Zackary Goldford Associate | Vancouver

About Zackary

Zackary is a commercial litigator. His practice focuses on complex corporate and securities disputes, class actions and regulatory matters.

Before joining Blakes, Zackary practised commercial litigation at a top law firm in New York City, where he focused on high-stakes securities disputes. In the 2023-2024 judicial year, he served as a law clerk to Justice Nicholas Kasirer at the Supreme Court of Canada. Before his clerkship, Zackary was a summer and articling student at a global law firm in Toronto and Montréal, where he worked on contested M&A transactions, corporate governance disputes and class actions. While in law school, he served as a student law clerk to Chief Justice Manon Savard at the Court of Appeal of Quebec.

Zackary also maintains a pro bono practice. He has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board on behalf of pro bono clients, and has been involved with various other pro bono matters in Ontario, Quebec and New York.

Zackary is fluent in English and French.

Select Experience

Zackary’s experience includes:

Securities Litigation

Defending companies, underwriters and individual defendants in primary and secondary market misrepresentation class actions in British Columbia and Ontario
Defending a major Ohio-based electric utility in a securities class action and related regulatory proceedings in the United States

Corporate Disputes

Obtaining court approval for routine and contested plans of arrangement in British Columbia and the Yukon
Representing companies and shareholders in governance disputes, including successful out-of-court negotiations and confidential arbitrations
Acting for purchasers in post-transaction litigation against shareholders

General Commercial Litigation

Representing plaintiffs and defendants in breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, partnership and other commercial disputes

Class Actions

Defending financial institutions, a major transportation company and a leading online entertainment company against class actions across Canada

Administrative Law

Representing project proponents in judicial reviews and related litigation concerning project approvals
Providing litigation-avoidance advice to companies in connection with applications for provincial licenses in British Columbia

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