Mr Matthew Fleming > Dentons > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
77 KING STREET WEST
SUITE 400
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5K 0A1
Canada

Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Position

Matthew Fleming 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.

Career

Matthew’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, including securities litigation, class actions 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 product liability cases. He has appeared before 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 Ontario Securities Commission and the tribunals of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

Matthew regularly speaks and publishes on securities litigation, corporate governance and director and officer liability matters. He volunteers as a mentor to new immigrants to Canada under the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council Mentorship Program and to high school students under the LAWS Mentoring Program. He is also the past-Chair and a member of the firm’s Student Committee.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Associate Member, American Bar Association

Education

University of Ottawa, 2002, LL.B. University of Ottawa, 1999, B.Sc. (Hons.), Political Science

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: Ontario

(Next Generation Partners)

Matthew FlemingDentons

The Ontario group at Dentons offers clients support on commercial litigation, insurance litigation, shareholder dispute litigation, product liability litigation and class actions. Its varied client roster regularly features mayor players in the tech, retail, metallurgical, transportation, finance and insurance segments. Practice head Douglas Stewart majors on commercial and civil litigation with an emphasis on professional liability and insurance related matters. Key partner Matthew Fleming has forged a prominent reputation for class action, professional and product liability, regulatory and securities-related disputes. Other noted figures include experienced litigators Marina Sampson and Michael Schafler.