Ontario

Firm overview

Glaholt Bowles LLP is a nationally and internationally recognized trusted advisor with dispute resolution and risk management expertise, focusing on construction and design claims, public and private procurement processes, infrastructure development and building contracts. We provide advice and advocacy throughout Canada and internationally at every stage of the construction development process, in all types of projects, from process plants, power generation and transmission, and other heavy industrial projects, to mixed residential/commercial developments, highways and roads, bridges, urban infrastructure and major recreational facilities.

The firm has a strong reputation in all areas of dispute resolution, ranging from litigation to private arbitration and mediation, and in project dispute resolution procedures such as adjudication and dispute review boards.

The firm’s lawyers have successfully represented clients throughout Canada and internationally in arbitrations over large-scale construction and infrastructure projects such as oil-pipelines, nickel processing plants, natural gas processing plants, and subways, under various institutional rules and ad hoc arbitrations.

Glaholt Bowles LLP lawyers are consistently rated among the most respected practitioners in the area of construction law.

Practice Areas:

• Adjudication 
• Arbitration
• Construction Liens
• Construction Trusts
• Contract Review and Drafting
• Dispute Review Boards
• Litigation
• Mediation
• Professional Liability
• Project Delay Claims
• Surety Bond Claims
• Tendering and Procurement

Firm overview

Bennett Jones is consistently recognized for its expertise in domestic and cross-border litigation. The firm is known for its uncompromising strength in the areas of competition and antitrust, securities, class actions, energy, commercial, intellectual property, fraud, construction, restructuring/insolvency, employment, health, and professional negligence litigation and has prominent practitioners in alternate dispute resolution, including international commercial arbitration. We are committed to working with our clients to develop an effective and cost-efficient strategy to identify and achieve their unique goals in the prosecution and defense of business disputes.

With more than 100 lawyers practicing commercial litigation nationally, Bennett Jones litigators have significant experience in all aspects of dispute resolution, and have leading reputations before courts and tribunals. We represent some of Canada's largest corporations, including energy producers, and technology and telecommunications companies, and are skilled in conducting commercial arbitrations, including those involving issues in the oil and gas, mining and construction industries. Our litigation practice is supported by the considerable strength of our appellate advocacy and judicial review practice which provides clients and referring counsel with specialized and strategic advice on all aspects of cases on appeal or under judicial review.

We are frequently retained by major domestic and international corporations in the defense of class actions. Representing parties at every stage of the lawsuit, from pre-certification motions and applications through to trial, we bring to each phase coordinated strategies and effective communications to streamline the litigation process. We also advise clients on mitigating their class action risk and proactively monitor trends in prospective class action developments.

Recognizing that many disputes are settled prior to trial, our commercial and technical expertise provides another valuable set of skills to the negotiation and settlement of litigation. Our team approach ensures that we provide the most timely, effective and innovative support to our clients. Our lawyers' reputations, contributions to Canadian case law, and distinguished history of service have resulted in top rankings in all major legal directories for many of our litigators, in a multitude of litigation practice areas.

Firm Culture:

Bennett Jones reflects the integrity and professional excellence of the firm’s Founding Partners. After more than 100 years of service, the firm has produced some of Canada’s most accomplished legal and business leaders, fostering values that established it as one of Canada’s most successful business law firms. The firm prides itself on offering clients innovative, strategic and forward-thinking approaches to their most complex legal and regulatory challenges and opportunities. Bennett Jones promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment where mutual respect and independent thought lead client and colleague interactions. Bennett Jones is proud to have been recognized for 23 consecutive years as one of Canada’s Best Employers.

Firm overview

Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb (LOLG) is Canada’s preeminent business litigation firm. LOLG supplies only one thing: litigation solutions to the most difficult commercial problems. Its trial and appellate lawyers have unparalleled experience in bet-the-company litigation across the country.

LOLG is regularly engaged as trial and appellate co-counsel by peer law firms, and as court officers in large and sensitive litigation mandates. The firm practice business litigation including class actions, insolvency, securities, insurance, trusts, infrastructure, breach of contract, franchise and select public law matters in which substantial commercial interests are at stake. 

LOLG has one of Canada’s leading restructuring & insolvency practices. The firm’s insolvency counsel are ranked among the top nationally and have material roles in Canada’s largest and most complex insolvency proceedings and restructurings.  LOLG also has a dedicated insurance litigation practice. The firm is engaged as leading counsel advising policyholder clients on insurance claims and litigating coverage disputes against major insurers.

LOLG’s practitioners are leaders at the bar, holding positions on the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism and the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, and fellowships in elite trial organizations. Its associates are of the highest caliber, recruited primarily from judicial clerkships at the Supreme Court of Canada, provincial Courts of Appeal, and the Commercial List of the Superior Court of Justice. LOLG’s partners are among the most consistently recommended counsel in Canada and represent clients in Canada, the United States, and from overseas. 

Firm overview

DMG Advocates offers clients top-tier litigation expertise with exceptional boutique service. DMG broke onto the Canadian litigation scene in 2018 and was quickly recognized as one of the top litigation boutiques in the country.

DMG partners bring decades of experience litigating at leading national firms. They are recognized by peers as among the best advocates in multiple categories. All of DMG’s lawyers have extensive expertise in complex commercial disputes across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, transportation, securities, media, technology, real estate, franchising, energy, and construction.

The firm has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. DMG lawyers regularly act in domestic and international arbitrations, as well as before administrative and regulatory bodies. DMG Advocates also has an active public litigation practice, including acting as counsel at public inquiries and government commissions.

The DMG team is dedicated to delivering client-focused service that draws on the depth of our litigation expertise. The firm is large enough to take on the largest and most complex files, but small enough to ensure our clients receive boutique service delivered efficiently. DMG uses industry-leading experience in complex litigation, discovery planning and eDiscovery to deliver streamlined and cost-effective service, managing every file proportionately and strategically.

DMG is a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms and is the law firm for commercial litigation in the Toronto Chapter.

Practice Areas & Specialisations: Commercial Litigation • Product Liability • Shareholder Disputes • Class Action Defence • Commercial Arbitration • eDiscovery • Defamation • Privacy and Cyber Security • Public Inquiries • Construction and Infrastructure • Public and Private Procurement