CLEBC - Courses On Demand

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