Becoming a public company is not a big event in the life of a business; it's a huge one. The transition from private to public can be out of this world in terms of sheer complexity. But that didn't keep Canadian companies from making the leap in 2017, a year in which the initial public offering came back to life. For all of 2017, 38 new issues raised $5.1-billion on all Canadian exchanges. And corporate finance lawyers suggest many more are in the pipeline for the first half of 2018.
Lexpert contributor Sandra Rubin reports at www.lexpert.ca.
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