This book offers a succinct and insightful discussion of the laws governing mergers and acquisitions transactions conducted in Canada. It draws on a collection of loosely related legal principles and rules in corporate law and securities law as well as in tax, competition, and a handful of other areas. Professor Nicholls, one of Canada's leading scholars in corporate law, provides a clear guide to this complex pastiche of legislation, regulation, administrative and judicial decision-making, and standard practices which have developed over time from both domestic and international precedents.

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Changes of Corporate Control is the latest title in Irwin Law's Essentials of Canadian Law series. It will be the first reference for legal practitioners, corporate executives, students, or anyone else who requires an up-to-date, authoritative analysis of the Canadian legal environment in which changes in corporate control take place.

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Summary Table of Contents

Preface
List of Statutes, Regulations, and Abbreviations
Prologue

CHAPTER 1: Overview
CHAPTER 2: Competition Act and Investment Canada Act Considerations
CHAPTER 3: Asset Purchases
CHAPTER 4: "Mergers"/Amalgamations and Statutory Plans of Arrangement
CHAPTER 5: Takeover Bids (Part 1): Formal Bid Rules
CHAPTER 6: Takeover Bids (Part 2): Exemptions
CHAPTER 7: Hostile Bids and Defensive Tactics
CHAPTER 8: Insider Bids, Going-Private Transactions, and Other Business Combinations
CHAPTER 9: Proxy Contests
CHAPTER 10: Conclusion
Table of Cases
Index