Torys LLP
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Derivatives 

Torys' Derivatives Practice Group includes lawyers with expertise in securities law, tax, financial institutions, investment funds and management, and corporate/commercial litigation matters.

We provide advice to dealers (banks, insurance companies, mutual fund and investment management companies, investment dealers and other financial institutions) and end-users of all types of derivative products (both over-the-counter and exchange-traded) on product development, qualification for investment, investment strategies, taxation, and qualification for trading in various jurisdictions.

Our practice involves frequent interaction with banking, securities, taxation and pension regulatory authorities. We are also involved in commercial transactions involving derivatives, including derivatives-linked financings, mutual and pension fund investment issues and derivatives litigation.

In particular, we have experience in the design and launch of derivative-based structured products offered on a continuous or limited basis, including to the public under a prospectus, through the stock exchange, through exempt products (including equity, index or other linked notes), or through private funds created for pension and other institutional investors.


Publications

Recent Developments in Asset Equipment Finance and Leasing
Article | John J. Tobin, Jim S. Hong, Richard W. Johnson
Reprinted with permission from the 2008 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, June 2008

Considering the Constitutionality of the Trade-marks Act: a Case Comment on Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc.
Article | Andrew Bernstein
Federated Press’s Intellectual Property, vol. 12, no. 3, August 1, 2006

Derivative-Based Transactions Caught By New Insider Reporting Rule
Client Memo
December 3, 2003


Primary Contacts

Toronto

Marlene Davidge, Partner
416.865.7322
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