Michael Lee-Chin’s out to reshape the Canadian investment landscape. But that takes more than just launching a few funds.
A recent conference in Toronto organized by Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVAC) featured a presentation by Matthew Cumming and Andrew Matheson, both partners at McCarthy Tétrault LLP and adjunct professors in the University of Toronto Law School, on the key legal tools shareholders have at their disposal to exert influence on the companies they’ve invested in.
While tax havens and art may seem like interesting ideas for placing capital, those seeking returns should be slightly more conventional.
Buyout and related private equity market activity in Canada took significant strides forward in 2011, with a record number of deals, and dollar flows reaching their highest levels in three years, according to CVCA Canada.