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McCarthy Tétrault Offices
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada
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Sarit Batner
Work Department
Dispute Resolution; Litigation: General Commercial
Position
Successful trial and appellate practice, focused on complex commercial litigation and arbitrations. Extensive trial and appellate experience including in cases considering breach of contract, patents, shareholder disputes, taxation, oppression, professional negligence, and breaches of fiduciary duties. Appears before juries, arbitration panels, administrative and regulatory tribunals, and appellate courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
Career
2020 Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for Excellence in Advocacy;
2021 OBA Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation;
2018 Lexpert Zenith Award for mid-career excellence.
Memberships
Ontario Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association, Advocates’ Society. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Litigation Counsel of America.
Education
BSc, Mathematics 1995; UWO Gold Medalist in Mathematics; JD University of Toronto 1998; Ontario Bar 2000.
Personal
Various contributions to texts including the following book chapters:
Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, Courts of Justice Act Chapters, 20. Appeals, Sections 132 – 134 in Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, Noel Semple (ed.), Canadian Legal Information Institute, 2021 CanLIIDocs 2088.
Virtual Advocacy: Litigating from a Distance, Appeals (Divisional Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario) (to be published in 2022).
Speaks, writes, and teaches on matters of substantive law and trial practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: Ontario
(Leading Individuals)McCarthy Tétrault houses a strong Ontario disputes practice which counts class action, product liability, professional liability and securities litigation, as well as white-collar defence, arbitration and regulatory matters, among its specialties. The team is regularly engaged in disputes touching on mining, environmental, Aboriginal and energy matters. Arbitration, technology, professional negligence and contractual disputes specialist Thomas N.T. Sutton heads up the almost 140-strong group. Paul Steep majors on securities litigation and has experience appearing before all levels of Ontario courts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada; Sarit Batner has particular experience in matters involving breach of contract, professional negligence and shareholder disputes. Junior Sirivar chairs the firm’s international arbitration group and is well-versed in mining, banking, healthcare and telecoms disputes. Other key names include Moya Graham, Christine Lonsdale and Adam Goldenberg. Eric Block left the firm in July 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement