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About
Provided by Linda Fuerst
Practice Areas
Linda Fuerst is one of Canada’s leading securities and commercial litigators. Her litigation practice covers a broad range of commercial and professional liability matters, with a particular focus on securities litigation, class proceedings and regulatory issues. She has litigated civil, criminal and regulatory matters and has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and represented clients in connection with investigations and proceedings by the Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia securities commissions, CIRO (formerly IIROC and the MFDA) and the Competition Bureau. Ms. Fuerst has also directed internal investigations into matters including possible insider trading and backdating of stock options, manipulative trading and misconduct by senior executives of public and private corporations, including the payment and receipt of secret commissions and kickbacks.
Ms. Fuerst began her legal career clerking for the Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario. She practised criminal law and served as a part-time assistant crown attorney before joining the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission as senior investigation counsel. Following a rotation at the US Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, she joined a well-known litigation practice in Toronto where she practised from 1994 to 2015. From 2015 to 2023, she practised at a global full-service law firm where she gained prominence for her handling of cross-border securities matters, including class actions and regulatory investigations, and complex and often highly sensitive internal investigations into potential corporate misconduct.
Chambers Review
Canada
Linda Fuerst is a leading name in Toronto's disputes market who is exceptionally well versed concerning securities class actions, as well as securities-related litigation generally. She is further noted for her expertise and work in the cannabis sector.
Toronto-based Linda Fuerst of Crawley MacKewn Brush is best known as a leading securities litigator. She has experience litigating civil, criminal and regulatory matters before all levels of court and also is also adept at conducting internal investigations.
Linda Fuerst is a respected litigator at Crawley MacKewn Brush with a strong reputation for handling securities class action disputes. She possesses further expertise in relation to litigation involving consumer protection and competition law elements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linda is truly in a class of her own. Truly the gold standard in securities litigation in this town. She is brilliant - proactive, responsive and practical. She has integrity and is well respected."
"Linda has just seen so much that she has a better strategic sense than any lawyer. She figures things out quickly and is incredibly bright and pragmatic. Linda is amazing."
"Linda is one of the most highly regarded lawyers in the country. She is thoughtful, thorough and prompt. She is so reliable and frankly cutting-edge in terms of legal expertise."
"Linda's high level of sophistication, diligence and pragmatic thinking on files is very much valued."
"Linda is the full package - smart, strategic and extremely hard-working and thorough."
"Linda is an extraordinarily experienced counsel in the field."
"Linda is extremely dynamic, thoughtful, strategic and collaborative, but she is tough - a very tough litigator in a positive way. She has a great deal of respect in the market."
"Linda has worked on some of the most complex cases and has a ton of investigations experience."
"Linda is fantastic. She figures things out quickly and is incredibly bright and pragmatic. She is just someone I call all the time when I can't figure something out."
"Linda has deep securities expertise, and takes a creative and practical approach to class defence."
"Linda is thoughtful, thorough and prompt. She is so reliable and frankly cutting edge in terms of legal expertise. When you work with her, you are getting the full package."
"Linda is truly in a class of her own. Truly the gold standard in securities litigation in this town. She is brilliant - proactive, responsive and practical. She has integrity and is well respected."
"Linda has just seen so much that she has a better strategic sense than any lawyer. She figures things out quickly and is incredibly bright and pragmatic. Linda is amazing."
"Linda is one of the most highly regarded lawyers in the country. She is thoughtful, thorough and prompt. She is so reliable and frankly cutting-edge in terms of legal expertise."
"Linda's high level of sophistication, diligence and pragmatic thinking on files is very much valued."
"Linda is the full package - smart, strategic and extremely hard-working and thorough."
"Linda is an extraordinarily experienced counsel in the field."
"Linda is extremely dynamic, thoughtful, strategic and collaborative, but she is tough - a very tough litigator in a positive way. She has a great deal of respect in the market."
"Linda has worked on some of the most complex cases and has a ton of investigations experience."
"Linda is fantastic. She figures things out quickly and is incredibly bright and pragmatic. She is just someone I call all the time when I can't figure something out."
"Linda has deep securities expertise, and takes a creative and practical approach to class defence."
"Linda is thoughtful, thorough and prompt. She is so reliable and frankly cutting edge in terms of legal expertise. When you work with her, you are getting the full package."
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