Borden Ladner Gervais LLPPartner

Robert Dawkins

About Robert Dawkins

Robert Dawkins is a lawyer practicing banking litigation and arbitration, fraud, securities litigation and 8 other areas of law. Robert received a B.A. degree from University of Toronto, and has been licensed for 24 years. Robert practices at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Vancouver, BC.

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Areas of Law

  • Other 11
    • Banking Litigation and Arbitration
    • Fraud
    • Securities Litigation
    • Intellectual Property Litigation
    • Banking and Financial Services
    • Investigations and White Collar Defence
    • Corporate Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
    • Credit Unions and Cooperatives
    • FinTech
    • Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
    • International Trade and Investment

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Work
    Acted for financial institutions, fidelity insurers
    business owners in fraud litigation
    investigations,
    in designing
    implementing commercial fraud recovery plans. Rob also acts for clients defending claims of third party
    vicarious liability for fraud. Acted for financial institutions in negligence, misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty,
    Bills of Exchange Act disputes. Advises financial institutions on risk management
    operational risk issues, including design
    review of anti-money-laundering compliance regimes, account-operating agreements, duties of confidentiality,
    responding to third-party claims on customer funds (e.g., constructive trust claims, Mareva Injunctions, garnishing orders, seizures,
    CRA requirements to pay). Acted in commercial disputes, including contract disputes, shareholder remedies litigation
    oppression claims, termination of agency relationships,
    matters before the BC Securities Commission. Assists clients in pre-litigation risk management, including advising boards of directors with respect to fiduciary obligations
    conducting litigation risk audits of st
    ard form contracts. Acted for commercial l
    lords in lease disputes, including termination, drafting surrender of lease documentation,
    distraint proceedings.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2002, Ontario
    2004, British Columbia
    Memberships

    Professional Involvement

    •Member, Canadian Bar Association
    •Member, Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC)
    •Member, LSBC Working Group, mandated to draft model Anton Piller and Mareva Injunction Orders for BC Practitioners, 2007-present
    •Guest Lecturer, UBC Faculty of Law, Creditors' Remedies Course (Mareva Injunctions and Anton Piller Orders), 2008-09

    Community Involvement

    •Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids Program

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Dalhousie Law School
    Class of 2001
    LL.B.
    with Honours
    Other Education
    University of Toronto
    B.A.
    Political Science and Commerce

    University of Toronto
    B.A.
    with High Distinction

Robert Dawkins

Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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1200 Waterfront Centre200 Burrard StreetP.O. Box 48600Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2Canada

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