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Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Offices
145 KING ST. WEST, SUITE 2750
TORONTO, ON M5H 1J8
Canada
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Crawford Smith
Work Department
Corporate Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, Class Actions, Franchise Litigation, Securities Litigation, Energy
Position
Crawford’s litigation practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters, energy regulatory proceedings and securities and competition litigation, as well as public and administrative law and class action expertise.
Crawford has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario, in the Supreme Court of Canada, in the Federal Court, in commercial arbitrations, and before a variety of administrative tribunals including the Ontario Energy Board, the Ontario Securities Commission, the Competition Tribunal and the Environmental Review Tribunal.
Crawford’s energy practice involves economic issues in multi-party litigation and frequent appearances as counsel before the Energy Board at hearings regarding rate regulation, infrastructure development and demand-side management. His securities broker/dealer practice includes acting as counsel for investment dealers, mutual fund dealers, registered representatives and other securities industry participants. Crawford also handles regulatory proceedings and investigations by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Ontario Securities Commission.
Memberships
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Trial Law Institute, Member
- Diversity Law Institute, Member
- The Advocates’ Society, Past Director Standing Committee on Advocacy and Practice (The Advocates’ Society), Past Chair
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, Fall Classic Committee
Education
- Called to the Ontario Bar, 1999
- LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1997
- B.Comm. (with Honours), Queen’s University, 1994
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: Ontario
(Leading Individuals)Toronto-based boutique Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP is a leading player in the Ontario disputes space. The ‘outstanding team of lawyers’ is well-versed in representing both domestic and international clients in complex commercial mandates. Practice co-head Matthew Gottlieb
specializes in corporate and commercial disputes, and insolvency, fraud and securities litigation. Leading alongside him, Jonathan Lisus has focused his practice on infrastructure and P3 disputes, product liability claims and securities litigation. Additional key litigators include Crawford Smith, Andrew Winton and Shaun Laubman. Nadia Campion handles shareholder oppression applications and estates matters and is lauded as ‘completely fearless’ and an ‘outstanding litigator’. Paul Fruitman is noted for his work on construction, employment health disputes, while Rahool Agarwal majors on proxy fights, director and officer liability, and complex fraud cases.