Governance watch: ISS issues 2014 Canadian proxy voting guidelines update
Institutional Shareholder Services has issued an update to its Canadian proxy voting guidelines for 2014. This year’s update touches on…
View ArticleActivist shareholders influence and delay the merger process
Recently, a number of high-profile deals and announcements suggest that activist shareholders are exerting their influences…
View ArticleIPO watch: JOBS Act spurs offerings in the oil and gas industry
Oil and gas companies have been very active on the IPO market lately, as evidenced by Rice Energy’s recent…
View ArticleRegulation 2013: enforcement focuses on overseas activities while new...
Five years after the financial crisis of 2008, regulators continued to crack down on perpetrators of financial crime. New rules and regulations…
View ArticleM&A watch: Singapore-based Avago Technologies’ acquisition of LSI to undergo...
Due to the foreign status of Avago and the Delaware-based incorporation of LSI, the parties will have the transaction reviewed by CFIUS…
View ArticleM&A watch: two-step tender offer and privatization of Valassis utilizes...
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp is one of the latest acquirers to incorporate Section 251(h) of the DGCL in its privatization…
View ArticleM&A watch: AIG makes second attempt to sell off non-core asset ILFC
AIG’s second attempt at selling its airplane leasing unit, ILFC, is part of a larger strategic plan to sell…
View ArticleWeek in review: December 14-20, 2013
This week’s significant events in M&A, corporate governance, regulation and corporate finance…
View ArticleCorporate governance watch: Darden's proposed Red Lobster spin-off falls...
Restaurant operator Darden Restaurants Inc is facing pressure from a second activist investor to create value for shareholders by breaking up...
View ArticleLitigation watch: Chevron’s Ecuadorean nightmare revived in Canada
For two decades, the case Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation has wound a circuitous path through the legal systems of various nations. Though it appeared...
View ArticleCorporate governance 2013: shareholder activists demand voices in the...
Shareholder activists took an increasingly prominent role in corporate governance this year, as companies in a whole range…
View ArticleCorporate governance watch: recent no-action letters show continued focus on...
Two recent no-action letters indicate that dual-class share structures remain a concern of investors…
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