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A senior partner of the litigation group in Toronto. Practices corporate, commercial and
securities litigation. Leading experience in securities litigation, including securities class-
action litigation. Leading experience defending multi-jurisdictional investigations and
civil proceedings. Has 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 Can-
ada. Leading experience in director, offi cer and shareholder litigation, with emphasis on
indemnifi cation and oppression disputes. Has a lengthy and wide range of experience act-
ing 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.
John Callaghan has a broad practice, including civil litigation, commercial litigation
and regulatory off ence work. He specializes in complex cases, including class actions. He
appears before all levels of courts and arbitration tribunals. Callaghan was elected by the
profession as a Bencher of e Law Society of Upper Canada, which governs the legal
profession in Ontario. Callaghan is a member of the Civil Rules Committee, having
been appointed by the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. e com-
mittee is responsible for dra ing and revising the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Prov-
ince of Ontario. Callaghan is co-author of Class Actions Law and Practice (LexisNexis),
the leading class-action text in Canada. Callaghan has been recognized as one of e
Best Lawyers in Canada for class-action litigation, by Benchmark Canada and e Lex-
pert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Corporate
Commercial Litigation.
Recognized as one of Canada's leading trial, arbitration and appellate counsel with over
100 complex trials, applications and arbitrations, 80 administrative tribunal hearings, and
60 appeals, including the Canadian Provincial and Federal Courts of Appeal and the Su-
preme Court of Canada, in class-action defense, corporate, commercial, securities, injunc-
tions, corporate governance, constitutional, product liability, mining, competition, energy
and arbitration. Class actions include Bre-X for Nesbitt Burns, Boston Scientifi c, VIA
Rail, Air Canada, UPS and e Dominion. Public inquiries include United Nations Oil
for Food and Gomery Inquiry. Former: President of the Federation of Law Societies of
Canada, Chair of Fasken Martineau, Adjunct Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall and the
University of Toronto, President of the Empire Club, and a Director of the CBC. A fre-
quent lecturer and author. Recognized in Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal, e Best
Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney and several Lexpert® publications. Called to the Bar in
Ontario and Northwest Territories in 1974.
Gordon Capern is a senior partner and a leader of the corporate and commercial litiga-
tion practice. Director of e Advocates' Society, and Vice-chair of its Standing Commit-
tee on Advocacy and Practice. Advises clients and acted as counsel in the resolution of
disputes in many areas of corporate and commercial activity, including issues arising from
complex commercial transactions, including M&A in a variety of industries, liability of
professional advisors, shareholder and partnership disputes, director, offi cer and employee
litigation, with expertise in their fi duciary obligations, and franchises and dealerships.
Currently engaged as lead defense counsel in high-profi le insider trading proceedings at
the Ontario Securities Commission. He is recognized as a leading corporate commercial
litigation lawyer in e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers
in Canada. He is also ranked in Chambers Global for Dispute Resolution where he is de-
scribed as "a very prominent and eff ective litigator" and as a "local litigation star" in On-
tario by Benchmark Canada.
Nigel
Campbell
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-2429
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
John E.
Callaghan
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
Tel: (416) 369-6693
Fax: (416) 862-7661
Toronto
John A.
Campion
Fasken
Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-4357
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
Gordon D.
Capern
Paliare Roland
Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP
Tel: (416) 646-4311
Fax: (416) 646-4301
Toronto
nigel.campbell@blakes.com
john.callaghan@gowlings.com
jcampion@fasken.com
gordon.capern@paliareroland.com
