In this video from Trending2013: An M&A Series by Cassels Brock, partner Alex Iliopoulos and associate Carolyn Stroz provide an mid-year review of the public M&A landscape in Canada.

Their presentation looks at three specific trends from the first half of 2013, including overall levels of M&A activity, shareholders' rights plans (known as poison pills) and shareholder activism.

To learn more about public M&A activity in the first half of 2013, watch this videocast by Alex Iliopoulos and Carolyn Stroz.

See all of our Trending2013 videos here.

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