Our Expertise
Advocacy is our asset. Tailored to achieve your objectives.
We are expert trial, arbitration, and appeal lawyers focused on delivering results, both in and out of the court room. We have a broad range of expertise, spanning diverse industries and various areas of law. We assist all manner of clients, including public and private companies, individuals, professionals and their regulators, and statutory and public officers. No matter the legal issue, subject matter, or client, our advice will always be clear, actionable, and tailored for you. Working with us, you'll receive the legal support and thoughtful advice you need to skillfully navigate the litigation landscape.
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Administrative & Public Law
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AGB has a robust administrative and public law practice, with broad experience in regulatory matters involving a wide range of provincial and federal administrative tribunals. We also have considerable experience in appeals from tribunal decisions and judicial review proceedings, public inquiries and inquests, and constitutional and public interest litigation. We regularly act for individuals, corporations, associations, tribunals, statutory officers (such as Integrity Commissioners), professional regulators, and interveners in leading public and administrative cases, including in relation to ...Find out more
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Advice & Opinions
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Navigating legal disputes requires more than just adversarial, courtroom advocacy. Optimal solutions are often found outside the courtroom, before any formal legal process has been initiated. Whether you require an internal investigation, risk analysis, pre-litigation strategy, or advice on the merits of an appeal or judicial review, our lawyers bring their extensive experience as trial and appellate lawyers, strategic mindset, and practical approach to every case. Our lawyers regularly provide guidance with legal advice and opinions in relation to: Risk assessment. Understanding the...Find out more
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Appeals & Judicial Review
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Our lawyers have a wealth of experience and success in appeals and applications for judicial review, and are specifically sought by experienced trial counsel to bring and respond to such appellate proceedings. We also act as counsel for interveners in appellate courts, to advocate for important perspectives in significant areas of public and private law. Our lawyers—many of whom themselves clerked at superior and appellate courts—bring their experience and judgment to bear in determining where a case was won or lost, and what issues and arguments will find favour with appellate judge...Find out more
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Arbitration & Mediation
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At Adair Goldblatt Bieber, we are focused on practical solutions and timely results. These objectives are often best served by out-of-court resolution, via mediation or arbitration. Our lawyers are highly experienced at resolving litigation through these means, which have the benefit of being confidential, more time- and cost-efficient, and amenable to creative, practical remedies.Our lawyers have deep expertise in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including with international arbitration and across a broad range of industries. Our experience extends not only representing clients in these ...Find out more
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Class Actions
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Our lawyers have acted successfully in a variety of class action lawsuits—for both plaintiffs and defendants—demonstrating the strategic thinking, rigor, patience, and complex file management required to navigate such matters. We are deeply familiar with the intricacies of the statutory frameworks that govern class proceedings across Canada, and the unique challenges that this category of litigation can pose.Our recent class action litigation areas include:Securities and shareholder fightsConsumer protectionProduct liabilityInsurance mattersNegligence claimsMass torts and institutional abusePe...Find out more
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Commercial Litigation
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Our lawyers are well-versed and highly experienced in all aspects of corporate commercial litigation. They recognize that while we are in the business of litigation, you are not. We take a solution-oriented approach to commercial cases that is business-minded, practical, and focused on achieving an economically rationally resolution that make sense for you and your business. We are routinely trusted by public and private companies, partnerships, shareholders, directors, officers, and boards arguing in superior and appellate courts, before the Toronto Commercial List, and seeking resolutio...Find out more
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Corporate Governance & Shareholders' Disputes
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Our lawyers have deep expertise litigating all sides and dimensions of corporate governance disputes, including directors’ and officers’ liability, disputes amongst shareholders, oppression claims, derivative actions, takeover and proxy fights, and disputes over fair value and shareholders’ rights. We regularly act for both plaintiffs (applicants) and defendants (respondents) in such matters, including independent directors and officers, corporations, and their insurers.Find out more
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Employment Disputes
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Our lawyers regularly represent employers and employees in wrongful dismissal actions, including matters involving public companies and executives, with a focus on efficient and practical resolutions that keep each client's unique objectives at the forefront. We also act in a variety of employment-related proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and Human Rights Tribunal. Our extensive experience with both litigation and administrative proceedings, coupled with our deep understanding of and familiarity with employment law principles and precedent, allows us to navigate employ...Find out more
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Insolvency Litigation
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Litigating bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring matters is specialized and complex, and often time sensitive. It can involve multiple parties across different jurisdictions with varied, sometimes overlapping interests. These interests can converge and diverge on different issues, and this can change as the financial circumstances at issue evolve in real time. Practical business issues are paramount and must be considered in developing the appropriate legal strategy.Our lawyers have the experience and practice-area expertise to navigate the complexities and challenges of this dynamic litig...Find out more
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Insurance Coverage Disputes
