 Bennett Jones Education University of Western Ontario, BA (Hons., Political Science), 2007 Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, LLB, 2010 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2011 Nathan Shaheen advises Canadian and international clients on their most significant and complex commercial disputes. He regularly leads significant mandates involving financial crimes and advises clients on Canada’s evolving anti-money laundering regime. Overview Nathan’s clients benefit from his custom-tailored legal strategies that align with their most critical business objectives. The result is practical, results-oriented advice delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner. Commercial DisputesNathan is a Chambers-ranked commercial litigator with a track record of advancing successful and—where necessary—novel arguments before all levels of court in Ontario and the courts of other Canadian provinces. He also advances his clients’ interests before arbitral tribunals and other avenues of dispute resolution. Nathan’s experience as trial and appellate counsel includes obtaining precedent-setting decisions in high-value contractual, professional negligence, directors’ and officers’ liability and other complex commercial disputes, as well as obtaining recognition and enforcing significant foreign judgments and arbitral awards. A sought-after thought leader, Nathan is widely published in leading industry journals and speaks on emerging legal and regulatory issues, sharing insights and helping clients stay ahead in an ever-changing landscape. Fraud and Financial CrimesNathan’s commercial disputes practice regularly involves financial crimes such as fraud. He investigates financial misconduct, traces and safeguards misappropriated assets and ultimately recovers them through civil claims against perpetrators and third-party facilitators. Reflecting the international nature of his practice, Nathan leverages a global network of financial crime specialists to secure tangible outcomes in jurisdictions around the world that protect his clients’ interests and restore financial integrity. Nathan is also a trusted advisor on all aspects of Canada’s anti-money laundering regime, including under Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and the Criminal Code. He regularly evaluates and works to mitigate money laundering risks arising from clients’ operational, transactional and cross-border activities, and assists clients in responding to compliance reviews and enforcement proceedings by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), including before the Canadian Federal Court. ,,He has a very strategic mind and a great command of litigation.,, Commercial Disputes • A Canadian law firm in successfully obtaining injunctive relief and disclosure orders from social media companies in connection with an online defamation campaign • Park Lawn Corporation in advancing various commercial claims including claims of knowing assistance in breaches of fiduciary duties • A large privately-held international corporation in advancing its claims arising from a ransomware attack • A high net worth individual in highly contentious competing applications regarding the validity of his succession planning and estate, including in respect of the governance and management of a large multinational consulting firm • Nickel 28 Capital Corp. in its successful defence of a dissident proxy solicitation by Pelham Investment Partners LP, including in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Supreme Court, which confirmed that the purported advance notice of Pelham to nominate directors for election at Nickel 28's annual meeting did not comply with the advance notice provisions in Nickel 28's articles. • Shanghai Lianyin Investment Co. Ltd., in the enforcement of its $233-million CIETAC arbitral award in Ontario to recover assets potentially held in trust for the award debtor • Representation of Optiva Inc. before the Ontario Securities Commission in successfully resisting ESW Capital’s application for relief from the mandatory minimum tender requirement applicable to take-over bids under National Instrument 62-104 - Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids. • Representation of the former auditors of Buckingham Securities in the Superior Court of Justice and in the Ontario Court of Appeal in the successful defence of a class action, and in securing the dismissal of a negligence claim against the defendant accounting firm. • A Swiss-based organization, the Bruno Manser Fund, with a first-of-its-kind application for a Norwich Pharmacal “disclosure” order to obtain information for use in connection with a potential private criminal prosecution relating to the alleged money laundering in Canada of the proceeds of Malaysian political corruption. • Pro Bono Law Ontario, as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Hinse v Canada (Attorney General) on the issue of indemnification for legal costs in private pro bono litigation. Hinse v Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 35 Fraud and Financial Crimes • A prominent Canadian public utility in advancing its claims arising from a fraud arising from its procurement of construction services • A US farm credit cooperative in its recovery litigation arising from a complex cross-border cheque kiting scheme • A Canadian money services businesses in advancing its appeal of a FINTRAC administrative monetary penalty to the Federal Court of Canada • Invenia Technical Computing Corporation in its successful urgent application for relief arising from an individual improperly holding himself out as sole director, President, CEO, and Chairman of the company • A farm credit cooperative, as Canadian counsel, in its fraud claim concerning the recovery of losses arising from an elaborate cross-border cheque-kiting scheme • For the joint liquidators of Stanford International Bank in recovery efforts arising from losses in the amount of $5.5 billion, the world's second largest Ponzi scheme • For a significant Ontario construction firm in recovery efforts arising from an approximately $8-million kickback scheme |