Jeff Galway
Canada Guide 2025
Band 4 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Jeff Galway
Practice Areas
Jeff is a senior trial and appellate counsel whose practice focuses on corporate/commercial, securities, competition and pension law matters. A significant aspect of Jeff's practice involves class action defence. He also regularly acts as counsel in constitutional and administrative/regulatory proceedings. Jeff has appeared as counsel before courts in five Canadian provinces as well as before the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada and various administrative tribunals, including the Competition Tribunal, the Financial Services Tribunal and the Ontario Securities Commission.
Career
For more than 15 years, he was an instructor at a program jointly sponsored by Osgoode Professional Development and The Advocates' Society on written advocacy. Jeff is an honorary overseas member of the Commercial Bar Association of the U.K. Jeff was a member of the Canadian Bar Association and Auditing and Assurance Standards Board's Task Force which updated the Joint Policy Statement on audit inquiries.
Chambers Review
Canada
Based in Toronto, Jeff Galway is well versed in class action and single-plaintiff commercial litigation, with experience advising on insurance and competition disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jeff is very good at looking at things strategically. He understands our business and where the pain points are. He is able to appreciate my point of view."
"Jeff is a practical, responsive and excellent lawyer."
"Jeff is very, very thorough, extremely knowledgeable and responsive."
"Jeff is a superb and trusted adviser and advocate - always responsive and always focused on addressing what we need practically and efficiently."
"Jeff is very good at looking at things strategically. He understands our business and where the pain points are. He is able to appreciate my point of view."
"Jeff is a practical, responsive and excellent lawyer."
"Jeff is very, very thorough, extremely knowledgeable and responsive."
"Jeff is a superb and trusted adviser and advocate - always responsive and always focused on addressing what we need practically and efficiently."