Sandra A Forbes

Practice Areas

Sandra is a leading litigator who specializes in corporate, class action, securities and competition litigation. A significant portion of her practice involves defending clients in national and cross-border class actions. She acts for clients before all levels of court and various administrative tribunals in Canada, including the Competition Tribunal. Sandra has achieved successful results for clients on diverse issues, including class actions alleging anti-competitive conduct or collusion, and competition matters such as abuse of dominance. She is highly experienced in defending litigation for directors and audit committees. Sandra is the past president of The Advocates’ Society, a Fellow and Member of the Executive (Secretary) of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Sandra completed her articles as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Peter Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada. Select Recognition: The Legal 500 Canada (Hall of Fame – Dispute Resolution: Ontario; Leading Individual – Competition and Antitrust); GCR 100 Canada; Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation; Benchmark Canada (Top 100 Women in Litigation; Litigation Star – Commercial and Competition/Antitrust); Who’s Who Legal: Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Dictionary (Most Frequently Recommended – Class Actions, Competition Law and Litigation: Corporate Commercial); The Best Lawyers in Canada.