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Top trends for Canadian M&A in 2010 Two of Blake, Cassels & Graydon’s M&A partners have identified some noteworthy trends that they expect will have an impact on the Canadian M&A landscape in 2010.Strategic buyers at the forefrontWith the credit crunch gradually ... Read more	New opportunities under Ontario’s Green Energy Act 2009 The Ontario government recently announced several new regulations and programs to give effect to some of the major components of the Green Energy and Green Economy Act 2009 (the 2009 Act). The 2009 Act is ... Read more
Draft Canadian federal greenhouse gas offset rules issued Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, recently announced that the government is moving forward with its offset credit system for greenhouse gases. Two draft guides were published in the Canada Gazette on 12 June 2009 to ... Read more	Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act 1999 Legislatures around the world have passed laws prohibiting the bribing of foreign public officials to obtain or retain business opportunities. The American Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has received significant public attention recently due to ... Read more
Developments in Canadian private equity It would be an understatement to suggest that 2008 and 2009 to date has been a difficult period for private equity. Canadian private equity did not escape the trend and saw significant drops in fund ... Read more	Competition, antitrust and foreign investment trends On 12 March 2009 the Canadian Parliament passed legislative amendments that constituted a major overhaul of Canada’s competition law bringing it more in line with US antitrust law. The amendments also included significant changes to ... Read more
A 2009 perspective on Canada’s mergers and acquisitions trends? Ten noteworthy trends that will have an impact on the Canadian mergers and acquisitions landscape in 2009 are: 1) Cash is King We expect that debt will remain expensive and lenders gun-shy in the wake of the ... Read more	Trends and developments in outsourcing in Canada The past year has seen trends continue that have been prevalent in the outsourcing market in Canada for several years. There are, however, significant new developments, especially with respect to companies considering the effect of ... Read more
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