Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
We are retained when the stakes are high.
Our practice focuses on high-consequence commercial disputes: matters with material financial exposure, reputational risk, or strategic impact. Clients turn to us for clear judgment under pressure, decisive advocacy, and disciplined execution in complex, fast-moving environments.
We act for public and private corporations, boards of directors, special committees, and senior executives in their most sensitive disputes, including contested transactions, shareholder and governance conflicts, cross-border disputes, and mission-critical contractual breakdowns.
Many of our mandates come through referrals from leading Canadian and international law firms who entrust us with their clients’ most demanding litigation. That confidence reflects our ability to assume control of complex files, shape litigation strategy at the highest level, and deliver results efficiently.
We regularly run multi-jurisdictional matters in coordination with U.S. and international counsel. Our advocacy spans from courtrooms across Ontario to international arbitrations.
When the dispute will define the business, clients call us.
Practice Areas
Commercial arbitration
Contractual claims
Corporate governance disputes
Oppression claims
Restructuring and Insolvency
Shareholders’ rights
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Representative Work
Represented Selena Stronach in an arbitration over the valuation of her ownership share in 1/ST Racing. Succeeded at the arbitration in a high-value award, which was affirmed on judicial review.
Counsel for a holding company of David Thomson in the Hudson’s Bay Company CCAA insolvency in its successful bid to purchase the Royal Charter of 1670.
Acting for one of the trustees of the Sherman Family trust in estates-based litigation surrounding control of a multimillion-dollar trust.
Acted for Sailingstone Capital Partners LLC (a US-based hedge fund) in an international arbitration regarding a mine in Mongolia worth approximately $20 billion USD.
Representing a company in a multimillion-dollar construction arbitration related to the Stellantis/LG battery plant in Windsor, Ontario.
Acted in an international arbitration for Beam Communications Inc., an Australian publicly traded company, in a multi-million dollar dispute with its joint venture partner regarding ownership of the joint venture company.
Acted for Continental Bank in a landmark decision on the remedy for breach of privilege in civil proceedings that resulted in the plaintiff’s multi-million dollar lawsuit being extinguished: Currency Exchange Canada Inc. v. Sprott, 2023 ONCA 61.
Acted for Ernst & Young in its role as court appointed Monitor in the CCAA proceedings arising from the insolvency of Carillion Canada Inc., which, among other issues dealt with the treatment of approximately $28.8 million of funds that were the subject of competing trust claims under the Construction Act and cash sweep/set off rights under Carillion’s banking arrangement with HSBC.
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Recognition
Chambers Canada, Litigation: General Commercial – The Elite – Ontario, Band 5 (Stockwoods)
Chambers Canada, Litigation: General Commercial, Band 6 (Sam Robinson)
Lexpert, Litigation – Corporate Commercial, “Most Frequently Recommended” (Paul Le Vay, Carlo Di Carlo)
Lexpert, Litigation – Corporate Commercial, “Consistently Recommended” (Luisa Ritacca, Brendan van Niejenhuis, Andrea Gonsalves, Stephen Aylward, Ryann Atkins)
Lexpert, Litigation – Corporate Commercial, “Repeatedly Recommended” (Sam Robinson, Edward (Ted) Marrocco, Fredrick Schumann, Justin Safayeni)
Best Lawyers, Bet-the-Company Litigation (Brian Gover)
Best Lawyers, Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Paul Le Vay, Sam Robinson, Luisa Ritacca, Brendan van Niejenhuis, Andrea Gonsalves, Edward (Ted) Marrocco, Fredrick Schumann, Carlo Di Carlo, Daniel Goudge)
Benchmark Litigation, Commercial (Brian Gover, Paul Le Vay, Sam Robinson, Luisa Ritacca, Brendan van Niejenhuis, Andrea Gonsalves, Nader Hasan, Edward (Ted) Marrocco, Justin Safayeni, Carlo Di Carlo)
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