Dec. 19, 2024 - Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian public companies in 2023, when shareholder engagement reached its...
Announcement
The 2024 Canadian Law Awards Recognizes Two Major Davies Deals
Congratulations to all award winners, and especially to our clients for the well-deserved recognition they received at the 2024 Canadian Law Awards.
This year, Davies is proud to have acted as counsel on the following winning deals:
M&A Deal of the Year: Rogers Communications’ C$26-billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, the largest telecom deal in Canadian history
Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year: Umicore’s investment in Ontario, building a first-of-kind EV battery components factory
We are honoured to be able to work on our clients’ most complex and ground-breaking matters in order to shape the Canadian legal landscape.
Now in its fifth year, the Canadian Law Awards not only recognize top law firms and in-house legal teams, but also individuals, deals and cases that have demonstrated excellence and made significant contributions to the legal profession. This year, the ceremony was held in Toronto on May 9, 2024.
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