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Osler Legal OutlookAsset joint venture monetizations: unlocking capital while keeping controlIn this article — “Asset joint venture monetizations” — we discuss asset joint ventures as a strategy for funding large, long-dated capital programs in a higher-rate environment and tas a way to retain operational control over business-critical infrastructure. These transactions have proven to be compelling in the right circumstances to unlock significant value.This article is authored by Alex Gorka, a partner in Osler’s Corporate practice and Co-Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, Brett Anderson, a partner and Jeremy Wu, an associate in the Corporate Group.Osler Legal Outlook is brought to you by Osler, Hoskin & H...
2025-12-0412 min
Into the Woods (Collingwood FC Podcast)thank you portIn this extremely sunny show we chat about our come from behind win against the Dees, Port’s huge upset over the Suns, our relief of finishing top 4, what we need to improve at to go all the way, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Bobby Hill, Jordan De Goey, Jeremy Howe, Izak Rankine, Snoop Dogg and much more.If you would rather watch us you can find us over on YouTube.Instagram: @IntoTheWoodsPod10X: @IntoTheWoodsPod 1:13 - Farewell Will Hoskin-Elliott9:26 - Hot Topics...
2025-08-231h 32
The Restump PodcastHey AlexaAny chance a few of the forwards might get on board the Moose caboose? Time to Restump Podcast the emotional roller-coaster Friday night ride, resulting in a loss to the powerful premiership favourite Pies. Collingwood are deservedly premiership favourites so there is some level of merit in Freo’s Friday night performance. However, we just can’t do honourable losses any more. While the 14-point margin suggests a closely fought contest, the reality is Freo should have handed out a six-goal belting. How are we so talented in finding unique ways of avoiding victory! What are we...
2025-05-1249 min
Osler Legal OutlookNavigating control transactions: clarifying acceptable conduct boundariesIn this article — "Navigating control transactions: clarifying acceptable conduct boundaries" — we review recent decisions by Canadian securities regulatory which are helping to guidelines for acceptable behaviour during takeover bids. It will be important for issuers, shareholders and other interested parties to have a good understanding of the regulatory landscape and developing regulatory case law as acceptable behaviour guidelines continue to evolve.This article is authored by Teresa Tomchak, a partner with Osler’s Disputes practice; James Brown, a partner with the Corporate group and Co-Chair: Mining and Natural Resources; Alex Gorka, a partner with the Corporate group and Co...
2024-12-0511 min
The Restump PodcastShoota Themselves In The FootNo one wanted to lose Lachie Schultz but the fan’s reaction at the time was way over the top! Who is offering up a 1st rounder to get him back? Time to Restump Podcast the Friday night Pie fight.It wasn’t necessarily in a Don Corleone type of manner but Collingwood made us an offer we couldn’t refuse, and they probably didn’t have to! If only to stoke some retaliatory fire it is worth mentioning, albeit with some cherry picking embellishment, that Lachie whined that he felt disrespected, he cried victim and he pa...
2024-05-2341 min
Osler Legal OutlookPrivate to public and back againIn this article – “Private to public and back again” – we look at the dramatic change in the number of companies that have completed initial public offerings in the last six years, how they are performing now and examine the strategic considerations of a going private transaction. This article is authored by Jeremy Fraiberg and Alex Gorka, partners in the Corporate Group and Co-Chairs of the Mergers and Acquisitions practice, and Ben Fickling, an associate also in the Corporate Group. Osler Legal Outlook is brought to you by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Osler is a leading...
2023-12-0111 min
Gaming News Canada ShowManipulation of sports competitions symposium highlights need for more educationThe sport and sports betting communities got together this week for the first time since 2019 as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, and McLaren Global Sport Solutions hosted the Symposium on Match Manipulation and Gambling in Sport at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Canadian Gaming Association president/CEO Paul Burns joined the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP to provide a summary of the happenings from the two-day conference of panels, keynote addresses and collaboration by both communities to educate athletes and other participants in sport about the realities i...
2023-06-0414 min
Keep The ChangeHelp For NZ Employee's w Super-Advice's Jeremy HoskinJeremy from https://super-advice.co.nz/ Joins us in the studio to tell us about what he has built for employers to enable their employee's financial well-being. Jeremy is great value and a down-to-earth person and helps thousands of employees every year get more engaged with their own finances so they can have a better financial life.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and...
