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Linda Fuerst and Melissa MacKewn Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP is the leading securi - ties litigation boutique in Canada with a top-ranked white-collar defence practice. Its team of experienced partners and skilled associates has deep experience representing clients in high-stakes, high-profile in - vestigations into conduct including suspected insider trading, misleading public disclosures, manipulative trading, fraud and other serious securities law infrac - tions, as well as in securities regulatory proceedings, quasi-criminal and/or criminal prosecutions. Its law -
yers frequently act in matters involving parallel police and regulatory investigations and in joint investiga - tions involving Canadian and international regulators, including the US Securities and Exchange Commis - sion. The team is also retained to lead independent investigations into serious misconduct by capital markets participants, including securities registrants and senior public company executives, and to rep - resent individuals or corporations caught up in such investigations.
Authors
Linda Fuerst is a senior partner at Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP with over four decades of experience representing clients in securities regulatory investigations and litigation, internal investigations,
Melissa MacKewn is a founding partner of Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP and one of Canada’s most sought-after securities litigators. A former Senior Enforcement Counsel at the OSC, Melissa has extensive
criminal prosecutions and complex commercial disputes. She has litigated matters before courts across Canada, and has represented clients in investigations and proceedings before multiple provincial securities commissions and in connection with matters involving the SEC and the CFTC. A former Senior Investigation Counsel at the OSC with experience at the SEC, she is recognised for her strategic, discreet handling of high-stakes, cross- border white-collar matters.
experience representing registrants, issuers, officers, directors and corporations in high-profile matters before the OSC and other securities regulators involving alleged fraud, insider trading, disclosure violations and market manipulation. Melissa also conducts confidential internal investigations. Known for her strategic advocacy and regulatory insight, she is skilled at guiding clients through sensitive matters where reputations and shareholder value are at risk.
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