Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025

2 Nov - 8 Nov 2025

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

Speaker information

Cara Cameron

Biography

Cara Cameron is a highly skilled litigator and negotiator trusted by clients in their most challenging commercial disputes, specifically in matters concerning contractual and shareholder rights, as well as white-collar investigations and defence, commercial fraud, asset tracing, and recovery proceedings. Cara has substantial experience in managing large and complex multijurisdictional cases, where success depends on the effective coordination of multi-professional teams. With over twenty years of trial and appellate practice, she has achieved numerous successes in court, including in lengthy trials and urgent proceedings, such as injunctions, civil seizures, Anton Piller (civil search) orders, and asset freezes. She has appeared before all levels of courts, up to the Supreme Court of Canada. She also excels in out-of-court dispute resolution and provides strategic advice on risk mitigation strategies. A highly regarded litigator, Cara is listed in the most reputable legal directories, including Chambers Canada (Band 3), The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Benchmark Litigation. In 2023, she was named in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Since 2024, she has also been named one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada by Benchmark Litigation.

Session

Forum shopping in insolvency proceedings: should COMI still be the rule?

Thursday 6 November (1115 - 1230)

Room 605, Level 600, MTCC

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EU jurisdiction over non-EU defendants

Wednesday 5 November (1115 - 1230)

Room 717 A, Level 700, MTCC

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