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Our lawyers regularly act for policyholders and insurers in disputes involving the interpretation and enforcement of insurance policies, including those insuring commercial property, general liability, errors and omissions (E&O), directors and officers (D&O), builder's risk, cyber risks, life, home, and title. In our policyholder practice we act for a broad cross-section of insured clients, ranging from homeowners seeking indemnity following a house fire to large corporations seeking insurance coverage for class actions.AGB also has extensive experience in negligence claims agains...Find out more
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Integrity Commissioners & Public Accountability
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Our firm regularly acts as legal counsel to Integrity Commissioners for several municipalities and school boards across Ontario, providing legal advice in relation to their statutory mandates.We are deeply familiar with the governance and accountability frameworks found in the Municipal Act, 2001, the City of Toronto Act, 2006, the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, and the Education Act, as well as the related codes of conduct and policies for municipal members of council and school board trustees.We provide a broad range of legal services to the Integrity Commissioners appointed under these...Find out more
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Internal & Special Investigations
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We are experienced in representing individuals, companies, regulatory authorities, and statutory officers in conducting and responding to investigations of alleged wrongdoing, including allegations of harassment, sexual assault, fraud, and the theft or leaking of confidential information. We approach these mandates with the care, discretion, and sensitivity they require, recognizing that they have the potential to result in serious reputational damage, and also substantial damages awards. Our pre-litigation advice is often informed by an internal investigation to figure out what actually happe...Find out more
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Media, Defamation & Privacy Law
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Our lawyers are experienced in both prosecuting and defending defamation claims, as well as claims arising from breaches of privacy. We often provide pre-litigation advice to those looking to avoid disputes, or resolve them confidentially, before litigation arises. Your reputation and privacy are critically important, and we approach these cases with their highly sensitive and personal nature in mind.We act for all manner of clients in defamation and privacy cases, including individuals, corporations, publications, politicians, and professionals. We offer a nuanced and sensible approach, ...Find out more
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Partnership and Joint Venture Disputes
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Our lawyers regularly litigate and resolve all manner of partnership and joint venture disputes, both in courts and through alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration. They are highly attuned to the practical business realities and sensitivities of such matters, and the need to approach litigation with them in mind. We focus on understanding each clients' specific goals and objectives in order to develop and implement a litigation strategy that will achieve these ends as efficiently as possible. We are deeply familiar with the statutory frameworks and commo...Find out more
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Professional Liability & Regulation
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Adair Goldblatt Bieber's experience both prosecuting and defending regulated professionals means that we approach professional liability cases from every angle.Several of our lawyers are trusted to defend and respond to civil claims on behalf of lawyers, accountants, health professionals, social workers, and other professionals across Canada. We also regularly prosecute professional negligence claims on behalf of plaintiffs. Our lawyers also regularly act in the defence of regulatory investigations, proceedings and prosecutions, with particular experience before the Ontario Securities Commissi...Find out more
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Real Estate Litigation
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Our lawyers are well-versed in litigating and resolving disputes related to real estate and development projects. We regularly act in disputes related to agreements of purchase and sale, complex commercial leases, development and construction, alleged fraud in relation to real estate transactions, and mortgage and financing matters with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. We have extensive experience litigating joint venture and partnership disputes, often in relation to closely-held companies and their real estate holdings. Sensitive to the personal and business realities of t...Find out more
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Securities Litigation
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Our lawyers have substantial expertise in all facets and forms of litigation relating to capital markets and publicly traded securities. We act for investors, issuers, investment advisors, regulators, creditors, directors and officers, and other stakeholders in civil litigation and arbitration, regulatory proceedings, class actions, takeover and proxy fights, and professional discipline proceedings.We regularly appear before the Capital Markets Tribunal (previously, OSC), British Columbia Securities Commission, Alberta Securities Commission, Manitoba Securities Commission, Financial and Consum...Find out more
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Sports Disputes
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Disputes between national and provincial sports organizations (“NSOs” and “PSOs”) and their athletes generally proceed through an administrative complaint process that is ultimately adjudicated before tribunals. Our firm has substantial experience assisting all parties and institutions involved in these disputes. We regularly act for NSOs, PSOs, and athletes in their disputes, before both the relevant administrative tribunals and court. Our lawyers are also regularly trusted by the independent third parties for the NSOs and PSOs to act as the mediators and adjudicators hearing and resolving di...Find out more
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Trust and Estates Litigation
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Trust and estates disputes present unique challenges and can be emotionally charged. The governing laws, legal principles, and procedures in Ontario are complex and ever-evolving. AGB has the judgment and expertise in this nuanced area to help clients navigate these complex, challenging, and often emotional disputes.We regularly act for all manner of clients engaged in or proximate to trust and estates disputes and litigation, including estate trustees, trustees, beneficiaries, and trust companies. We act in various types of proceedings, including passing of accounts, will challenges, dependen...Find out more
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