Linda Fuerst is one of Canada’s leading securities and commercial litigators. Her litigation practice covers a broad range of commercial and professional liability matters, with a particular focus on securities litigation, class proceedings and regulatory issues. She has litigated civil, criminal and regulatory matters and has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and represented clients in connection with investigations and proceedings by the Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia securities commissions, CIRO and the Competition Bureau. She has also directed internal investigations into matters including possible insider trading and backdating of stock options, manipulative trading and misconduct by senior executives of public and private corporations, including the payment and receipt of secret commissions and kickbacks. Ms. Fuerst began her legal career clerking for the Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario. She practised criminal law and served as a part-time assistant Crown attorney before joining the Enforcement Branch of the OSC as senior investigation counsel. Prior to practising law in Toronto, she completed a rotation at the US SEC in Washington, DC.
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