September 2003 - Manulife Financial buys Boston-based John Hancock Financial Services in a transaction worth $15 billion.

November 2003 - U.S. based R.R. Donnelley and Sons purchases Moore Wallace for $4.9 Billion.

July 2004 - Molson Inc. announces $4.5 billion merger with U.S. based brewer Adolph Coors Co.

Mergers and acquisitions is big business and whether you are acting for a Canadian company being courted by a foreign multinational, a Canadian corporation acquiring a foreign company or involved in a purely domestic corporate marriage, business combinations require that you address a wide range of legal and business issues.

Mergers and Acquisitions provides you with an easy-to-use guide to the Merger and Acquisition process and to the corporate, securities, financial, competition and labour factors that must be taken into consideration during the process. The service also contains related statutes, for ease of reference.

This Revised Edition includes a completely new, easier-to-use format and typeface. It also features case references which contain both the official law report citation and the LexisNexis® Quicklaw® citation, allowing you to quickly identify and obtain the full-text decisions relevant to your particular case.