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Matthew Fleming is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons’ Toronto office and is the Co-Lead of the Firm’s global Financial Services Litigation group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, including securities litigation, class actions, product liability and professional liability matters.
Matthew has represented financial institutions, accounting firms, manufacturers, retailers and natural resource companies in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, including shareholder disputes, proxy fights, contested takeover bids and regulatory investigations. He also advises and represents clients engaged in domestic and commercial arbitration, as well as auditor liability, administrative and judicial review proceedings and competition law cases. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (including the Commercial List), the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Québec Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Securities Commission and the tribunals of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
Matthew regularly speaks and publishes on class actions, securities litigation, corporate governance and director and officer liability matters. He volunteers as a mentor to new immigrants to Canada under the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council Mentorship Program and to high school students under the LAWS Mentoring Program.
Deloitte LLP: Trial and appellate counsel, including in the Supreme Court of Canada, in connection with $450 million claim relating to the fraud at Livent Inc. Deloitte & Touche v. Livent Inc. (Receiver of), 2017 SCC 63.
Lenovo (Canada) Inc.: Successfully representing in the Quebec Superior Court in obtaining the dismissal of a proposed product liability class action at the certification stage. Durand v. Attorney General of Quebec, QCCS 2817.
Confidential client: Representing in connection with Ontario Securities Commission investigations relating to insider trading and registration matters.
Confidential client: Representing two of the world’s largest financial institutions in connection with their role as underwriters of offerings by Sino-Forest Corporation and related securities class actions.
Deloitte LLP: Representing in connection with secondary market securities class action involving SouthGobi Resources Ltd.
VMedia: Successfully representing in the Federal Court of Appeal in appeal from the decision of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2251723 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. as VMedia) v. Rogers Media Inc., 2017 FCA 186.
PwC: Representing in regulatory proceedings related to audits of financial statements of offshore investment funds involving broker-dealer firm and the fraud by Bernie Madoff.
Central GoldTrust: Advising in connection with Sprott Asset Management's CA$1 billion hostile take-over bid for all the outstanding units.
KPMG LLP: Successfully representing in obtaining bar order and third party releases in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act involving Hollinger Inc. Hollinger Inc., Re, 2012 ONSC 5107 (S.C.J. – Comm. List).
KPMG LLP: Successfully representing before the Court of Appeal for Ontario in upholding a sealing order in proceedings related to Hollinger Inc. and Conrad Black, Hollinger Inc. (Re), 2011 ONCA 579.
Bayer AG and Bayer Inc.: Successfully representing in the CA$20 million contract dispute. Nova Petrochemicals Ltd. v. Bayer AG, 2011 ONSC 4372 (S.C.J. - Comm. List).
TransCanada Pipelines Limited: Successfully representing in CA$500 million pan-Canadian class action, Canadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowners’ Associations v. Enbridge Pipelines Inc., 2008 ONCA 227.
Canadian Wheat Board: Successfully representing in administrative law cases in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal relating to the CWB's statutory marketing mandate (2006-2011).
Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Dominion Securities: Counseling in connection with the collapse of the asset backed commercial paper market (2008).
KPMG LLP: Successfully representing before Ontario Securities Commission. Black, Re (2007), 31 O.S.C.B. 10397 (O.S.C.).
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP: Successfully representing in dismissing action against it on jurisdictional grounds. Rosser v. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP, (2008), 60 B.L.R. (4th) 59 (S.C.J.).
Chairman and CEO of ATI Technologies: Successfully representing former chairman and CEO of ATI Technologies in high profile insider trading case before the Ontario Securities Commission. ATI Technologies Inc., Re (2005), 28 O.S.C.B. 8558 (O.S.C.).
Jones Heward Investment: Successfully representing in investment portfolio management case. 2878852 Canada Inc. v. Jones Heward Investment Counsel, 2007 CarswellOnt 90 (C.A.).
Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd.: Advising on Lundin Mining Corporation’s CA$956 million take-over bid for Rio Narcea.
First Uranium Corporation: Acting as counsel in connection with its CA$405 million sale of its principal operating assets.
Confidential client: Advising in connection with its business combination with Geotech Ltd.
Co-author, “Supreme Court of Canada considers Limitation Period for Secondary Market Securities Class Actions,” Case Comment on Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Green (9 December 2015), online: Canadian Securities Litigation.
"The Corporate Identification Doctrine - the Key Element of a Strong Defence for Auditors", Professional Liability and Discipline Litigation, Volume XIV, No. 3 (Federated Press, 2011), p. 882.
"Directors May Retain Counsel in a Receivership", Legal Alert, October 2011,Vol. 30, No. 7, p. 49.
"Undertaking by OSC Staff May Not be Binding", Legal Alert, July 2010, Vol. 29, No. 4, p. 28.

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