Areas of expertise for DLA Piper (Canada) LLP's Ontario disputes practice group include shareholder litigation, class action defence and commercial fraud and other commercial litigation. Toronto-based practice head David Foulds specializes in commercial dispute mandates, including breach of contract cases, shareholder disputes and product recall cases. Derek Bell, who handles securities litigation, insolvency litigation and competition litigation, is an additional key contact.

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Key clients

  • MRDC Operations Corporation
  • Hubei Huachangda Intelligent Equipment; Valiant Corporation
  • Toronto Dominion Bank
  • Byblos Bank SAL
  • Aware Ads
  • Rogers Communications Canada
  • White Oak Global Advisors
  • ING Bank
  • Fiera Capital Corporation
  • Adisco Limited, 547555 Ontario, Laura and Matthew DiSilvestro
  • Tilray Brands
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Abaxx Technologis

Work highlights

  • Acted for Aphria at trial and at the Court of Appeal in challenging existing law relating to the duty to mitigate in commercial leases.
  • Defended for an action by head of mergers and acquisitions arising out of reorganization of the Bank of Nova Scotia’s merger and acquisition group.
  • Acted for MRDC Operations Corporation in a successful commercial arbitration relating to the client’s ongoing management, operation and rehabilitation of more than 800km of limited access highway and related infrastructure.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

David Foulds

Other key lawyers

Derek Bell