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About
Provided by Amanda McLachlan
Practice Areas
Amanda's general litigation practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud, employment litigation and securities litigation disputes and investigations. Amanda has experience managing all aspects of investigative and enforcement actions, matters pertaining to securities regulatory and enforcement matters, internal investigations (including multi-jurisdictional investigations involving allegations of fraud and corruption), shareholder disputes and claims relating to post-employment obligations. Additionally, Amanda also has extensive experience in obtaining and defending Norwich orders, Mareva injunctions, Anton Pillar orders, orders in regard to fraudulent conveyances, restitution orders and disclosure orders and in the enforcement of civil judgments.
Career
Admitted to the Ontario Bar, 2010
Personal
Amanda currently sits on the executive of the Canadian chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association.
Chambers Review
Canada
Amanda McLachlan enjoys a burgeoning reputation for her disputes practice, which features strengths across a broad range of commercial litigation, including securities, employment and fraud matters. She is based in Bennett Jones's Toronto office.
Amanda McLachlan practises out of Bennett Jones's Toronto office, where she focuses on corporate and commercial disputes, with specific expertise in civil fraud, employment litigation and securities litigation and investigations. She has extensive experience in matters relating to securities regulatory and enforcement matters, internal investigations, shareholder disputes, oppression proceedings and fraud claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Amanda is very responsive and a pleasure to work with."
"Amanda's approach and execution are always refined and thoughtful. She also has a robust and steady awareness of commercial realities."
"Amanda is incredibly bright, detailed and thoughtful."
"Amanda is terrific. She is an excellent lawyer."
"Amanda is extremely smart and is an advocate in an understated way that is extremely powerful. She is intelligent and cooperative, but can also be tough and aggressive as needed."
"Amanda is very perceptive and has an uncanny ability to find the right documents and ask the right questions."
"Amanda McLachlan straddles the securities and white-collar crime area. She does a ton of investigations. She is terrific."
"Amanda is very responsive and a pleasure to work with."
"Amanda's approach and execution are always refined and thoughtful. She also has a robust and steady awareness of commercial realities."
"Amanda is incredibly bright, detailed and thoughtful."
"Amanda is terrific. She is an excellent lawyer."
"Amanda is extremely smart and is an advocate in an understated way that is extremely powerful. She is intelligent and cooperative, but can also be tough and aggressive as needed."
"Amanda is very perceptive and has an uncanny ability to find the right documents and ask the right questions."
"Amanda McLachlan straddles the securities and white-collar crime area. She does a ton of investigations. She is terrific."