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Arbitration

Arbitration counsel for businesses, investors, professionals, and executives facing consequential commercial conflicts.
When disputes arise, clients need more than technical legal advice. They need counsel who can assess risk, navigate complexity, and develop a strategy aligned with their commercial objectives. We represent clients in arbitration and high-stakes business disputes across industries, provinces, and jurisdictions. From the earliest stages of a dispute through hearing and enforcement, we provide practical advice, rigorous advocacy, and direct senior attention. Every matter is approached with a clear focus: protecting what matters most and achieving the best possible outcome.
Disputes often present business challenges as much as legal ones. Effective representation requires an understanding of the commercial realities, industry dynamics, and strategic considerations that shape a successful outcome. Clients turn to us for our:
  • Arbitration and dispute resolution expertise
  • Independent strategic judgment
  • Direct access to experienced counsel
  • Efficient and focused representation
  • Practical solutions tailored to business objectives
  • Experience and knowledge in the underlying industry sector

We specifically represent clients in shareholder and partnership conflicts, joint ventures, distribution and agency agreements, international and domestic commercial contracts, technology and licensing arrangements, construction and infrastructure projects.
Arbitration is often the preferred method of resolving significant business disputes because it offers a neutral forum, procedural flexibility, confidentiality, affordability, much faster process than litigation, and enforceable outcomes. Whether acting as advocate, adviser, or strategic counsel, our objective remains the same: helping clients navigate disputes effectively while protecting their long-term interests.
Why Arbitration?
An abstract exploration of competing perspectives moving toward a considered resolution.
Superior Court of Quebec annuls arbitration award over AI hallucinations, Law360 Canada, May 5, 2026. 
The Case for Canadian Arbitration in a Diversifying Trade Landscape, ADR Institute of Ontario, January 15, 2026.
Arbitrator’s disclosure back in the spotlight with SCC’s dismissals in Aroma and Vento, part two, Law 360 Canada, September 29, 2025 Arbitrator’s disclosure back in the spotlight with SCC’s dismissals in Aroma and Vento, part one, Law 360 Canada, September 26, 2025
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