Markus is a partner in BLG’s Disputes Group and the past Toronto Head of BLG’s Class Actions Group. He has dedicated his practice to class actions, commercial litigation and public law. His class actions practice includes defending the country’s largest financial institutions and corporations in actions involving breaches of contract, privacy breaches, regulatory compliance, consumer protection and mass tort issues, arising in the financial services, pension and retail industries. Markus also practices commercial litigation and public law. He is regularly retained by employers and administrators of single- and multi-employer pension plans and by Ontario's pension regulator with respect to plan administration issues. He has particular expertise with respect to difficult religious rights issues in the education system. Markus has appeared as counsel before all levels of Court in Ontario, the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as the Financial Services Tribunal and other administrative tribunals. He has been recognized by Lexpert (Litigation and Class Actions) Benchmark Litigation Canada and The Best Lawyers in Canada ( Employee Benefits Law, Class Action Litigation and Corporate Commercial Litigation ). Markus is fluent in English, French and German.
Updated April 2024
