We represent secured creditors, institutional lenders, and distressed debt investors in the enforcement of security and the realization of capital. Our mandates involve the utilization of the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) to enforce on collateral through private or court-supervised processes. We specialize in obtaining extraordinary relief, including interim receivers, Mareva injunctions and Norwich orders, to stabilize estates and mitigate against dissipation of assets. We litigate complex priority disputes and enforce inter-creditor and subordination agreements to protect our clients’ position in the recovery waterfall. Our focus is the clinical application of enforcement tools to deal with debtor maneuvers and to maximize realization on non-performing portfolios.

We represent corporations, boards, and senior executives in high-stakes litigation arising from governance failures and operational crises. We manage the technicalities of derivative actions, officer and director indemnification disputes, and the litigation components of proxy contests. We provide the strategic advice required to contain litigation risk, ensuring that legal challenges do not impede the enterprise’s strategic operation or the integrity of its leadership.

We resolve disputes between shareholders involving deadlocked boards, proxy contests, and challenges to corporate governance. We utilize the court-supervised processes under the Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA), Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), and other statutory mechanisms to break structural impasses, including the execution of shotgun clauses, the initiation of derivative actions, and the pursuit of court-ordered buyouts. Our mandates focus on the technical aspects of valuation and the enforcement of rights under shareholder and partnership agreements to ensure the protection of shareholder interests. We provide the legal anchor required to resolve deadlock, whether through a negotiated exit or a court-supervised realization, prioritizing the protection of shareholder capital and the long-term commercial stability of the enterprise.

We litigate claims involving oppressive or unfairly prejudicial conduct under the Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA), Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), and equivalent statutes. Our mandates focus on the application of the oppression remedy to protect the interests of shareholders, creditors, and directors in both closely-held and public corporations. We advance claims that seek effective and efficient remedies including forced share buy-outs, the setting aside of transactions, and the removal of directors.

We represent public issuers, directors, and officers in high-stakes securities disputes, with a focus on defending claims of statutory misrepresentation and secondary market liability. Our mandates include the management of regulatory enforcement proceedings before securities commissions and the defense of allegations involving insider trading and market manipulation. We provide the tactical defense required to navigate the intersection of civil litigation and regulatory oversight, ensuring that the issuer’s market integrity is protected through the clinical application of securities law and the mitigation of enterprise-level reputational risk.

We advise clients navigating complex class proceedings, including in respect of certification motions and settlement of claims.

We represent corporations and principals in high-stakes disputes arising from the breach of commercial, vendor, customer, joint venture, partnership, and shareholder agreements. We navigate clients from the initial assessment of claims through the commencement of proceedings, prosecution of actions, trials, and the negotiation of commercial resolutions. We focus on the technical interpretation of contractual provisions and strategic litigation positioning to achieve the desired commercial outcome. We guide clients through the analysis of fundamental and anticipatory breaches and deploy the full range of legal and equitable remedies, including specific performance and interlocutory relief, to protect the client’s interests. We provide the clinical analysis required to quantify material damages and mitigate economic exposure, ensuring that the litigation is managed as a strategic business decision focused on the preservation of capital and the containment of institutional risk.

A professional reputation is a material asset that requires a technical defense when attacked by false narratives. We manage libel and slander proceedings by moving quickly to secure the court-ordered removal of defamatory content. We utilize anti-SLAPP motions to defeat strategic litigation intended to chill professional conduct. Our work focuses on the quantification of damages and the restoration of market standing, treating reputation management as a critical component of corporate risk mitigation.

We represent clients in domestic and international commercial arbitrations, providing a discrete alternative to public proceedings. We represent clients in private forums under ICC, ICDR, and JAMS rules to resolve complex structural and commercial impasses. Our work involves the selection of the tribunal and the technical presentation of evidence to secure a binding award. We navigate the arbitration process for clients wishing to avoid the public scrutiny and procedural delays of the public proceedings, ensuring any resolution is final and enforceable.

The outcome of a trial may not signal the end of a matter. Our lawyers are experienced appellate counsel, applying rigorous legal analysis and appellate advocacy to matters where intervention by an appellate court is warranted.

Speed is the only remedy when an enterprise faces an immediate crisis. Our lawyers are experienced in fast-moving proceedings and real-time litigation, able to move urgently for extraordinary relief, including Mareva injunctions to freeze assets and Anton Piller orders to preserve evidence. We work to stop irreparable harm before it becomes terminal. We provide the tactical response required to stabilize a situation and protect the client’s interests when time is the most critical factor.

Cross-border victories are meaningless without effective local enforcement. We manage the recognition and enforcement of international judgments in Canadian courts., applying reciprocal enforcement legislation and the principles of comity. We manage the process to ascertain local assets and satisfy foreign obligations by executing quickly and effectively on assets held in domestic jurisdictions. Our lawyers are experienced at identifying and taking preventative steps to avoid dissipation of assets.

We convert private arbitral awards into enforceable court judgments. We move quickly to satisfy the award through the seizure of assets, overcoming the procedural hurdles that debtors use to delay payment. Our expertise ensures that the finality of the arbitration process results in a tangible recovery. We handle the technical realization of awards, ensuring the client receives the capital they are legally entitled to regardless of the debtor’s location.

Our lawyers are experienced litigators in the defense of disciplinary proceedings and professional claims, as well as in the prosecution of disciplinary and professional liability matters for regulators.

We advise clients involved in public and private inquiries and have represented both commissions and private parties during inquiries. As commission or investigator counsel, we assist investigators and commissioners in the procedural aspects of an inquiry, including designing and implementing defensible and fair evidence-gathering protocols, examination of witnesses, document review and analysis. We support Commissions in delivering expedient, legally supportable, and meaningful reports. When representing participants, we provide the strategic counsel required to protect procedural rights during high-stakes inquiries and public hearings. For private participants, we manage the intersection of legal liability and reputational risk, providing practical legal support to navigate investigative processes.