Matthew Fleming
Canada Guide 2025
Band 5 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Matthew Fleming
Practice Areas
Matthew is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons’ Toronto office and is the Co-Lead of the Firm’s global Financial Services Litigation group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, including securities litigation, class actions, product liability and professional liability matters.
Matthew has represented financial institutions, accounting firms, manufacturers, retailers and natural resource companies in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, including shareholder disputes, proxy fights, contested takeover bids and regulatory investigations. He also advises and represents clients engaged in domestic and commercial arbitration, as well as auditor liability, administrative and judicial review proceedings and competition law cases. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (including the Commercial List), the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Québec Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Securities Commission and the tribunals of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
Career
Called to the bar: Ontario, 2003
Professional Memberships
Member: Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, The Advocates' Society
Associate Member, American Bar Association
Chambers Review
Canada
Matthew Fleming draws plaudits for both his single-plaintiff and class action defence work. He has a varied client roster featuring transport, automotive, healthcare and financial services companies, among others. Based in Toronto, he co-heads Dentons Canada's financial services litigation group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matthew is extremely competent and pragmatic."
"Matthew is extremely competent and pragmatic."