Dominic J. Auld

Dominic J. Auld has nearly two decades of experience in representing and advising institutional clients in large-scale securities and investment-related lawsuits.

Dominic is responsible for BFA’s outreach to pension systems, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds outside the United States – regularly advising clients in Europe, Australia, Asia, and across his home country of Canada.

Dominic and his team have served as liaison counsel to global investors in dozens of shareholder and investor litigations outside the United States.

Dominic is sought after as a commentator on topics such as corporate governance, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, corporate misconduct, and international class and collective litigation. He has been a regular speaker and panelist at law and investment conferences, including past events such as the Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR Canada) and Osgoode Hall Law School conference on public and private securities enforcement and investor recovery in Toronto, the IMF Bentham shareholder class action conference in Sydney, and the Annual International Bar Association meeting in Dubai.

Dominic is the author of various articles of interest to the Firm’s client base, including an analysis of shareholder remedies in Japan in Law360, and a piece regarding custodian bank fees and their impact on pension funds globally in Nordic Regions Pensions and Investment News magazine. He is quoted in publications including The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Times of London, The Evening Standard, The Guardian, and The Daily Mail, and trade publications such as Global Pensions, OP Risk and Regulation, The Lawyer, Investments and Pensions Europe, Professional Pensions, and Benefits Canada. He also was interviewed by Corporate Counsel for a feature article on rogue trading.

Prior to founding the Firm, Dominic was a Partner at another securities litigation firm, and was previously a member of the team responsible for prosecuting the landmark action In re WorldCom Inc. Securities Litigation, which resulted in a settlement of more than $6 billion.

Dominic has years of experience working directly with institutional clients affected by securities fraud. For example, he worked extensively with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as it led securities actions In re Nortel Networks Corp. Securities Litigation, In re Williams Securities Litigation, and In re Biovail Corp. Securities Litigation – cases that recovered a total of more than $1.7 billion for investors.