Disputes (International & Cross-Border)
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 1
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McCarthy Tétrault has experienced teams located across Canada providing the full spectrum of practice area and industry knowledge and is a top choice across transactional and contentious work. Benefiting from its Canadian law offering in New York and its London office, the firm is well placed to service foreign clients on inbound Canada work as well as advising Canadian clients on their US and global operations. The law firm works collaboratively with firms in key markets across the globe to deliver cross-border solutions for its clients.
The law firm provides clients with strong groups of specialist contentious lawyers well versed in international work. Its contentious teams often represent Canadian energy and resources clients in relation to international projects and assets, and are frequently called upon for disputes arising in Africa and Latin America. Its teams often provide local guidance for US and global energy companies on Canadian issues, including class actions and product liability litigation with multi-jurisdictional implications. The law firm also provides top-tier competition litigators, assisting foreign and domestic clients with regard to inbound investment.
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"McCarthy Tétrault's team has lawyers everywhere and all are very talented. They can handle work cross-jurisdictionally too, which is key. They have capabilities across Canada to deal with complicated class actions."
"McCarthy Tétrault's team has lawyers everywhere and all are very talented. They can handle work cross-jurisdictionally too, which is key. They have capabilities across Canada to deal with complicated class actions."
Notable Practitioners
Paul Steep is one of Toronto's premier litigators. His commercial disputes practice encompasses significant securities litigation mandates, including class action suits. His client roster features a number of Canada's largest commercial and investment banks.
Mason Poplaw is well regarded among peers in Montréal and is particularly noted for his handling of complex class action litigation.
Sarit Batner has a robust reputation for her impressively broad litigation practice, from major insurance and insolvency litigation to contractual and shareholder disputes, as well as disputes relating to IP and professional liability.
Michael Feder a highly respected litigator whose practice spans across a range of corporate and commercial disputes, encompassing fraud and misfeasance, breach of duty litigation and force majeure disputes. In addition, he also holds experience in administrative and public law disputes, appellate proceedings and challenges to arbitral awards.
Junior Sirivar co-chairs the international arbitration team at McCarthy Tétrault from his base in Toronto. He handles an impressive array of international arbitral proceedings arising in the natural resources and energy sectors, as well as domestic commercial disputes.
"He is able to make complex issues clear to the client and can give good advice on the likelihood of success."
Geoff Hall acts for major financial institutions and investment funds in various commercial disputes, with a particularly strong track record acting on contractual litigation and fraud-related cases. He is located in Toronto.
Ranked Lawyers at
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