Five Critical Issues for Business Owners
In my role as a business lawyer, I help business owners transition their businesses to new owners so they can move on to the next ... Continued
Don Sihota Hosts: How to Buy or Sell a Business Seminar – February 27, 2020
Don Sihota’s seminar: How to Buy or Sell a Business will take place on Thursday, February 27, 2020. This confidential half-day seminar provides business owners and entrepreneurs ... Continued
Deposit, Break Fee or Neither?
The sale of a business to a third party is a great business succession strategy. While a sale is a complex and time consuming process, ... Continued
Firewalls: Protecting the Proceeds from your Business Sale Transaction
Many business owners make the mistake of thinking that the only objective of a seller of a business is to get as much money as ... Continued
Don Sihota Hosts: How to Buy or Sell a Business Seminar
Don Sihota’s seminar: How to Buy or Sell a Business will take place on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. This confidential half-day seminar provides business owners ... Continued
CSA Provides Guidance on Public M&A Transaction Disclosure
On November 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) provided guidance on disclosure for reporting issuers doing merger and acquisition (“M&A”) transactions in the cannabis ... Continued
Don Sihota Featured in The Lawyer’s Daily
Don Sihota’s article entitled “Show me the money: Cautionary M&A tales” was recently published in The Lawyer’s Daily. Don explains how over the past 30 ... Continued
Secure the Purchase Price
When most people think about lenders of money, they think about banks and not themselves. In fact, there are many situations where ordinary people lend ... Continued
A Word of Caution for Vendors
Human behaviour can be so predictable. If you’re a vendor, you need to be aware of certain “things a purchaser will do”. With 30 years ... Continued
Expanded Fiduciary Duties for Directors of CBCA Companies
The principles from the seminal case on directors fiduciary duties, BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, 2008 SCC 69 (“BCE”), has finally been codified. In this ... Continued
What’s Your Number?
When it comes to selling their business, business owners frequently focus only on the sale price, to the exclusion of the sale terms. This is a ... Continued
M&A – 2018 in Review
It’s hard to believe we’re already starting the second quarter of 2019. It seems like 2018 just finished, and what a year it was for ... Continued