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Address: 2200-885 Georgia St W, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3E8
Lawyer Firm: Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Phone: (604) 691-6100
Fax: (604) 691-6120
Email: brichdale@casselsbrock.com
Website: www.casselsbrock.com
| First Year of Call | 2010 |
| Areas of Practice | Civil Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Law, Employment Law, Real Property, Securities |
| Description | Brigeeta Richdale is a partner in Cassels Brock’s litigation group with an emphasis on securities and regulatory matters, fraud and enforcement proceedings, corporate/commercial disputes and representation of financial institutions and investment advisors. Brigeeta’s practice has a strong focus on international asset tracing, conducting investigations with internal and external auditors, enforcement of foreign judgments and orders, Worldwide Mareva Injunctions, Anton Piller orders, and Norwich Pharmacal orders. She has significant experience with litigation resulting from Ponzi schemes, offshore banking and money laundering, fraudulent conveyances, investment fraud, employee fraud and theft, and investment disputes.Brigeeta has experience in public company litigation including takeover bid litigation, proxy battles, directors’ and officers’ liability litigation, shareholder rights, oppression and derivative proceedings, and broker-dealer litigation. Brigeeta represents clients in litigation proceedings on employment matters including employee theft and fraud, and provides strategic employment advice to management on workplace investigations and compliance assessments.Brigeeta has extensive experience in matters involving investigations and enforcement proceedings before various Securities Commissions, the RCMP’s Commercial Crime division, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealer’s Association (MFDA), and well as national and international agencies including Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Interpol. Brigeeta represents clients at the investigative stage and throughout an enforcement action on matters involving allegations of fraud, insider trading, illegal distributions, market manipulation, discretionary trading, and suitability matters.As a former litigator in the Enforcement Department at the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), Brigeeta successfully prosecuted a variety of complex and high profile cases. As a former Criminal Investigator, Certified Fraud Examiner and Special Provincial Constable, Brigeeta investigated breaches of the Securities Act and Criminal Code. Brigeeta regularly speaks at national and international conferences, continuing legal education seminars and at law schools on the topics of securities law, fraud investigations and professional responsibility and ethics.Brigeeta is the Chair of the Canadian Client Consultation Committee that regulates and oversees the Canadian law school moot for client interviewing. She is also the Canadian delegate for the Louis M. Brown and Forrest S. Mosten International Interviewing Foundation.Brigeeta is a member of Transparency International Canada Inc. and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Vancouver Chapter and sits on the International Advisory Council of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Brigeeta is also a member of the American Bar Association. Representative ExperienceAdvising clients in technology and cryptocurrency industries including navigation and application of securities laws and regulation of ICOs and ITOs Representing financial institutions and investment advisors on issues involving errors and omissions liability. Representing resource companies on directors and officers liability and insurance matters. Counsel for national corporation for enforcement of foreign judgment, garnishment of accounts and seizure and sale of debtor’s assetsRepresenting creditor to enforce judgment under the Court Order Enforcement Act Representation of bidders and targets in hostile takeover bid litigationRepresentation of market participants in criminal and regulatory proceedingsRepresentation of issuers and individual directors and officers in breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation and fraud proceedings, including Worldwide Mareva Injunctions, Norwich Application and Anton Piller proceedingsRepresentation of public resource companies in litigation and regulatory aspects of a contested proxy contest for control of the board of directorsRepresentation of minority shareholders, creditors and directors and officers in successful oppression actions, including immediate removal of members of the board of directorsRepresentation of national corporation in securities class action and in connection with investigations by securities regulatory authoritiesRepresentation of public mining company in litigation and regulatory aspects of a hostile takeover bidRepresentation of director of a public resource company in an internal and external police and securities regulatory investigation involving corruption and fraudRepresentation of TSX, TSX-V, NYSE MKT listed companies in connection with acquisitions pursuant to court approved plan of arrangementCanadian Counsel to international financial institution with respect to money laundering investigations by Canadian authorities |
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