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McCarthy Tétrault
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada

Work Department

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Position

Junior is a Partner and co-chair of McCarthy Tétrault’s International Arbitration Group. Junior advises domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries, including mining, banking and telecommunications in complex commercial disputes. Junior provides strategic advice and has argued numerous cases before tribunals seated in a variety of venues. Junior has also acted as trial and appellate counsel in numerous civil matters, appearing before all levels of court in Ontario.

Career

Ontario Bar, 2003

Co-author of the Canadian Chapter in The Global Damages Review and is co-editor of McCarthy Tétrault’s International Arbitration and Mining Blogs.

Memberships

IBA, LCIA, ICC, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, The Advocates’ Society, The American College of Trial Lawyers.

Personal

Junior is regularly retained as lead arbitration counsel in ad hoc and institutional international arbitrations seated in a number of jurisdictions including in Canada, South America and the European Union.

Junior is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is recognized as a leading trial and arbitration counsel in numerous directories including in Chambers Global Guide to The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and Benchmark Canada: The Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: Ontario

(Leading Individuals)

Junior Sirivar – McCarthy Tétrault

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 GoldenbergEric Block left the firm in July 2023.