Samantha Gordon

Corporate, Commercial and Securities

Counsel in precedential case on securities process and disclosure in a conflict of interest transaction.
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.
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.
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.
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

Counsel to multiple electronic manufacturers defending multijurisdictional civil cartel/conspiracy class action proceedings.
Counsel to multiple global financial institutions defending multijurisdictional civil cartel/conspiracy class action proceedings.
Counsel to multiple global auto-parts manufacturers defending multijurisdictional civil cartel/conspiracy class action proceedings.
Counsel to a financial institution defending class action proceedings relating to alleged breaches of consumer protection laws.

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.
Represented a ground lease tenant in an arbitration dealing with a breach of contract dispute.
Represented a global investment company in an arbitration dealing with a purchase price adjustment contract dispute

Selected Decisions:

The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. (Re), 2020 ONSEC 6
Pioneer Corp. v. Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42
R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15
Friends of Toronto Public Cemeteries Inc. v. Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, 2018 ONSC 7711
Omega General Insurance Company v. Tsianos, 2017 ONSC 5179
In the matter of the court-appointed receivership of Casselman Plywood Hardware Building Centre Ltd., 2017 ONSC 4107
Samuels v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 ONSC 7937
Fontanilla v. Thermo Cool Mechanical, 2016 ONSC 7023
Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale v. Sieber Estate (Trustee of), 2016 ONCA 399, 2016 ONCA 400
Yim v. Rogers Communications Partnership, 2016 ONSC 2105