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M&A: Is there a value gap between the US and Canada?

We often get asked by our clients that are considering M&A, whether or not Canadian tech companies trade at a discount to their US peers. In a perfect market there shouldn’t be a difference between the two, but as we all know, markets are rarely perfect.....

Ed BryantAugust 7, 2016

M&A: What to do when you get an inbound enquiry

The Canadian tech merger market has started the year off very strong, with $5.1bn of transactions compared to $3.1bn in all of 2015. In Ottawa we have seen a similar trend with 9 M&A transactions as of the end of June versus 10 for the whole of 2015.

But what’s driving this increased activity? A sizeable proportion of this deal activity is driven by what’s known as inbound M&A.....

Ed BryantJuly 25, 2016M&A, Mergers