McMillan’s Ontario litigation team, distributed among its offices in Toronto and Ottawa, attends to a diverse variety of litigation matters and covers a broad range of practice areas. Toronto, the firm’s largest office, houses some of the firm’s marquis partners that are considered leaders in several practice areas, including competition, product liability and securities. This office also houses the firm’s core strength in the arbitration space.
Robert Wisner is the co-chair of the arbitration group and focuses primarily on international arbitration, with an even balance of commercial and investor state arbitration, with a good deal of this concerning the energy industry. Brad Hanna is another co-chair of the arbitration group, with a more domestic focus.
Adam Chisholm attends to a diverse commercial litigation practice that touches on elements of securities and intellectual property. “Adam Chisholm and
Ben Bathgate have made some inroads into the crypocurrency space,” confirms a peer. “Adam is fielding a call a week from potential new clients regarding lost crypto or NFTs and how they’re going to be regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission.” Jeffrey Levine manages a blend of commercial and securities work, with peers taking note of his presence on several recent high-stakes multi-pronged disputes. “Jeff was on the recent case regarding iAnthus, the cannabis entity that missed a default payment,” testifies a peer. “This was a huge securities matter that turned into a class action and there were some insolvency aspects as well.”
Jason Annibale is noted for a thriving construction practice that finds him in a lead counsel role on numerous novel (and largely confidential) commercial property and infrastructure disputes.
