Diversity on Canadian boards: key trends and potential changes to disclosure...
Over the last decade, there has been a notable increase in the number of women on boards and in executive officer positions across Canadian issuers. This progress is reflected in the Canadian...
View ArticleCorporate litigation update – shareholder rights under corporate statutes in...
This blog post is the first of a new series looking at recent developments in Canadian corporate litigation, with a slight bias towards Ontario. The goal is to provide regular updates on court...
View ArticleAI governance: considerations for the 2024 proxy season and beyond
As artificial intelligence (AI) regulation takes shape globally, public companies face the challenge of navigating this evolving landscape. In Canada, securities regulators are actively deliberating...
View ArticleShareholder meeting format: considerations for going virtual in 2024
With the 2024 proxy season now in full swing, companies face a number of important questions. Among them is the timely question of meeting format: whether to hold the company’s annual general meeting...
View ArticleAre You Ready for the 2025 Proxy Season?
Canada saw 69 shareholder activist campaigns in 2023 – an unprecedented high from previous years.1 The 2024 proxy season saw a continued evolution of the shareholder activism landscape with a...
View ArticleTrusts: To Trust or Not to Trust?
Recently, there have been a number of high-profile proxy fights involving trusts, particularly real estate investment trusts (REITs). In contrast to corporations, a trust is predominately governed by...
View ArticleAn analysis of complex M&A, shareholder activism, corporate governance issues...
On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump secured a decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election. In response, markets surged, while activists watched closely as companies and investors alike prepared...
View ArticleShould Shareholder Democracy Overrule Courts?
On January 4, 2024, the Court of Chancery of Delaware struck down the largest potential compensation plan in the history of public market – Elon Musk’s $55.8 billion compensation plan from Tesla. Can...
View ArticleSEC Announces a New Approach to Shareholder Proposals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signalled a new approach to its regulation of shareholder proposals, especially as they relate to social impact issues. In Staff Bulletin No. 14M,...
View ArticleShareholder Activism in the Trump Era: Conditional Resignations for Activist...
As we predicted in a previous blog post recapping our webinar on the evolving activism landscape in Canada and the U.S., we have seen increased levels of shareholder activism in 2025. In this post,...
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