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On June 29, 2020, StageZero Life Sciences Ltd. (“StageZero”) (TSX: SZLS) completed a public offering of 66,176,100 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.07 per Unit…

Jun 30, 2020

WeirFoulds represents Antibe Therapeutics in $28.75M bought deal public offering

On June 30, 2020, Antibe Therapeutics Inc. (“Antibe”) (TSXV: ATE) announced that it closed its previously announced bought deal public offering of units (the “Units”) raising aggregate gross proceeds…

Jun 3, 2020

WeirFoulds represents Pelangio Exploration Inc. in closing of non-brokered private placements

On May 27, 2020, Pelangio Exploration Inc. (“Pelangio”, or the “Company”) (TSXV: PX) announced the final closing of its non-brokered private placement offering of hard-dollar units (“HD…

May 4, 2020

Understanding the Impact of Commercial Rent Deferrals on Landlord GST/HST Remittance Obligations

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, businesses have largely closed on a temporary basis to comply with public health orders across all provinces (though we are now seeing…

Apr 22, 2020

Freeze (or Re-Freeze): Come Out of the COVID-19 Crisis With Your Hands Up (in a Victory Pose!)

With the exception of a few businesses (e.g., hand sanitizer and toilet paper manufacturers), the COVID-19 crisis has had a material detrimental impact on the current value…

Jan 27, 2020

WeirFoulds represents RJK Explorations in closing of non-brokered private placements

On January 2, 2020, RJK Explorations Ltd. (“RJK”, or the “Company”) (TSXV: RJX.A) announced the final closing of its non-brokered private placement offering of Class C units…

Dec 12, 2019

WeirFoulds represents Crédit Mutuel Equity in $30 million investment deal in Care Health Group

On December 3, 2019, it was announced that Crédit Mutuel Equity, one of the largest banking groups in France, invested $30 million in the independent pharmacy chain,…

Nov 10, 2019

WeirFoulds represents Kontrol Energy in completion of $3M secured loan financing

On October 31, 2019, Kontrol Energy Corp. (CSE: KNR, OTCQB: KNRLF, FSE:1K8) (“Kontrol”) announced the completion of a $3 million secured loan financing (the “Loan”) with FirePower…

Aug 28, 2019

WeirFoulds represents Antibe Therapeutics in $8M public offering

On August 13, 2019, Antibe Therapeutics Inc. (“Antibe”) (TSXV: ATE) announced that it closed its previously announced public offering of units (the “Units”) raising aggregate gross proceeds…

Aug 1, 2019

WeirFoulds represents XAU Resources Inc. in recent IPO

On July 18, 2019, XAU Resources Inc. (TSXV: GIG.P) announced its completion of an initial public offering of 4,411,500 common shares of the Corporation (the “Common Shares”)…

Apr 3, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Building Owners and Property Managers

WeirFoulds Partners Jeff Cowan and Ryan Morris, and Associates Lia Boritz and Caitlin Stevens presented a paper on “Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Building Owners and Property…

Mar 22, 2019

Budget 2019 In-Depth: Pending Proposals to Limit Preferential Tax Treatment of Employee Stock Options

The 2019 Federal Budget announced the Canadian government’s intent to limit the preferential tax treatment afforded to employee stock options that are granted to “high income individuals…

Mar 11, 2019

WeirFoulds represents Antibe Therapeutics Inc. in completion of $5.75-million bought deal public offering

On February 27, 2019, Antibe Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV: ATE, OTCQB: ATBPF) announced that it closed its previously announced bought deal public offering of 23,000,000 units of the…

Nov 15, 2017

WeirFoulds represents Optiv Security in acquisition of Conexsys

On November 13, 2017 Optiv Security, a market-leading provider of end-to-end cyber security solutions announced that it is continuing to accelerate its growth strategy by acquiring Conexsys,…

Oct 19, 2017

Government Backtracks on Anti-Surplus Stripping Proposals, and Looks to Develop Alternative Proposals

Happily, on October 19, 2017, the Federal Government announced it is not proceeding with yet another measure in its July 18 proposals (summarized here) this time, the anti-surplus stripping proposals. Earlier in the week, the Government announced that it will (i) simplify the income sprinkling proposals and not proceed with proposed measures to limit access to the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption (summarized here) and (ii) add a safe harbour for the proposals impacting the taxation of passive income in a private corporation (summarized here).

Oct 18, 2017

Proposed Tax Measures to Limit Deferral Benefits of Acquiring Passive Investments in Private Corporations

On October 18, 2017, the Federal Government announced its intention to introduce measures to limit the deferral advantage associated with a private corporation using active business income to make…

Oct 16, 2017

Government Backtracks on Certain Income Tax Proposals Impacting Private Corporations and their Shareholders

On October 16, 2017, the Federal Government announced its intention to lower the small business tax rate from 10.5% to 10 per cent, effective January 1, 2018,…

Sep 29, 2017

Beware: Proposed Tax Changes May Require you to Act Now

In a prior Client Alert, we summarized tax proposals released on July 18th, 2017 that will, if enacted as proposed, significantly change the tax rules for private corporations…

Jul 21, 2017

Sweeping Tax Proposals to Impact Private Corporations, Their Shareholders (including Family Trusts) and Post-Mortem Tax Planning

On July 18, 2017, becoming or staying an employee (particularly a government employee) became more attractive. That is the date the Trudeau government released the consultation paper…

Jun 13, 2017

WeirFoulds Partners Listed in Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers

We are pleased to announce that Nikiforos Iatrou, Edmond Lamek and Ryan Morris are listed in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers.

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