November 12, 2024
Lenczner Slaght Recognized as a Leading Litigation Firm in Legal 500 Canada
Canada’s leading litigation firm has reaffirmed its Tier 1 ranking in Dispute Resolution in Legal 500 Canada.
Based on in-depth research, client feedback, and interviews with leading lawyers in the industry, Lenczner Slaght also continues to be recognized for its litigation excellence in Construction, Insurance, Intellectual Property, and Restructuring and Insolvency.
Dispute Resolution
Hall of Fame
Leading Partners
Next Generation Partner
Recommended Lawyer
Legal 500 had this to say about our expert litigators:
The team at Toronto-based boutique Lenczner Slaght regularly represents financial services, retail, insurance and mining-sector clients in litigation. Leadership of the group is shared between
Monique Jilesen and
Eli Lederman. Jilesen focuses her practice on class action defence, contract and shareholder disputes, civil fraud cases,
injunctions, professional liability matters and bankruptcy and insolvency litigation. Lederman specializes in
commercial litigation, commercial contracts work and shareholder litigation. Also noted are
Peter Griffin, KC (corporate-commercial litigation,
class actions, securities matters, director liability);
Tom Curry,
Matthew Lerner and
Brian Kolenda.
Construction
Lenczner Slaght’s construction litigation practice demonstrated strong growth during 2023/24 with the addition of eight new clients, including Bird-Design Build Construction and Northbridge General Insurance Corporation.
Insurance
Leading Partner
Recommended Lawyer
Lenczner Slaght possesses a robust insurance litigation practice that is sought after for complex cases covering policy, coverage and defence matters. The Toronto boutique acts for a growing roster of insurance companies and insured entities and it added eight new clients during 2023/24, including XL Specialty (US) and CFT Clear Finance Technology. Practice head
Nina Bombier specializes in insurance litigation, with a focus on professional negligence,
product liability and environmental cases.
Mark Veneziano is also a key contact for insurance disputes.
Intellectual Property
Leading Partners
Recommended Lawyer
Dispute resolution boutique Lenczner Slaght houses an increasing prominent IP litigation practice that added 14 new clients to its roster during 2023/24, including Apple and MAGNA Pharmaceuticals. A strong choice for complex trial litigation, the team is particularly experienced in patent cases but its recent matters also span trademark and copyright-related proceedings.
Sana Halwani covers the full range of contentious IP work and heads a department that additionally draws on experienced IP litigators
Jordana Sanft and
Andrew Moeser.
Insolvency and Restructuring
Recommended Lawyers
Lenczner Slaght's insolvency and restructuring capabilities take in representing creditors, debtors, monitors and receivers in litigation, as well as creditors’ rights matters, receiverships and enforcement in secured transactions.
Monique Jilesen and
Matthew Lerner share leadership of the practice from Toronto. Jilesen has substantial experience acting as counsel to creditors and receivers in multi-party restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Lerner, for his part, specializes in commercial litigation, real estate disputes,
employment litigation and insolvency matters.
About Legal 500
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria that recognize the practice area teams who provide the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.
