Litigating in trial and appellate courts in Ontario, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP continues to be a leading firm for dispute resolution. Jointly leading the team, Catherine Beagan Flood’s broad expertise covers class actions on privacy, product liability and consumer protection issues; Iris Fischer has notable expertise in media and defamation cases. The group benefits from Michael Barrack, who has experience assisting corporations, governments and regulators with disputes. Other key members of the team include Jeff Galway (financial services disputes), Gordon McKee (product liability and class actions) and Bradley Berg (commercial and administrative disputes). Junior Sirivar joined the team in January 2025 from McCarthy Tétrault, and Pooja Mihailovich joined from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Daniel Szirmak was promoted to partner. All lawyers mentioned work in Toronto.
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Key clients
- ABB Inc.
- ABC Technologies
- Ausenco Engineering Canada
- Belinda Stronach
- Business Council of Canada
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Janssen Inc.
- Lyft Inc.
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Toronto Transit Commission
Work highlights
Advising Belinda Stronach in a multi-action litigation among family members related to the family corporate entities and trusts in which the family wealth resides.
Advising pharmaceutical companies in the ongoing Canadian opioid litigation, involving a number of class actions across the country to recover billions of dollars.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Cathy Beagan Flood; Iris Fischer
Other key lawyers
Michael Barrack; Jeff Galway; Gordon McKee; Bradley Berg