Alexander De Zordo

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Defending Laurentian Bank of Canada in the NSF fees class action (Defrance vs Bank of Montreal et als).
  Successfully represented Stewart Title Guaranty Company in a claim under the Bills of Exchange Act
  the CBA Clearing Rules for forged endorsement in relation to a property sale
  mortgage fraud via identity theft.
  Representing British Airways in the passenger fuel surcharge class action.
  Advised a Canadian chartered bank in a data breach crisis, avoiding potential litigation
  recovering all expenses relating to the breach from the sub-contractor at fault.
  Represented BMO in all litigation relating to a complex mortgage lapping scheme.
  Advised the MUHC in relation to all investigations into allegations of corruption by former officials in the awarding of the PPP contract for the construction of their new 1.3B$ super hospital on the Glen site.
  Represented Scotia Bank in the hostile takeover litigation between Goldcorp
  Osisko.
  Represented AGCO Canada for injunctive proceedings that led to the mutual termination of a dealership agreement with an important dealer in its Fendt
  Massey Fergusson agro-equipment distribution network.
  Defended RBC in the 40-million-dollar class action instituted by Virginia Nelles on behalf of investors/clients of Earl Jones. Acted for RBC Dominion Securities in a related lawsuit.
  Represented Mr. Rejean Hinse, a victim of wrongful conviction, in his suit for over 10 million dollars in damages against the Attorney General of Quebec
  the Attorney General of Canada.
  Represented AMGA Poultry & Meat Co. Ltd. against Zavos Distributor, Lea Mardas et al in an action seeking recovery of 1.4 million dollars misappropriated through an invoicing scheme.
  Represented the TD Bank against Group Sutton Royal Inc.
  others in all litigation relating to a complex kiting scheme.
  Defended RBS Bank in an action for 45 million dollars resulting from a financing affected by means of a fraudulent bank guarantee.
  Acted for a sports equipment manufacturer in an ICC international arbitration against a Japanese multi-national, for breach of a distribution contract
  obtained an award for more than 1.5 million dollars.
  Represented BMO against Stewart Goldstein in a 1.2-million dollar bank fraud case.
  Represented CIT Financial Limited as plaintiff in an action to recover the proceeds of fraudulent financings worth 14 million dollars.
  Represented Marine Property Leaseholds Ltd. as plaintiff against Soltron Realty Inc. in injunction proceedings
  an arbitration arising from the abusive closure of the access to the Montreal underground.