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Corporate, Commercial and Securities
- Counsel in precedential OSC case on securities process and disclosure in a conflict of interest transaction (2020 ONSEC 6).
- Represented an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Comeau, the leading case concerning free trade in Canada under s.121 of the Constitution Act (2018 SCC 15).
- Represented companies in technology, manufacturing and mining industries in litigation matters and related strategy in hostile proxy / control contests.
- Represented a European banking client in an appeal before the Ontario Court of Appeal in a complex 12-year, multi-transfer fraudulent conveyance action.
- Represented an international telecommunications company in defending an interlocutory and permanent injunction based on allegedly misleading advertising statements.
- Represented a ground lease tenant in successfully responding to a leave to appeal application to the Supreme Court of Canada in a dispute regarding a rent reset provision.
- Represented a lender in related bankruptcy and receivership proceedings (2017 ONSC 4107).
- Canadian counsel for SABMiller plc regarding Canadian Competition Bureau clearance of its US $107 billion take-over by Anheuser Busch InBev SA/NV..
Class Actions
- Successful motion to strike a claim alleging conspiracy to fix real estate brokerage fees (2023 FC 1293).
- Represented a computer component manufacturer in successfully defeating certification (2021 FC 1185, affirmed 2023 FCA 89, leave to appeal refused 2024 CanLII 543). The case was selected as GCR Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defence.
- Represented an appellant before the Supreme Court of Canada in Pioneer Corp. v. Godfrey, the leading case on certification standards in anti-trust class actions (2019 SCC 42).
- Counsel on various multijurisdictional civil cartel/conspiracy class action proceedings, including cases involving finance (foreign exchange, SSA bonds), computer components (DRAM, ODD), digital display advertising, generic drugs, various auto parts, caustic soda, salmon, fragrance and real estate brokerage commissions.
- Counsel to numerous cannabis companies on secondary market securities class actions in Canada and as Canadian counsel for parallel US proceedings.
- Counsel on consumer protection / representation class actions including with respect to pharmaceuticals, credit card overdraft charges, and cocoa supply chains.
Arbitrations
- Represented a ground lease tenant in a complex rental reset arbitration.
- Defended a mining company in an international arbitration (LCIA) regarding a claim for a 50% interest in a mining project in Africa arising from an Earn-in agreement.
- Represented a global telecommunications company in an arbitration dealing with a breach of contract dispute.
