Roundtable on the Supreme Court of Canada's Judgment in BCE

Faculty of Law, University Of Toronto
Flavelle House, 78 Queen's Park, 
Bennett Lecture Hall 

March 27, 2009

This webcast of this even is archived
Click here to watch the webcast of the BCE Roundtable

In December 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons in the highly publicized BCE case, affirming that Canadian corporate directors owe their fiduciary duty to the corporation and only the corporation. The decision stands to have a significant impact on merger and acquisition transactions in Canada, and is of fundamental importance to boards of directors as well as to shareholders, creditors and corporate stakeholders generally.  We look forward to an interactive roundtable discussion on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision.

Agenda

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.      SESSION 1

  • Moderator: Carol Hansell  
  • Presenters: Edward Iacobucci, Anita Anand (10 mins each)
  • Commentators: Jonathan Lampe, Markus Koehnen, Jeff MacIntosh  (10 mins each)

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.     Break
 
2:45 - 4:30 p.m.     SESSION 2

  • Moderator: Justice Frank Iacobucci
  • Presenters: Jeremy Fraiberg, Poonam Puri (10 mins each)
  • Commentators: James C. Tory, Kent Thomson (10 mins each)

RSVP: Cathy Alzner: associatedean.law@utoronto.ca