Deals in the technology sector continue to represent a significant percentage of overall transaction activity in Canada. The technology sector represented 13 percent of deal flow in 2020 and 23 percent of deal flow in the first quarter of 2021.
The Canadian government has fostered an environment leading to the growth of Canada's technology sector, with tax incentives and immigration policies that support the growth of tech companies, in addition to a large pool of skilled labour and venture capital dollars put to work in the sector. Canada's demonstrated leadership in financial technology, digital health, Software as a Service (SaaS), and artificial intelligence (AI) has created considerable deal activity in the technology sector, which is likely to continue.
The Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the “Act”) came into force on January 1, 2024, implementing enhanced reporting requirements for certain entities to…
Ontario’s Court of Appeal concluded in a recent decision that, subject to limited exceptions, shareholders can contractually waive statutory “dissent rights”, which allow shareholders to dissent in…
Goodmans partner Jon Feldman was recently featured on the Mission Matters Business Podcast with Adam Torres for the episode "State of Shareholder Activism in Canada", and shared his insights on Canada…
On February 22, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published updated guidance on virtual shareholder meetings following initial guidance provided in February 2022. See…
Goodmans partner Neill May has been featured by The Deal for his work as Canadian Counsel to Chord Energy Corp. (CHRD) in their acquisition of Enerplus Corp. (ERF). Read the full deal description…
Bill Gorman and Randy McAuley co-authored Access Model for prospectuses: Final amendments announced in Law360 Canada. Excerpt from Access Model for prospectuses: Final amendments…
Goodmans is acting for FINSIGHT Group Inc in connection with issuing a letter to the board of directors of Q4 Inc, announcing that it intends to vote AGAINST the Q4 Inc’s proposed plan of arrangement…
Goodmans LLP is acting for Browning West, LP in connection with issuing a letter to Gildan Activewear Inc. advocating for the reinstatement of its former CEO, Glenn Chamandy…
Goodmans acted for Bazaarvoice Inc., a leading platform for full-funnel authentic user-generated content and social commerce, in relation with it’s acquisition of Granify Inc., an e-commerce company…
Goodmans acted for Kensington Capital Partners in connection with AGF Private Capital Inc.'s acquisition of a majority interest in Kensington. Kensington is one of Canada’s leading alternative…
We are delighted to announce the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2024 once again features Goodmans lawyers among Canada's experts.Congratulations to our 33 featured lawyers:Alan…
We are proud to announce Goodmans LLP has once again been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.91 Goodmans lawyers have been recognized as top-tier in their…
We are proud to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top-tier recognition from Chambers and Partners in the Chambers Global 2024 Guide released today. Recognition from…
