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ROBERT BRUSH Partner

Direct: 416.217.0822
Fax: 416.217.0220
Email: rbrush@cmblaw.ca
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Robert Brush is recognized as one of Canada’s leading securities and corporate commercial litigation lawyers. In addition to being recognized as Securities Litigation Lawyer of the Year for 2020 by Benchmark Litigation, Robert has been recognized by Lexpert as one of the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada and has been featured in the Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers. He has also been recognized as a leading corporate commercial litigator by Best Lawyers in Canada and as a leader in the field of securities litigation by Chambers Canada.

Robert regularly represents public companies, investment dealers, officers, directors, shareholders, investment advisors and investors in the myriad disputes that can arise in the capital markets. His securities litigation practice includes class actions, proceedings before securities regulators, director and officer liability claims, shareholder and corporate governance disputes, oppression remedy matters, takeover bid litigation, negligence claims against investment advisors and dealers, cyber-fraud investigations and claims in the financial sector, and wrongful dismissal suits against investment firms. He has extensive experience representing individual and corporate respondents before the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) (formerly, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA)), and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO).

Robert also has a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice that includes disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions, breach of contract suits, fraud and cyber-fraud investigations and claims, business tort claims, wrongful dismissal actions and professional negligence suits.

He has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and, due to his expertise in corporate and securities matters, has been counsel on a wide range of civil cases, class actions and regulatory proceedings across the country. He is a frequent speaker on corporate, securities and civil litigation issues and is a skills instructor at trial practice workshops put on by The Advocates’ Society.

Awards & Recognition

Robert is recognized by Lexpert as one of the Top 500 Lawyers in Canada and has been featured in the Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers. In 2020, he was named Securities Litigation Lawyer of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. He has also been recognized as a leading corporate commercial litigator by Best Lawyers in Canada. Based on client and peer reviews, Robert has been ranked by Chambers Canada in Securities Litigation and General Commercial litigation. Robert is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He has also been recognized as a Stand-out Lawyer by Thomson Reuters based on nominations by senior legal buyers.

According to reviewers in Chambers Canada,

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Speaking Engagements & Publications

Moderator, “Significant Recent Civil Securities Litigation Decisions”, Securities Litigation Conference, June 14, 2023

Co-Chair, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments Program, The Advocates’ Society, April 27, 2023

Speaker, “M&A in Uncertain Times: M&A Litigation, Dealing with Disputes”, Toronto M&A Club, February 28, 2023

Podcast Guest: Mitigating Risk in Mergers and Acquisitions, BDO Canada: Accounting for the Future, Episode 11, October 27, 2022

Co-Author, “Reduce Litigation Risk for Your M&A Deal with Dispute Resolution Clauses”, M&A Risk Advisor, December 15, 2021

Co-Chair, “Evidence for Litigators”, The Advocates’ Society, October 26, 2021

Speaker, “Regulatory Hot Topics”, Association of Canadian Compliance Professionals Annual Conference, April 22, 2019

Moderator, “Hitting your Story Home in Closing Argument”, The Advocates’ Society Civil Litigation Skills Program, April 4, 2019

Panellist, “OSC Whistleblower Program”, Northwind 2018 Investment Funds Forum, October 11, 2018

Co-Author, “Don’t be the next Equifax: Cyber-liability in an Age of Data Insecurity: Recognizing and Managing Cyber-risk”, Private Capital Markets Association Newsletter, October 2017

Co-Author, “Separate, Independent and Confounding: Understanding Personal Liability for Corporate Acts”, Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Toronto: Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, 2017, reproduced with permission).

Speaker, “Errors and Omissions Insurance — What you need to know”, MFDA Risk Management Conference, October 27, 2017

Instructor, Advanced Do a Trial, Advocates’ Society, September 23, 2017

Contact

Direct: 416.217.0822
Fax: 416.217.0220
Email: rbrush@cmblaw.ca
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Awards & Recognition

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Education

Called to the Bar – 1998

LL.B., University of Toronto – 1996

M.A., University of Western Ontario – 1993

B.A., University of Western Ontario – 1992 (Gold Medalist, Political Science)

Associations

The Advocates’ Society: Member and Skills Instructor

Member of the Private Capital Markets Association of Canada