Dimitri Lascaris

Telephone:   519-660-7844

E-mail:   dimitri.lascaris@siskinds.com

Mr. Lascaris graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1991. He was admitted to the bar of the State of New York and the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1992, and subsequently became a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Mr. Lascaris became a partner of Siskinds LLP in 2007. Before joining Siskinds, he practiced in the New York City and Paris, France offices of Sullivan & Cromwell. While at Sullivan & Cromwell, he represented the underwriting syndicate in what was, at the time, the largest initial public offering of common stock in United States history. In January 2009, Mr. Lasaris was named by Law Day as one of the 50 best plaintiff's class action lawyers in Canada. Mr. Lascaris's practice is concentrated in the field of securities class actions. He was lead or co-lead counsel in: FMF Capital Group Securities Litigation (C$29 million settlement and corporate governance reform); Southwestern Resources Corp. Securities Litigation (C$15.5 million settlement), the first case settled under Ontario's new investor protection legislation, Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act; CP Ships Securities Litigation (C$12.8 million settlement); Royal Group Technologies Securities Litigation (C$9 million settlement); CV Technologies Securities Litigation (C$7.1 million settlement); Molson-Coors Securities Litigation (US$6 million settlement); Canadian Superior Energy Securities Litigation (C$6 million settlement); Research in Motion Stock Options Litigation (C$5 million settlement and corporate governance reform). Mr. Lascaris was also co-counsel to the Canadian plaintiff in the Biovail Securities Litigation, which was settled in 2008 for US$138 million and extensive corporate governance reform. Mr. Lascaris is currently prosecuting numerous domestic and cross-border securities class actions, including the IMAX Corporation Securities Litigation, which is the first case filed under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act. He also acts for institutional shareholders in numerous derivative proceedings involving allegations of options backdating. Mr. Lascaris speaks English, French and Greek.

Practice Areas

Class Actions Mass Torts Securities and Shareholders Rights

Memberships and Activities

Advocates' Society London West Green Part Electoral District Association (2008) (Chief Executive Officer) Unity Project for the Relief of Homelessness in London (Member of the Board of Directors)

Publications & Teaching

"Questions of Ethics regarding Class Actions", Class Actions: Recent Developments in Quebec, Canada, United States and Europe, Quebec Bar Association, October 2009 " The Statutory Secondary Market Liability Regime in the OSA " , Law Commission of Ontario Joint & Several Liability Roundtable, October 2009 "The Future of Litigation under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act", 2009 OBA Institute Civil Litigation Program: When the Butterfly Flaps Its Wings: Cross-Border Litigation in Your Practice, February 2009. "Prosecuting and Defending Secondary Market Securities Class Actions: An Emerging Threat for Securities Issuers", The Canadian Institute - 9th Annual National Forum on Class Action Litigations, September 2008. "Rule 10b-5 Versus Part XXIII.1: Where are the Rights of Investors Best Protected?", A.D. Lascaris and C.M. Wright, Osgoode Professional Development, 4th Annual Symposium on Class Actions, April 2007. "Institutional Investors, Shareholder Activism and Class Actions: The Preservation of Market Integrity", Benefits & Compensation Digest, Vol. 41, No. 11, November 2004. Mr. Lascaris has been quoted frequently in the national and international media, including the National Post, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Calgary Herald, the Vancouver Sun, Canadian Business Magazine, Canadian Lawyer, the Law Times, the Lawyers Weekly, Lloyd's List (U.K.), the National Law Review (U.S.), the American Lawyer (U.S.), the Street.com (U.S.), and Caijing Magazine (China). He has also appeared as a commentator on the Business News Network. Certification of Reliance-Based Claims in Class Actions, April 30, 2010.