Mathieu Taschereau

Dec 20, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Mathieu Taschereau

Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian public companies in 2023, when shareholder engagement reached its highest levels since record-setting 2018. The latest installment of Governance Insights includes the following:... Please see full publication below for more information.

Mar 4, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Patricia Olasker |Jonathan Bilyk |Mathieu Taschereau

What is a spurned seller’s recourse when a buyer walks away from a deal in breach of the purchase agreement? In private M&A, the answer is reasonably straightforward: sue the buyer to close the deal or to recover damages. In public M&A, however, the answer is murky at best. The problem arises from the manner in which public deals are typically structured.

Dec 8, 2023 | lexology.com | Patricia Olasker |Brett Seifred |Franziska Ruf |Jeffrey Nadler |Brandon Orr |Ghaith S. Sibai | +6 more

Get Smart on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Corporate Governance: Key Considerations for Boards of DirectorsOn November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT—a conversational, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot trained on OpenAI’s foundational large language models—arguably catalyzing today’s new wave of interest in AI.

Nov 21, 2023 | mondaq.com | Patricia Olasker |Ghaith S. Sibai |Mathieu Taschereau

Davies' Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contests in Canada guide draws on our market-leading expertise to offer our insights on the principal legal and practical considerations for both activists and target companies, as well as notable recent developments and key differences between Canadian and U.S. requirements. As a top Bloomberg-ranked Canadian law firm in activism, Davies is involved in many of the country's high-stakes contests.

Nov 16, 2023 | lexology.com | Patricia Olasker |Sébastien Roy |Ghaith S. Sibai |Mathieu Taschereau |Rachel Park |Brandon Orr

To view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. CanadaNovember 16 202301. Applicable Rules In Canada, the rules governing shareholder activism are derived from four principal sources: the target’s corporate statute and constating documents, securities legislation, common law and stock exchange rules.