Litigation: General Commercial
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 3
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Before courts at all levels, and across all types of disputes that companies can confront, our litigators set precedents and effectively manage outcomes for clients.
Complex commercial litigation is a significant part of the work we do for clients: our team handles high-stakes commercial and business disputes where high-quality strategy and judgement are critical.
Our litigation and corporate practices work together to resolve clients’ most sensitive cases. Our objective in all cases is to find practical solutions and avoid expensive and time-consuming legal proceedings. If litigation cannot be avoided, we have deep experience helping clients in their commercial disputes across Canada, at all levels of Canadian courts and before provincial and federal regulators.
Our clients value the sense of partnership we bring to managing their high-stakes litigation. We serve clients on all forms of commercial conflicts that may arise during the course of their business relationships, including shareholder litigation, activism issues, contract and transaction disputes.
We act for clients across a wide range of industries, including in retail and consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, banking, finance, insurance, real estate, construction, technology, telecommunications, government and healthcare.
Chambers Review
This firm has a prominent reputation for litigation across Canada, acting for an impressive client base through its top-ranked central hub in Toronto, with additional support from impressive partners in Montreal. Torys offers wide-ranging expertise covering corporate, commercial and securities litigation, oppression claims, competition matters and product liability disputes. The team is also frequently cited as a popular choice for sophisticated interprovincial class action cases and offers substantial appellate experience. It stands out for its representation of government entities and Crown corporations, also providing litigation advice to key clients in the life sciences sector.
Work Highlights
- Torys acted for Vienna Insurancein a case regarding a reinsurrance claim stemming from business interruption insurance policy held by international mining conglomerate Vale.
Strengths
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"Torys provide succinct and strategic advice on complex issues."
"They have the ability to simplify complex disputes and to create and execute a pragmatic litigation strategy."
"Torys brings the strength of a large full service firm that is capable of addressing a wide variety of complex topics deftly as they arise."
"Torys provide succinct and strategic advice on complex issues."
"They have the ability to simplify complex disputes and to create and execute a pragmatic litigation strategy."
"Torys brings the strength of a large full service firm that is capable of addressing a wide variety of complex topics deftly as they arise."
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