At Dentons, we understand that disputes are part of doing business. We manage your disputes by delivering innovative, flexible and pragmatic solutions so you can stay focused on what matters most – growing your organization.

Our focus is first and foremost on risk management. Our team can work with you to conduct compliance and litigation risk assessments, develop and/or update policies and advise on best practices and stress testing, which are critical steps to mitigating compliance risk and avoiding civil and regulatory proceedings.

When disputes arise, our team will provide a vigorous defense when you need it most and will work to protect your brand and reputation. We have extensive experience in defending capital market participants in high-stakes matters before all levels of courts, self-regulatory organizations and securities commissions across Canada, including:

• Contentious regulatory matters and investigations;
• Enforcement disputes;
• Capital market disputes;
• Proxy contests;
• Earn out disputes;
• Hostile takeovers;
• Shareholder disputes;
• Contested tender offers;
• Broker/dealer litigation;
• Securities class actions; and
• Mediation and arbitration proceedings.

What differentiates us:

Securities regulatory insight: With financial market regulators around the world increasingly cooperating on global enforcement, businesses need a global law firm with experienced lawyers who understand worldwide markets. Described as a “powerhouse” by more than 300 general counsels polled by BTI Consulting Group – Dentons advises registrants, financial institutions and other trading participants when issues arise in connection with civil, class action, regulatory and criminal litigation. Our group includes a former securities prosecutor who offers a unique perspective on the Canadian securities regulatory regime and knows what regulators are looking for. We will keep you up to date on the ever-evolving securities regulatory environment in Canada, ensuring that you have the information and tools needed to remain compliant.

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Securities class action: We have successfully defended a range of market participants in sophisticated, securities class actions and shareholder derivative actions. We are at the forefront of critical, headline-making issues arising in the securities arena today, and this combined with our industry-leading experience, enables us to provide our clients with the most effective responses to class litigation. We cater our legal services by employing a range of defence strategies that reduce or eliminate the exposure of our clients, including managing risk, opposing motions for class action certification in a focused and strategic manner, developing defendant-sponsored preferable procedures that enable a defendant to both control the process and tailor it to the operations of its particular business, and devising and implementing innovative settlement strategies. Our priority is to successfully protect your business and preserve your reputation.

Our “one firm” approach: We work closely with our Securities and Corporate Finance team, who provide innovative, practical, forward-thinking approaches to capital market transactions, to provide you with a seamless service. When you work with us, you benefit from the experience of a team of litigators and corporate lawyers who know the market from all angles and can help you grow your business, mitigate risk and provide litigation defense as a one-stop-shop.

As the world’s largest law firm, we have access to Dentons global platform and can assist multinational clients faced with international securities disputes seamlessly with our “one firm” approach. Our goal is always to resolve disputes early in the most cost-efficient manner possible.

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