Steven G. Frankel
Canada Guide 2025
Band 6 : Litigation: General Commercial
Band 6
About
Provided by Steven G. Frankel
Practice Areas
Steven regularly acts for Canadian and international clients in high-stakes, complex commercial litigation. He has substantial expertise in class action, securities, competition and arbitration matters, as well as various other types of disputes. He frequently appears before courts and tribunals across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (including, in particular, the Commercial List) and the Competition Tribunal. He is a member of the Legal Task Force of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and sits on its Steering Committee. He has served in multiple leadership roles at The Advocates’ Committee, including a term as Chair of the Mid-Career Advocates Standing Committee. Select Recognition: Benchmark Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert Rising Stars; Lexpert Special Edition; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada
Chambers Review
Canada
Steven Frankel is based in Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg's Toronto office and represents clients in commercial disputes. He also has experience in competition litigation, contractual disputes and franchise litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Steven is thoughtful, insightful and reads parties and people very well, identifying human elements in litigation and leveraging that to his advantage. He's really superb."
"Steven is very knowledgeable, has a keen sense of case dynamics and is strategic, very responsive and a true pleasure to work with."
"Steve is highly knowledgeable, extremely client-friendly, always makes himself available and offers very practical advice."
"Steven is thoughtful, insightful and reads parties and people very well, identifying human elements in litigation and leveraging that to his advantage. He's really superb."
"Steven is very knowledgeable, has a keen sense of case dynamics and is strategic, very responsive and a true pleasure to work with."
"Steve is highly knowledgeable, extremely client-friendly, always makes himself available and offers very practical advice."