Shareholders' Disputes 2024


Course Date: November 13, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 35min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Scott A. Dawson
— Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Judy A. Rost — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
 
Family Businesses: A Case Study (9:05 – 10:05)
 
David A. Garner — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
 
BREAK (10:05 – 10:10)
 
Valuation Issues (10:10 – 11:10)
 
Suzanna Crescenzo — McEwen Valuation & Forensic, Vancouver
Matthew Desmarais — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver
Heather L. Jones
— Gowling WLG, Vancouver
Paul D. McEwen
— McEwen Valuation & Forensic, Vancouver 
 
BREAK (11:10 – 11:20)
 
Harm to the Company vs. Harm to the Shareholders: Is there a Narrowing Gap? (11:20 – 12:20)
 
Ludmila B. Herbst, KC — Farris LLP, Vancouver
 
LUNCH (12:20 – 1:20)
 
Who is Your Client? Ethical Issues in Shareholder Disputes (1:20 – 2:20)
 
Heather L. Jones — Gowling WLG, Vancouver 
 
BREAK (2:20 – 2:25)
 
Converting Oppression Petitions to Actions (2:25 – 3:25)
 
T. Mark Pontin — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver 
 
BREAK (3:25 – 3:35)
 
Mediating/Arbitrating Shareholder Disputes (3:35 – 4:35)
 
Murray A. Clemens, KC — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
 
Closing Remarks (4:35 – 4:45)
 
Scott A. Dawson — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Judy A. Rost — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver