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SECURITIES
Gray, Andrew D., Torys LLP Toronto - (416) 865-7630 - agray@torys.com
Practice involves corporate and securities litigation and CCAA matters. Securities litigation practice focuses
on regulatory investigations and proceedings involving disclosure, options backdating, insider trading and
market timing ; securities class actions on behalf of issuers, underwriters, directors, officers, income fund trust-
ees and investors; and defending investment dealers and brokers in trading-related matters and class actions.
Has appeared as counsel before the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of
Justice and the Supreme Court of Canada and before the Ontario Securities Commission. Ontario Bar, 2002.
LLB, 2001, University of Toronto. PhD (English), 1999, University of Toronto.
Groia, Joseph, Groia & Company Professional Corporation Toronto - (416) 203-4472 - jgroia@groiaco.com
Joseph Groia is a principal of Groia & Company Professional Corporation. He practices corporate and
securities litigation, acting as counsel in a wide range of civil, quasi-criminal, criminal and administrative cases
including broker claims and defenses, defending Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) prosecutions and
proceedings and representing directors and officers of public companies. Groia received his BA and JD from
the University of Toronto. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1981. In 1985, he joined the OSC as Associ-
ate General Counsel. From October 1987 until March 1990, he was the OSC's Director of Enforcement.
In 1990, he joined Heenan Blaikie, where he practiced corporate and securities litigation as a partner until
he started Groia & Company on January 1, 2000. Groia has been ranked in e Lexpert®/American Law-
yer Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada since 2000. In 2007, Groia and Pamela Hardie published
Canada's only textbook on securities litigation, Securities Litigation and Enforcement.
Hausman, David A., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 868-3486 - dhausman@fasken.com
Practices exclusively in the field of securities litigation. Regularly represents investment dealers, public com-
panies, investment funds, directors and officers in a wide range of matters, including regulatory investigations
and proceedings before provincial securities commissions, all Canadian stock exchanges and self-regulatory
organizations. Experienced in representing bidders and targets in contested mergers and acquisition trans-
actions. From 1994 to 1996, served as an enforcement counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission and
thereaer continued to act for the Commission in a variety of enforcement matters. Advises foreign regulators
on securities regulation and enforcement matters. Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Law School,
where he co-leads the Securities Law in the Adversarial Setting course. Recognized by e Best Lawyers in
Canada for Securities Law (2011-2016). Included in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2010-2016 for
Litigation- Securities and Litigation- Directors' & Officers' Liability. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1991.
Griffin, Peter, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2921 - pgriffin@litigate.com
Founding partner. Peter Griffin is recognized by his peers as one of the top litigators in Canada. He has exten-
sive experience in complex cross-border litigation, especially as it relates to class proceedings and insolvency
and restructuring. He regularly advises the boards of national and multinational companies. He also represents
clients in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings and acts as an arbitrator in commercial
disputes. As a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he is constantly sought out as an expert
speaker on advocacy, shareholder disputes, class actions, professional liability and insolvency and restructuring.
