Laurie Duke

You signed an agreement to purchase a business, and still have a few months before closing. New regulations are announced which you expect will have a significant negative impact on the target’s business. You are starting to get cold feet—can you walk away before closing? In M&A transactions, one of the main risks that buyers […]

Every year, Torys LLP conducts a much-anticipated review of private M&A deal terms in transactions the law firm has advised on. In a PE Hub Canada feature article, Partners Laurie Duke, Guy Berman and Stefan Stauder and Counsel Sophia Tolias provide a deep-dive analysis of the state of the Canadian M&A market and how favourable conditions for sellers, sustained cross-border dealmaking, the growing popularity of R&W insurance, and other key factors are influencing trends.