemptions
Taxing Commitments
The federal government’s commitment to fight against base erosion and profit shifting and an evolving duty of care for tax authorities are all on the radar of tax lawyers
Franchisors face a complex and challenging legal environment across Canada
The Digital North
Canada’s privacy, anti-spam and research funding rules pose significant challenges for US businesses and technology investors that have their eyes on Canada