Participants in the capital markets are exposed to litigation and regulatory risk. Our lawyers have extensive experience acting for traders, investment dealers, financial advisors, regulators, stock exchanges, hedge funds, private equity funds, creditors, institutional investors, directors and officers, receivers, and others in civil litigation and arbitration, regulatory proceedings, class actions, takeover and proxy fights, and professional discipline proceedings.
We have acted in leading cases before the Ontario Securities Commission, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada, and other professional regulators. Our civil litigation experience in this area includes broker-dealer liability, failed securities firms, Ponzi schemes, class proceedings, derivative actions, oppression, misrepresentation, fraud, and related matters.