Shareholder Oppression Claims/Derivative Actions

We have significant expertise in shareholder oppression claims and derivative actions brought under the Ontario and Canada Business Corporations Acts. Our firm has been successful at all levels of court in Ontario, BC and Alberta acting on behalf of corporations accused of oppression, oppressed shareholders and former directors and officers. 

Investment Advisors and Dealers

Our lawyers have acted for clients in claims involving losses sustained as a result of negligent or fraudulent investment advice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and failure to supervise.

Public Interest and Pro Bono Litigation

Our lawyers act as legal supervisors for the Investor Protection Clinic at Osgoode Hall Law School, which provides free legal advice to people who believe their investments were mishandled and who cannot afford a lawyer. We also act on cases that engage in the public interest and often on a pro bono basis.

Securities Class Actions

Groia & Company has acted for numerous investor plaintiffs and corporate and individual defendants in securities class actions. Our class proceedings practice includes primary and secondary market misrepresentation and omission claims.

Corporate Commercial Litigation

Our firm has decades of experience acting for plaintiffs and defendants in all manners of corporate and commercial litigation matters including tort, contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, fraud, and defamation. Groia & Company appears before all levels of court in Ontario and other provinces, including the Commercial List of the Superior Court of Justice.

white collar criminal defence

Groia & Company advises and represents officers, directors and corporations facing allegations of a regulatory, criminal or quasi-criminal nature. Our team consists of skilled and experienced counsel with particular expertise in securities matters. The firm has assisted clients in resolving charges prior to trial and has represented clients through to the conclusion of criminal trials.

Groia & Company represented John Felderhof, the only executive prosecuted in the Bre-X Minerals gold scandal, in his quasi-criminal trial for insider trading and authorizing misleading news releases. Mr. Felderhof was acquitted of all charges. The firm represented Stan Grmovsek and negotiated a deal with American authorities on his behalf that had him serve his sentence for an insider trading conviction in a Canadian federal institution instead of in the United States. Our team also acted for a successful entrepreneur in Alberta against criminal charges that were later stayed.

Securities Regulatory Defence

Our lawyers have extensive experience acting on behalf of respondents in investigations and enforcements proceedings brought by all of Canada’s provincial securities commissions as well as the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA), and Canadian aspects of proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States. We have defended clients against a range of allegations including disclosure violations, compliance deficiencies, insider trading and tipping, market manipulation, and fraud.

Groia & Company also represents clients in criminal investigations and proceedings involving securities law matters. 

Employment Litigation

Several of our lawyers practice employment litigation, acting for both employees and employers. Groia & Company is regularly retained to handle disputes related to constructive dismissal and termination with and without cause.

Real Estate Litigation

Our firm acts for home buyers in claims related to hidden defects in the property purchased, misrepresentations, warranties, and disclosure of latent defects in the purchase of real estate.