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Corporate Liability for Sole Shareholder Corps

In preparing for the statutory drafting exercise for the exam, I’ve been thinking about whether and why sole shareholder corps should benefit from limited liability. In Kosmopoulos II (the 1987 case) Wilson J refused to pierce the corporate veil because it would create ‘an arbitrary difference between sole shareholder and multiple shareholder corps’. In my […]

Vivendi/Ubisoft

Interesting evolving takeover and related events, made that much more impactful for some of us since they involve creative content companies. Links below: Vivendi stake in Ubisoft passes 25%, increasing takeover threat: French media company needs to acquire 30% of publisher’s stock before it can offer to buy the company Ubisoft dev fears ‘constraints that […]