Securities Litigation 2024

Course Chair
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver

About the Course Chair

Chilwin Cheng is a skillful business litigator with deep experience in civil litigation, regulatory and criminal defence work, and public law. He is experienced in his fields, as senior counsel, and having been Chief Counsel of the regulator of Canada's public equities markets and trading systems, a prosecutor with the BC Securities Commission, and a former Crown counsel. He has been counsel in numerous interim and interlocutory proceedings, including Mareva injunctions, preservation orders, receivership, and regulatory orders. His current work includes cases involving the intersection of criminal and regulatory investigations and s. 7 of the Charter, a challenge under federalism principles, and has had recent success in the Court of Appeal challenging provincial regulators.

He has led many CLEBC conferences, including the 2022 Regulatory Proceedings and White-Collar Defence conference, a convening of leading practitioners in the province. And, Chilwin participates as a panlist in CLEBC conferences, such as the recent Commercial Litigation 2023 conference.

He is a frequent volunteer with the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, as a mentor, a member of the Interventions sub-committee, and as a podcast producer and host, recently producing a podcast showcasing the work of senior Asian commercial litigators in Vancouver.

Faculty
Owais Ahmed — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
James Coates — Manager, Criminal Investigations, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Craig P. Dennis, KC — Dennis James Aitken LLP, Vancouver
Jeremy Gellis — Cozen O'Connor LLP, Vancouver
David Hainey — Crown Counsel, Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver
Gordon R. Johnson — Vice-Chair, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Joven Narwal, KC — Narwal Litigation LLP, Vancouver
Tatsiana Okun — Associate General Counsel, Litigation, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, Toronto
Robert Paddick — Deputy Ombudsman, Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI), Toronto
Andrew W. Schleichkorn — Eyford Partners LLP, Vancouver 
Laésha J. Smith — Poulus Ensom Smith LLP, Vancouver
Patrick J. Sullivan — Whitelaw Twining, Vancouver
Patricia Taylor — Eyford Partners LLP, Vancouver
Andrew P. Werbowski — Director, Enforcement Litigation, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, Toronto

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• the 2020 Securities Act Amendments
• regulatory priorities

• a review of significant developments in BC Securities Commission enforcement, including proceedings before the Commission and the BC Court of Appeal

• MFDA merger
• enforcement priorities
• rulebook changes
• notable cases and litigation 

• significant criminal prosecutions involving securities fraud under the Criminal Code and the Securities Act extradition and multilateral cooperation

• latest trends and cases dealing with investors
• the state of CIRO's arbitration program
• dispute resolution before the OBSI