The Evolving Investment Canada Act: Practical Tips for Parties and Counsel // Foreign Investment

Episode 5: Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series

Neil Hoolihan sits down with Katherine Burke, Director General of Canada’s Investment Review Branch; and Julie Soloway, Co-chair of the Competition, Antitrust, and Foreign Investment practice at Canadian law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon; to discuss forthcoming changes to the Investment Canada Act and the practical implications for parties and counsel.

Topics covered include:

• Anticipated changes to the Investment Canada Act
• Transparency of the ICA review process
• Ways parties can help make the process more efficient and effective
• Issues to be considered at the outset of a transaction and addressed in transaction agreements