Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP is a leading corporate and securities litigation boutique based in Toronto. We are best known for our expertise in representing clients who participate in the capital markets and financial services industry. Our named partners have been ranked nationally among the best of their peers.
Our dedicated team of lawyers has successfully represented clients in some of the most significant and high profile securities law cases in Canada. Our practice includes investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA). We also have significant experience with cross-border investigations involving the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and other US regulators and law enforcement agencies. Our familiarity with the Canadian securities regulators allows us to deliver practical and current advice to resolve issues in a constantly changing regulatory environment.
Our civil litigation practice has a focus on securities class action defence and corporate litigation. We act for companies, directors, officers, securities dealers, advisors, investment funds, fund managers, traders and other capital market participants in a wide range of securities class actions brought in provinces across the country. Our lawyers have extensive experience with the litigation and resolution of corporate disputes, including oppression claims, fair value applications, corporate governance and accounting issues and corporate investigations. We are frequently retained as litigation counsel to work with corporate law firms on contested shareholder meetings, takeover bids and transactions that require court approval through plans of arrangement or otherwise.
All of the lawyers at Crawley MacKewn Brush have an active commercial litigation practice. We have extensive experience with professional negligence claims involving securities industry professionals and accountants. We have litigated significant contract disputes in the courts and through a range of arbitration processes in Canada, through JAMS in the US and the Rules of the ICC. We have experience resolving a wide range of issues that arise for our clients in the business environment, including employment disputes, defamation claims and tax litigation matters.
The lawyers at Crawley MacKewn Brush are litigators first and foremost. We focus on achieving the best outcome for our clients, no matter how challenging the circumstances. We endeavour to apply and instill in all our lawyers best practices in trial advocacy and dispute resolution in order to provide professional and skilled representation that both serves and reflects well on our clients.
Last updated March 2020
Experienced. Strategic. Committed.
We are a renowned legal team
We succeed for our clients because we don’t stop until we find the right answer. Our team works collaboratively, leveraging diversity of style and expertise to produce better legal outcomes.
We have more experience, expertise, and success in appeals than any other lawyers in the province of Ontario.
We are strategic
We simplify the complex. We distill our cases down to their most important elements. We continually analyze the case from different angles, uncovering opportunities that tip the scales in your favour.
We are known throughout the profession and by the courts as exceptional advocates.
We are in your corner
We thrive on doing the impossible for our clients. Our job is to solve your problems and get you results, whether in or out of court. We listen to your needs. We’re committed to your case. We care about the outcome.
Last updated April 2020
Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP (“TGF”) focuses its practice in two areas: (i) commercial litigation; and (ii) insolvency and restructuring. Representative mandates reflect the breadth and depth of the team, and the creativity involved in resolving some of the most complex legal issues in Canada.
TGF is a mix of senior restructuring and litigation lawyers with a full range of experience gained by years of practice, both inside and outside full-service law firms, combined with talented and energetic younger lawyers who thrive in the entrepreneurial environment of a highly focused firm.
Representative Mandates:
Last updated July 2020
McMillan is a business law firm serving public, private and not-for-profit clients across key industries in Canada, the United States and internationally. With recognized expertise and acknowledged leadership in major business sectors, we provide solution-oriented legal advice through our offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Hong Kong.
For more information, please visit our website at www.mcmillan.ca or contact info@mcmillan.ca.
McMillan’s Litigation Group is one of Canada’s leading domestic and cross-border corporate commercial litigation firms. Our lawyers are recognized for their creativity and effectiveness in bringing disputes to satisfactory conclusions, both inside and outside the courts. And with specialists in key areas such as competition, intellectual property, real estate, securities and other areas, McMillan’s Litigation Group always strives to deliver a complete solution – no matter the nature of your corporate or commercial disputes.
As experienced litigators, we always assess risk and opportunities before advising clients on the likelihood of success and helping them weigh their options. We also understand that litigation is not always the preferred option, and help clients pursue a full range of resolution avenues including early negotiated settlements and alternative dispute resolution methods. If we proceed to court, however, we are recognized for our ability to tenaciously advance our clients’ commercial interests.
Litigation Practices:
Vancouver
Joan Young
Co-Chair, Litigation
t: 604.893.7639 | e: joan.young@mcmillan.ca
Calgary
Andrew Stead
Partner, Litigation
t: 403.531.8748 | e: andrew.stead@mcmillan.ca
Toronto
Robert Wisner
Co-Chair, International Arbitration
t: 416.865.7127 | e: robert.wisner@mcmillan.ca
Montréal
Éric Vallières
Co-Chair, Quebec, Competition, Dispute Resolution
t: 514.987.5068 | e: eric.vallieres@mcmillan.ca
Ottawa
Martin Thompson
Office Managing Partner
t: 613.691.6104 | e: martin.thompson@mcmillan.ca
Hong Kong
Stephen Wortley
Executive Partner, Co-Chair, China Practice Group
t: 852.3101.0390 | e: stephen.wortley@mcmillan.ca
Ofiices:
Vancouver | Calgary | Toronto| Ottawa | Montréal | Hong Kong
Last updated: March 2019