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EDITORIAL
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FEATURES
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MORE POWER TO REGULATORS
Deals now more complicated, costly, and uncertain
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MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Anti-ESG sentiment in US creeping into Canada
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LEADING FINANCE AND M&A LAWYERS
Outstanding Canadian legal talent
CANADIAN LAW AWARDS
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MORE ESTEEMED LEXPERT-RANKED
LAWYERS AND LAWYERS TO WATCH
FOLLOW US
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UPFRONT
DUE DILIGENCE KEY
Preventing burnout of team
paramount in acquisitions
TOP DEALS OF 2023
M&A Awards of Excellence
announced
SPECIAL EDITION: FINANCE AND M&A 2024
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CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
AS INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION
STABILIZE, WILL DEALMAKERS GET OFF
THE SIDELINES AND INTO THE ACTION?
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Canadian
LAW AWARDS
2024
