Overview

Nicholas Baker is a lawyer at Eighty-One West Law Professional Corporation in London, Ontario. Before forming Eighty-One West, he spent nine years at a leading securities class action firm, where he developed and led institutional investor engagement and worked on complex claims involving private enforcement of securities law violations. He has appeared as counsel in high-profile class actions and is described as having broad market-sector knowledge and experience with complex legal and factual issues. His background also includes transnational public law. He was part of the national counsel team in Araya v. Nevsun, representing refugees in thirteen countries in a case involving the act of state doctrine, customary international law, and conflicts of law. His practice has included clients in Australia, the Cayman Islands, Eritrea, and First Nations communities, and he has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and superior courts in Ontario, British Columbia, and Queensland, Australia. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2011 and admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 2009, after earning a B. Bus (International) and a J.D. from Bond University.

Practice Areas

• Securities Law
• Class Actions
• Transnational Public Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2011 (ON); 2009 (AU)