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Preparing for the OSC’s 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire: What Registrants Need to Know
Friday, March 27, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Tara Dewan, Michael C. DeCosimoCorporate Law, Securities LawOSC, Registrants, 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has issued an advance notice regarding the 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire (“RAQ”) for registrants in Ontario...
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Staying Ahead: The Value of Annual Compliance Reviews for Ontario Registrants
Thursday, March 12, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Tara Dewan, Michael C. DeCosimoSecurities LawCompliance, Ontario
Regulatory requirements for registrants in Ontario are constantly evolving...
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Well-Known Seasoned Issuers Understanding the New Prospectus Regime
Thursday, January 29, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Michael C. DeCosimoSecurities LawNew Prospectus Regime , Seasoned Issuers
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”), Companion Policy 44-102CP (“CP 44-102”), and National Policy 11-202 Process for Prospectus Reviews in Multiple Jurisdictions (“NP 11-202”) to establish a permanent expedited base shelf prospectus regime for eligible well-known seasoned issuers (“WKSIs”)...
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Directors and officers need to stay focused and diligent during COVID-19 health emergency
Thursday, April 16, 2020Arlene O'Neill, Kathleen SkerrettCorporate Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Tax LawDirectors and Officers Liability, Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage, HST
With the COVID-19 health emergency continuing for a least another month in Ontario and non-essential businesses remaining closed, directors and officers must continue to remain focused of their duties and to protect the companies they serve as a director or officer and themselves from potential liability.
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What Can Go Wrong when a Director is also the largest Shareholder
Monday, October 2, 2017Kathleen SkerrettCorporate Law, Securities Law
One of the things I have enjoyed most about practising law is the wonderful and unusual fact situations that can arise. Having now practised for 20 years, I can recollect a number of situations that would involve some version of “I can’t believe that actually happened”. Earlier this year I had another. We acted as counsel for a public company...
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Responsive Market Regulation - Comments on 2017 OSC Paper
Monday, July 31, 2017Heather ZordelCorporate Law, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Capital MarketsOntario Securities Commission, Education
In a world where money flows rapidly between established markets and a growing number of innovative markets in multiple jurisdictions, it is an increasing challenge for regulators to “keep up” with...
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Securities Distributions Outside of Canada. A Summary of the OSC's Proposed Rule 72-503
Tuesday, July 26, 2016Kathleen Skerrett, Heather ZordelCapital Markets, Business Law, Securities Law, LitigationOntario Securities Commission, Rule 72-503
The line designating when the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will regulate a distribution of securities is being redrawn. The current “rule”, Interpretation Note 1 Distributions of Securities Outside Ontario under a repealed OSC Policy 1.5 (OSC Interpretation Note 1.5) has...
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