Engaged investors and stakeholders are increasingly looking to influence strategic and operational decision-making, board and management makeup, and internal corporate practices of Canadian public companies. Activists are looking to change leadership, corporate governance, capital structures and business practices, in an effort to improve shareholder returns.
Our team can help implement effective strategies for target companies and activists. We can assist you with a range of needs, including:
- assessing risks and financial implications
- considering strategic alternatives
- comprehensive advance preparation
Our playbook on shareholder activism is well-tested. We take a multi-disciplinary approach, combining our corporate and securities expertise with our comprehensive litigation experience, which has resulted in leading case law and new best corporate practices.
We provide strategic and technical advice on:
- initial activist proposals and responses
- proxy fights
- unsolicited take-over bids
- corporate defenses
- disclosure and communications policies
- dispute resolution alternatives
- management of shareholder meetings
- responding to shareholder proposals and demands for corporate records
- regulatory requirements, government investigations and hearings
- related-party transactions
- internal investigations
- advising Canadian public companies, boards of directors and special committees on corporate governance matters and day-to-day securities compliance issues
