This week, we’re speaking about private equity law with Enda Wong — the Montréal Leader of McMillan LLP’s Business Law Group. Topics: continuation funds; waiving shareholders’ dissent rights; conflicts of interest and derivative actions . This program contains 30 minutes of substantive content for the Law Society of Ontario’s CPD requirements.
Full Episode (52:55) Download Transcript
⚫ What are the advantages in using continuation funds as an investment strategy? (8:33)
⚫ Can corporate shareholders waive their dissent rights through contractual agreements? (17:45)
⚫ How can conflicts of interest lead to derivative actions in the private equity context? (26:18)
⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (36:08)
⚫ What does the work of a private equity lawyer typically look like?
⚫ What are some strategies that private equity lawyers can employ to streamline the due diligence process?
⚫What are the key clauses or provisions a lawyer typically focuses on when negotiating investor rights in a private equity agreement?
⚫ How have private equity firms adapted to mitigate risks in cross-border transactions given the tightening of the foreign investment review process?
⚫ What are some of the upcoming changes that you foresee private equity lawyers will be grappling with in the years to come? (49:33)
1. Continuation Funds as an Investment Tool (11:10) Download
2. Dissent Rights Under Shareholder Agreements (11:20) Download
– Husack v. Husack, 2024 ONCA 117
3. Derivative Actions for Limited Partnerships (12:37) Download
– Binscarth Holdings LP v. Grant Anthony, 2024 ONCA 522
4. Ask-Me-Anything: Private Equity Law (16:47) Download
⚫ What does the work of a private equity lawyer typically look like?
⚫ What are some strategies that private equity lawyers can employ to streamline the due diligence process?
⚫What are the key clauses or provisions a lawyer typically focuses on when negotiating investor rights in a private equity agreement?
⚫ How have private equity firms adapted to mitigate risks in cross-border transactions given the tightening of the foreign investment review process?
⚫ What are some of the upcoming changes that you foresee private equity lawyers will be grappling with in the years to come?
About the Guest:
Enda Wong is a partner with McMillan LLP where she is the Montréal Leader of the Business Law Group.
Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity and venture capital investments. Enda handles a variety of regional, national and cross-border transactions, practising both common law and civil law. Acting on behalf of private enterprises, institutional and private equity investors and non-profit organizations, Enda provides counsel on commercial, regulatory and compliance-related issues, including in respect of services agreements, contests filings and compliance with the Charter of the French Language.
Enda has been repeatedly recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada and Lexpert as a leading lawyer in M&A, Corporate Law and Private Equity and was a winner of the Lexpert 2021 Rising Star Awards: Leading Lawyer Under 40 and is a co-author of the 2024 International Comparative Legal Guide: Private Equity (Canada Chapter).
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