Carlo di Carlo

Practice Areas

Carlo has a broad practice that covers various areas of civil and regulatory litigation. He routinely is involved in matters dealing with director/officer liability, shareholder disputes, the oppression remedy and contractual disputes.

Carlo has particular expertise dealing with securities law issues. He has appeared before the Ontario Securities Commission on several occasions, both representing OSC Staff and respondents. This is in addition to his representation of clients that are the subject of s. 11 investigations by the OSC. He also has experience with class proceedings, where he has represented a number of defendants dealing with issues such as an officer’s breach of duty and shareholder misrepresentation claims.

Carlo has published on a number of topics, including contributing a chapter on class actions to the text Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation as well as in The Advocates’ Quarterly where he has published articles dealing with the scope of privilege in the context of internal investigations as well as the threshold for materiality in shareholder class actions in Ontario.

Professional Memberships

-Chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group

-Member of the Finance Committee of the Ontario Bar Association

-Former member of the Class Actions Working Group of the Ontario Bar Association

-Former member of The Advocates' Society Young Advocates Standing Committee

Publications

Speaker, Osgoode Hall, Shareholder Disputes and the Closely-Held Company program (2022, 2023, 2025)

Instructor, Osgoode Hall, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop (2022-2025)

Speaker, Ontario Bar Association, Intersection between Class Proceedings and Regulatory Proceedings (May 2023)

Speaker, The Advocates’ Society, Annual Review of Most Significant Commercial Litigation Decisions (February 2023)

Co-Author, “A Tale of Two Tests; The Test for Materiality Under S. 138.3 of the Ontario Securities Act” (2022), 53 Adv. Q. 32.

Co-Author, “A Purposive Approach to Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations” (2019) 49:3 Advocates’ Quarterly 3.

Co-Author, Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2018) (chapter 6 – class actions).

Co-Author, “Amicus Curiae in class action settlement and fee approval hearings”, (2018) 37:3 Advocates’ Journal 6.

“How Canada’s capital markets hinder the cannabis industry”, Globe & Mail, February 23, 2018.

“Rise of High-Stakes Global Class Actions: Critical Updates to Help You Protect Your Clients”, Presentation, OBA Institute, February 7, 2018.