We have front-rank experience in securities litigation. We defend senior executives and corporations in investigations and enforcement proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission and Canada’s other provincial securities commissions as well as the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO).
We have successfully represented clients against a range of allegations including disclosure violations, compliance deficiencies, insider trading and tipping, and fraud. We have particular experience in matters concerning the evolving regulation of cryptocurrency in Canada.
We advise clients on cross-border investigations involving the Canadian elements of proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK.
We have acted in high-profile class actions on behalf of corporate and individual defendants including those involving allegations of secondary market misrepresentation and non-disclosure.
Ghahhary Thomas LLP’s decades of business crime trial experience – as prosecutors and defence counsel – provides our clients who face quasi-criminal and criminal proceedings involving securities law breaches under the Securities Act and/or the Criminal Code with a unique multi-disciplinary team.
