Students will explore the principles and practice of securities law in Canada. Students will learn how corporations sell their shares to investors by way of public offerings and private placements and about the rules applicable to such transactions. Students will also learn about the ongoing disclosure obligations of public companies, insider reporting and trading rules applicable to insiders of public companies, the process relating to communicating with shareholders of public companies and the process and law relating to takeovers of public companies.
Students will explore the principles and practice of securities law in Canada. Students will learn how corporations sell their shares to investors by way of public offerings and private placements and about the rules applicable to such transactions. Students will also learn about the ongoing disclosure obligations of public companies, insider reporting and trading rules applicable to insiders of public companies, the process relating to communicating with shareholders of public companies and the process and law relating to takeovers of public companies.