Overview

Partner | Co-leader, National Securities Litigation Group
Shane sees the bigger picture when providing clients in high-stakes disputes with practical and results-oriented strategic advice.
Shane is Co-Head of McCarthy Tétrault’s Securities Litigation Group, the Firm's Critical Situations & Shareholder Activism group, and a member of our Board of Partners. His national practice focuses on complex securities litigation, proxy contest litigation, shareholder disputes, M&A litigation, corporate governance, regulatory and enforcement matters, and disputes involving wealth, capital markets and crypto businesses. He also has significant experience in securities class actions and co-led one of the few common issues class actions to proceed to trial. Many of his files have a cross-border component.
Shane also assists clients with their most complex and sensitive problems by conducting internal investigations into potential violations of securities law, anti-corruption and bribery legislation, fraud, regulatory breaches, and #metoo and BIPOC allegations.
While Shane is resolution-oriented, he's not afraid of advocating for his clients in a contested hearing.
Shane is an Adjunct Moot Advisor of the University of Toronto Law School's Corporate Securities Competitive Program. He was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Ontario Law School in Corporate Crime, Crisis & Culture, and an adjunct professor of Advanced Securities and a member of the teaching team for the Lawyer As Negotiator course at Osgoode Hall Law School. He has spoken at The Directors College, Osgoode Professional Development, The Advocates’ Society, The Law Society of Ontario and the Association of Corporate Counsel (Canada) on topics relating to corporate governance, shareholder disputes and securities litigation.
Since 2022, Shane has been a director of the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association. Shane is also a director of the Harbourfront Centre, a not for profit corporation that owns and manages a 10-acre waterfront campus in Toronto for arts, culture, learning and recreation.  As a member of McCarthy Tétrault’s National Pro Bono Committee, Shane used to manage the firm’s award-winning Unaccompanied Minors Project. He also volunteered as a Designated Representative for the Unaccompanied Minors Project and is a mentor with the Osgoode Hall Mentorship Program.
Leading Lawyer: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Leading Lawyer: Litigation - Securities; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG); White Collar Defence & Investigations

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2010 (ON)