Clarke Tedesco is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on commercial and securities litigation matters. In addition to being ranked by Lexpert as a leading securities litigator, Clarke is recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star and ranked by Chambers and Partners for commercial litigation and securities litigation. Clarke has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, arbitral tribunals, the courts of British Columbia, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the OSC and CIRO. Clarke has worked on a wide variety of commercial and securities litigation matters, including applications under the Business Corporations Act and the Securities Act, professional negligence, fraud actions, and fiduciary litigation, including complex commercial litigation matters. He regularly acts for directors and officers of private and public corporations, and acts for both private and public companies with respect to receivership and valuation applications at the Commercial List. Clarke also has experience in securities class actions, proxy battles and shareholder disputes, employment litigation, and defamation matters.
