Skilled and tenacious litigator known for his expertise in capital markets and securities, intellectual property (IP) and administrative and public law. Adam acts in contested transactions, investigations and enforcement proceedings before Canadian securities regulators such as the Ontario Securities Commission. Some of these cases are well-known in Canadian media (Re Sino-Forest and Re Catalyst (HBC)). His focus on intellectual property includes trademark litigation under the Trademarks Act. A prevalent part of his practice deals with regulatory and litigation matters related to new technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Highly respected lawyer with a capital markets and securities law practice that focuses on mergers and acquisitions. Leo works with startups and established companies on public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, business alliances, casino gaming, licensing transactions and corporate governance matters. He has extensive experience acting for technology, industrial and mining issuers.

Benjamin is a leading fraud, asset tracing and technology litigator, recognized as a “next generation partner”, “future star” and “leading lawyer to watch” by Legal 500 Canada, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and Benchmark Litigation respectively. Ben has significant expertise in all forms of commercial fraud, digital asset tracing and recovery, particularly as they relate to technology-based property and the seeking of or defending against all forms of injunctive relief. Ben has been lead counsel in a number of precedent-setting cross-border investigations and fraud cases, including as lead counsel in the first reported Anton Piller Order (Civil Search and Seizure) on cryptocurrency in Canada. Ben’s legal precedents in fraud and cryptocurrency have been the subject of media attention by Bloomberg Businessweek (the feature story), Canadian Lawyer and the Financial Post, and his opinion has been sought by CoinDesk.