Canadian Securities Law

Cybersecurity is now well established as a focus for boards of directors worldwide. The pace of developments on the regulatory and litigation fronts in 2018 and early 2019 suggests that cyber-risk management will become an even more central preoccupation... Read more

Stikeman Elliott’s Alethea Au and Victoria Hale recently co-authored the Canadian contribution to Lexology Navigator’s “Outsourcing” content hub. Written in Q&A format, this publication provides an excellent overview... Read more

Four Stikeman Elliott lawyers – Alix d’Anglejan-Chatillon, Ramandeep Grewal, Éric Lévesque and Christian Vieira – recently authored the Canadian chapter of The Virtual Currency Regulation Review, published by Law Business... Read more

The OSC has established a burden reduction task force that indicates it will focus on enhancing competitiveness for market participants by reducing their regulatory burden. The OSC recently published OSC Staff Notice 11-784 - Burden Reduction (the “OSC... Read more

On December 13, 2018, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) issued a Notice of Arrangement Regarding the Access, Collection, Storage and Use of Derivatives Data with the securities authorities of five of Canada’s less populous jurisdictions: Newfoundland... Read more

On December 17, 2018, the Alberta Securities Commission (“the ASC”) released its annual oil and gas review (“the 2018 Review”). The review delineates the key areas of disclosure identified over calendar 2018 as needing improvement... Read more

On November 19, 2018, amendments to Alberta’s Securities Act (the “Act”) came into force to protect whistleblowers who disclose securities-related misconduct to the Alberta Securities Commission (“ASC”) The ASC released ASC... Read more

Stikeman Elliott structured finance specialists François Gilbert, William Scott and Jonathan Willson recently co-authored the Canada chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Equity Derivatives 2018, a publication of London-based Law Business Research... Read more

As we discussed in a July 2018 post, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) recently proposed allowing issuers to issue additional shares beyond the amount for which they have already obtained shareholder approval for use as consideration for the acquisition... Read more