Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

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Dana M. Peebles is past Chair of the National Class Actions Team at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, and a senior partner in the Litigation Group in Toronto. He focuses his civil litigation practice on class actions, securities and corporate-commercial litigation.

Dana has acted for leading Canadian companies in the trial and appellate Courts in multiple provinces and in the Supreme Court of Canada. He provides ongoing strategic advice to a number of commercial clients. Dana was co-counsel for Defendants in the first two statutory secondary market securities class action leave motions in Canada. His recent class action retainers include defending: a banking institution, an electronics company, a leading manufacturer, and other significant public companies in data breach actions; mining, cannabis and other public issuers in securities class actions; a major international chemical company, a leading electronics manufacturer and an American airline company in anti-trust actions; several large Canadian companies in pension class actions; and several manufacturers in consumer product class actions.

Dana is widely recognized in the leading legal ranking publications, and is frequently invited to speak on class action issues. He is a past Director of The Advocates’ Society, and a current Director of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Professional Malpractice
• Class Action Defendant
• Securities
• Corporate Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1990 (ON)