Dentons

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Partner

Dina Awad is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. Known for her expertise in regulatory and civil litigation, Dina’s practice focuses on environmental law, public law, infrastructure and commercial disputes. She offers strategic advocacy and compliance advice to clients, guiding them through incident response, investigations and enforcement actions, day-to-day compliance matters and liability risk management.

Bilingual in English and French, Dina brings extensive advocacy experience in both languages. She has acted as trial counsel and appeared before several courts and administrative tribunals, including the Federal Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Commercial List, the Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Land Tribunal, the Health Professions and Services Appeal and Review Board, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Ontario College of Teachers and before arbitrators in confidential commercial arbitrations. Dina has also been appointed arbitrator in commercial disputes and completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration in 2019.

Prior to joining the Firm, Dina was legal counsel to a regulator, where she acted as a prosecutor. From 2012 to 2013, Dina served as judicial law clerk to the Honourable Justice Gauthier at the Federal Court of Appeal.