Kate Broer | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Kate Broer LL.B., B.A. (Hons.), Partner

Kate practises in the area of corporate/commercial litigation with a particular focus on securities and investment dealer-related litigation, regulatory compliance matters and products liability.

Kate works closely with clients in the securities industry, providing them with valued litigation and regulatory advice in all aspects of their business including operations, employee-related matters and professional liability. She has represented a number of national securities and mutual fund dealers and brokers in court proceedings as well as before the Investment Dealers Association, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association and at Securities Commissions across Canada. She is the Toronto Co-Lead for the firm’s National Securities Litigation Group.

Kate also handles product liability matters for clients in a variety of industries, including construction and food products and handling. In this context, she has litigated a number of complex, multi-party disputes involving complicated expert evidence in a range of areas from building science and structural engineering to organic chemistry.

Kate is the Co-Chair of FMC's National Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. FMC was recently named one of Canada's Best Employers for New Canadians.

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Representative Work

Successfully represented Kraft Canada Inc. before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kraft Canada Inc. v. Karen Pitsadiotis, Canada’s first decision to apply the doctrine of rectification to correct an error in the text of a pension plan

Counsel to Meridian Gold Inc. in connection with $3.5 billion take-over bid by Yamana Gold Inc., including "poison pill" hearing before the Ontario Securities Commission. Meridian Gold Inc., Re (2007), 30 O.S.C.B. 9307 (O.S.C.)

Represents several financial institutions in connection with broker-dealer professional liability matters

Regularly represents clients in the securities regulatory context including with respect to inquiries and investigations from Canadian Securities Commissions, SROs, FINRA and the SEC

Co-counsel to a Canadian Schedule I Bank in connection with the asset backed commercial paper crisis

Publications

FMC Team Scores Pension Rectification Win

Landmark Supreme Court Case Provides Continuous Disclosure Guidelines

“Defining the Broker-Client Relationship – Hunt v. TD Securities,” September 1, 2003

Teaching Roles

Kate regularly assists clients in training key personnel on legal issues relevant to their businesses, particularly in the professional liability and risk management contexts

Prior Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Diversity Leader Workshop", Continuing Professional Development Bootcamp, Toronto, November 30, 2011

Speaker, "Avoiding Frostbite: A Primer on Cross-Border M&A Deals", New York, November 29, 2011

Panelist, “Facilitating Diversity: Similar countries, different experiences; how historical context informs how we address diversity today," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 5, 2011

Presenter, "More Than Just Cold Air - Hot Topics for U.S. Companies Doing Business in Canada", Philadelphia, May 3, 2011

Guest speaker, "Understanding the Generational Divide," Women in Law Conference - 3rd Annual Conference, November 24, 2009