Experience

Peter Roy and David O’Connor left one of Canada’s leading national full-service law firms to form Roy O’Connor LLP, bringing with them decades of complex corporate commercial and securities litigation experience. As plaintiff or defence counsel, Roy O’Connor LLP works with clients to assist them in safeguarding their businesses’ most critical assets: reputation, licence and money.

Practice Areas

Roy O’Connor LLP represents individuals and world industry leaders at all levels of Court and administrative tribunals across Canada in the fields of:

• director and officer liability
• shareholder rights and disputes
• oppression and derivative actions
• securities litigation
• competition litigation
• class action defence
• professional liability & professional discipline cases
• contract disputes

Cross Border Litigation

Roy O’Connor LLP works closely with international litigation counsel in a variety of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Conflicts

Roy O’Connor LLP is ideally positioned to assist other lawyers and law firms in conflict situations and as counsel for a matter outside of their specific area of practice. Client relationships are always respected, and clients will receive the highest levels of service and respect.

Past & Current Cases include:

• Acting on behalf of individuals and companies in arbitration proceedings in respect of various costing agreements
• Claims for indemnities for directors, officers and consultants in respect of various proceedings
• Acting on behalf of independent directors to successfully defeat a secondary market misrepresentation claim
• Acting on behalf of BHP Billiton in respect of the perpetual care of mine tailing in northern Ontario
• Acting on behalf of a investment dealer in proceedings before IIROC
• Defending one of Canada national banks and investment advisors in various matters in respect of suitability of investments
• Acting as counsel to a shareholder/claimant in CCAA proceedings
• City of Waterloo on various complex claims by the City arising out of the financing for RIM Park in Waterloo
• Counsel to BHP Billiton with respect to pension and other litigation
• Counsel to Kinross Gold Corp. and TVX Gold Inc. with respect to significant litigation over the Kassandra Mines in Greece
• Counsel to Rio Algom Ltd. and its Board in the defence of an oppression claim advanced by holders of Rio Algom’s convertible debentures, which involved potential damages of $80 million. We were successful in defending that claim at all levels, including a motion for leave to the Supreme Court of Canada
• Counsel to WMC Resources with respect to litigation arising out of a takeover bid for a public company
• Acting on behalf of financial institutions, brokers, directors and shareholders in numerous regulatory proceedings and lawsuits