2023-05-031h 15
The #WhatsNext PodcastEp 285 - Help For NZ Employee's w Super-Advice's Jeremy HoskinJeremy from https://super-advice.co.nz/ Joins us in the studio to tell us about what he has built for employers to enable their employee's financial well-being. Jeremy is great value and a down-to-earth person and helps thousands of employees every year get more engaged with their own finances so they can have a better financial life.Find us here:https://nextadvisory.nz/#book-onlinehttps://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/ Cheers,Luke & Phil
2023-04-251h 18
Legal Year in ReviewTop Canadian public M&A legal developments in 2022In this article – “Top Canadian public M&A legal developments in 2022” – we review Canadian M&A activity in 2022; the use of derivatives in toehold accumulation strategies; implications of the delayed appeal of the Cineplex/Cineworld decision; recent developments in Rio Tinto’s proposed take-private acquisition of Turquoise Hill Resources; recent examples of public M&A deals being announced on the basis of term sheets; modifications to dual class share structures; the expectation that well-capitalized buyers will take advantage of depressed target prices during the first half of 2023; and further anticipated responses from the Ontario Securities Commission with respect to a number o...
2022-12-1324 min
Legal Year in ReviewM&A: A look back at 2021 and ahead to 2022In this article – “M&A: A look back at 2021 and ahead to 2022” – we examine the remarkable volume of deal-making activity in Canada in 2021, a massive increase over the unpredictability of 2020, and the factors driving this to continue in 2022. We review “busted deal” litigation ensuing from the COVID-19 pandemic, including a pending decision that raises novel and complex damages issues. We also look at an order from the Alberta Securities Commission, the first in Canada to consider the use of derivatives to acquire a toehold position in the target and likely to have significant implications for toehold accumulation and stake-building strategies...
2021-12-2221 min
Do We Know Things?39 – Rethinking Femininity: Understanding FemmephobiaWhen I say the word femininity, what comes to mind? What words would you use to describe femininity? Do you think things associated with femininity are less important or valid than things associated with masculinity? Have you ever thought about it before? On this episode of Do We Know Things, I interview Dr. Rhea Ashley Hoskin, a femme researcher known for her work on Femme Theory and her work on femmephobia, which identifies the ways society devalues and regulates femininity. I will tell my story of understanding my own internalized femmephobia and how I learned to rethink femininity. Dr...
2021-07-2031 min
Legal Year in ReviewTop public M&A legal developments in 2020While the declaration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic in Q1 – and its subsequent impact – resulted in a sharp decrease in deal volumes in the first and second quarters of 2020, deal volumes rebounded strongly in Q4. In this article – titled “Top public M&A legal developments in 2020”, we provide an overview of those trends as well as some of the most notable Canadian legal developments in public M&A in 2020.This article is authored by Alex Gorka, Manny Pressman and Jeremy Fraiberg, who are all partners in Osler’s Corporate group. Legal Year in...
2020-12-0809 min
ILTA VoicesSeries: Global Legal Innovators: Episode #3This podcast series will feature a couple speakers located across the globe who are doing things differently and can offer unique perspectives on what the state of legal innovation looks like in different places.
Moderator:
@Nicola Shaver - Managing Director, Innovation and Knowledge, Paul Hastings, LLP
Speakers:
@Jeremy Coleman - Head of Innovation, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
@Simon Wormwell - Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Canada)
Recorded on 6-5-2020
2020-06-1622 min
Fathom: getting below the surface of the UK fishing industry.Fathom 2: Staying safe at seaThis month the Fathom team has been out on the quay talking about fishing safety. The new ILO 188 encompasses a new set of rules and regulations fishermen have to follow, but what does it mean when it has to be put in to practice on the water? Fathom is here to help fishermen find out. In this episode, the team speak to NFFO's Safety Adviser and Safety Folder Founder, Robert Greenwood and Clive Palfrey Cornwall's Fishing Safety Adviser about where ILO 188 came from, what the safety folder is how it can help make fishermen safer and what d...
2019-12-0239 min