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.
Key clients
- Annapolis Group
- Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel to Annapolis Group in a decision at the Supreme Court of Canada.
- Represented three major public pension funds in an arbitration with their fund manager for massive investment losses associated with a high-risk volatility trading strategy.