• Lead investor in a contested private placement relating to Aimia Inc. before the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal, 2024 ONCMT 9, 2023 ONCMT 51, 2023 ONCMT 48
• Mind Medicine in its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings, LLC
• *Peter Smith, a shareholder, director and former CEO in challenging approval of a plan of arrangement before the TSX Venture Exchange and in court proceedings during a proxy fight relating to procedures for an AGM and proxy voting 2021 BCSC 1758
• *Keith Piggott, a shareholder, director and former CEO in successfully opposing a plan of arrangement proposed by Core Gold Inc.2019 BCSC 1267
• *Amber Capital LP and Paulson & Co Inc., the two largest shareholders of Eco Oro Minerals in the courts of British Columbia during two oppression proceedings during a proxy fight 2017 BCSC 664 and 2017 BCSC 669 and 2017 BCSC 988 including an appeal 2017 BCCA 244, and before the Ontario Securities Commission on an appeal from a decision of the TSX approving a share issuance 2017 ONSEC 23
• *Red Eagle Mining Corporation in its hostile take-over for CB Gold, in which the BC Securities Commission refused to apply proposed amendments to the take-over bid regime and issued a cease trade order over CB Gold’s poison pill 2015 BCSECCOM 401
• *United Flower Growers Co-Operative Association in obtaining approval of a contested plan of arrangement 2015 BCSC 1169, which considered the applicability of the BC Business Corporations Act to a co-operative and the fairness of the arrangement in the absence of dissent rights and a fairness opinion
• *Huntingdon Capital Corp in its hostile takeover bid of KEYreit, which resulted in the first decision of a securities commission to consider the appropriate jurisdiction in which to bring an application to cease trade a poison pill. 2013 BCSCECOM 64 and OSC March 14, 2013
• *Northern Minerals Investment Corp. in a proxy battle to replace the board of Mundoro Capital Inc. resulting in the first court decision regarding the validity of an advance notice policy 2012 BCSC 1090
• *Entities controlled by Carl Icahn in successfully obtaining orders to cease trade poison pills and a successful defence of an appeal from the same resulting in the first decision of an appellate court the validity of a poison pill, during an $800 million hostile takeover bid for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp 2010 BCCA 231; 2010 BCSECCOM 629 as well as a related oppression action during a proxy fight 2010 BCSC 1547 and 2011 BCCA 228.

Capital Markets Regulatory Enforcement/Risk Managements and Crisis Response

• *The TSX Venture Exchange in successfully maintaining its decision from a hearing and review before the British Columbia Securities Commission regarding the suitability of a director 2021 BCSECCOM 79
• *Representing four of the 65 respondents named in a matter before the British Columbia Securities Commission relating to an alleged misuse of prospectus exemptions contrary to the public interest, from which there is a related challenge to the constitutionality of the freeze order section of the Securities Act, and a related class action, Bridgemark Financial Corp. 2019 BCSECCOM 14, 2019 BCSECCOM 191, 2020 BCSC 527, 2020 BCCA 301, 2020 BCSC 1704, 2021 BCSC 1459
• *Paul Oei and other corporate entities in a hearing before the BC Securities Commission relating to fraud allegations Oei 2017 BCSECCOM 365 and 2018 BCSECCOM 231
• *Representing a registrant in enforcement proceedings regarding suitability allegations relating to investments 2013 IIROC 40
• *Representing a registrant in enforcement proceedings regarding market manipulation allegations 2013 IIROC 35
• *Representing a registrant in enforcement proceedings regarding illegal distribution allegations 2013 BCSC 85

Securities Class Actions

• Representing a group of underwriters with respect to alleged misrepresentations contained in a prospectus relating to Pure Gold Mining 2024 BCSC 1889.
• *WesternOne Inc and its directors and officers in defending a securities class action relating to primary and secondary market disclosure in Ontario 2015 ONSC 7313 and 2018 ONSC 4794.
• *MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. in the first class action in Canada to deny leave under the secondary market provisions of the Securities Act and the successful defence of the appeal 2011 BCSC 1416 and 2012 BCCA 456.

*Prior to joining Osler