SECURITIES
SECURITIES
Wendy Berman
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (416) 860-2926
Fax: (416) 640-3107
Toronto
wberman@casselsbrock.com
Partner – Litigation. Practices commercial litigation, focusing on securities-related
litigation and regulatory matters. Acts as counsel in a wide range of matters involving
shareholders' remedies, litigation aspects of takeover bids and other acquisitions, registrants' duties, corruption and anti-bribery, corporate governance (including directors'
and officers' liability) and securities class actions. Extensive experience with Canadian
securities regulators and providing strategic advice and representation to market participants in Canadian and cross-border parallel civil, regulatory and criminal proceedings
relating to allegations of corporate misconduct, including securities laws violations.
Peer-rated as a leading lawyer in the area of securities litigation in The Best Lawyers in
Canada. Ranked in Chambers Global. Recipient in 2011 and 2010 of the International
Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Award for exceptional legal work and client service in
the category of Litigation in Canada. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1992.
Sheila R. Block
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7319
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
sblock@torys.com
Chair of Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Trial and appellate counsel
litigation practice, acting as counsel on a wide range of leading cases before all levels of
court in Canada and in international arbitrations. Chair, Touching Tiny Lives Foundation; President, Fox Education Fund; Trustee, Foundation for International Arbitration
Advocacy, Geneva; President's Council, University of Ottawa; and Advisory Board,
Ethics and the Law, University of Toronto. Ranked by Lexpert® as one of Canada's top 25
corporate litigators. Taught advocacy in North America and Europe, New Zealand, El
Salvador, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Brazil and India. Awards include: Law Society Medal;
Advocates' Society Medal; Laidlaw Medal for Advocacy; Toronto Lawyers' Association
Award of Distinction; OBA Award for Excellence; Meritas Tabaret Award, University
of Ottawa; Fellow, ACTL, ISOB; Member, Common Law Honour Society, University
of Ottawa; LLB (Gold Medalist), 1972, University of Ottawa. Ontario Bar, 1974.
Nigel Campbell
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-2429
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
nigel.campbell@blakes.com
A senior partner of the litigation group in Toronto. Practices corporate, commercial and
securities litigation. Leading experience in securities litigation, including securities classaction litigation. Leading experience defending multi-jurisdictional investigations and
civil proceedings. Has developed an extensive capital markets defense practice before
the Ontario Securities Commission, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization
of Canada, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association and all other securities regulatory
organizations in Canada. Leading experience in director, officer and shareholder litigation with emphasis on indemnification and oppression disputes. Has a wide range of
experience acting for investment dealers with respect to a variety of regulatory investigations and civil disputes, including professional negligence defense litigation. Law clerk
to Justice R.A. Ritchie of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1981. Admitted to the New
Brunswick Bar in 1981 and Ontario Bar in 1983.
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