John M. Picone

National Chair of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice and Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Group. Practice focuses on complex securities, corporate, and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on shareholder disputes, securities class actions, and regulatory investigations and proceedings before the Capital Markets Tribunal. Takes a strategic, practical, and results-oriented approach to highly complicated disputes. Offers extensive experience representing public companies, directors and senior executives, and shareholders across numerous industries, especially in urgent litigation. Has argued appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and appears regularly before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) and the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal. Member of the Ontario Bar Association Civil Litigation Executive.