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James D.G. Douglas
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416.367.6029
Télécopieur
416.361.2747
Courriel
jdouglas@blg.com
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Background
Jim Douglas is a partner in our Toronto office. Jim is the national leader of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Securities Litigation Group.
Jim was admitted as a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1981. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto. Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto in 1976.
Areas of Practice
- Securities Litigation and Regulation, including broker liability, proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission, SRO disciplinary proceedings and charges under the Securities Act
- Shareholders' Rights Litigation, including oppression proceedings, derivative actions and shareholders' class actions
- Directors' and Officers' Liability, including shareholders' actions, creditors' actions and offences under the Securities Act and other regulatory statutes
- General Commercial Litigation, including contract disputes, lender liability and debtor/creditor rights
Rankings and Recognitions
- Recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rating
- Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Securities Law)
- Recognized in The 2011 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Litigation/Securities Litigation)
- Recognized in the 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Directors' and Officers' Liability; Litigation - Securities)
Professional Experience
- Jim was Senior Investigation Counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission from 1989 to 1990. He was also the Litigation Manager for the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission from 1996 to 1997. Both of these were positions he held on secondment from the firm.
- Jim has represented the Ontario Securities Commission, IIROC, the MFDA, The Toronto Stock Exchange and other securities regulatory authorities in investigations, prosecutions and disciplinary proceedings.
- He also represents registrants and public companies and their respective officers, directors and shareholders in all manner of proceedings and prosecutions before provincial securities commissions, self-regulatory organizations and the courts.
- Jim's general commercial litigation practice is focussed primarily in the areas of shareholders' rights, broker liability and shareholders' class actions.
Below is a list of recent representative briefs:
Recent Briefs
- YBM Magnex International Inc. et al. (represented one of the respondents in OSC proceeding)
- IAMGold Corporation (represented applicant in oppression claim)
- Helix BioPharma (represented the company in proxy fight)
- Hurst v. PWC (represented defendant in class action)
- Research in Motion (represented senior executive in options back-dating regulatory investigation)
- ABCP (represented securities dealer in regulatory investigation)
- Fischer v. AIC et al (represented one of the fund companies in market timing class action)
- IIROC v. TDSI (represented IIROC in regulatory hearing)
- THESL v. OEB (representing electric utility in jurisdictional dispute with OEB)
- Magna International Inc. v. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board et al. (represented institutional shareholders)
Professional and Community Activities
- Canadian Bar Association
- Advocates' Society
- Trustee of the Quetico Foundation
- Author of a number of papers on securities regulation and litigation and regular speaker at continuing education seminars on the same topics.
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Background
Jim Douglas is a partner in our Toronto office. Jim is the national leader of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's Securities Litigation Group.
Jim was admitted as a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1981. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto. Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto in 1976.
Areas of Practice
- Securities Litigation and Regulation, including broker liability, proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission, SRO disciplinary proceedings and charges under the Securities Act
- Shareholders' Rights Litigation, including oppression proceedings, derivative actions and shareholders' class actions
- Directors' and Officers' Liability, including shareholders' actions, creditors' actions and offences under the Securities Act and other regulatory statutes
- General Commercial Litigation, including contract disputes, lender liability and debtor/creditor rights
Rankings and Recognitions
- Recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Dispute Resolution: Ontario)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rating
- Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Securities Law)
- Recognized in The 2011 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Litigation/Securities Litigation)
- Recognized in the 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Directors' and Officers' Liability; Litigation - Securities)
Professional Experience
- Jim was Senior Investigation Counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission from 1989 to 1990. He was also the Litigation Manager for the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission from 1996 to 1997. Both of these were positions he held on secondment from the firm.
- Jim has represented the Ontario Securities Commission, IIROC, the MFDA, The Toronto Stock Exchange and other securities regulatory authorities in investigations, prosecutions and disciplinary proceedings.
- He also represents registrants and public companies and their respective officers, directors and shareholders in all manner of proceedings and prosecutions before provincial securities commissions, self-regulatory organizations and the courts.
- Jim's general commercial litigation practice is focussed primarily in the areas of shareholders' rights, broker liability and shareholders' class actions.
Below is a list of recent representative briefs:
Recent Briefs
- YBM Magnex International Inc. et al. (represented one of the respondents in OSC proceeding)
- IAMGold Corporation (represented applicant in oppression claim)
- Helix BioPharma (represented the company in proxy fight)
- Hurst v. PWC (represented defendant in class action)
- Research in Motion (represented senior executive in options back-dating regulatory investigation)
- ABCP (represented securities dealer in regulatory investigation)
- Fischer v. AIC et al (represented one of the fund companies in market timing class action)
- IIROC v. TDSI (represented IIROC in regulatory hearing)
- THESL v. OEB (representing electric utility in jurisdictional dispute with OEB)
- Magna International Inc. v. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board et al. (represented institutional shareholders)
Professional and Community Activities
- Canadian Bar Association
- Advocates' Society
- Trustee of the Quetico Foundation
- Author of a number of papers on securities regulation and litigation and regular speaker at continuing education seminars on the same topics.
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