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Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

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Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

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+1 416 598 1744

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Managing Partner: Matthew P Gottlieb

Number of partners: 14

Number of other lawyers: 10+

Languages: English, French, Italian, Romanian, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb (LOLG) is Canada’s premier counsel firm. The firm’s lawyers handle the most complex commercial disputes and public law cases. They carry a robust trial, arbitration and appellate practice across the country and in the Supreme Court of Canada.

LOLG is regularly engaged as trial and appellate co-counsel by peer law firms, and as court officers in large and sensitive litigation mandates. The firm also acts as counsel in class actions, securities litigation and administrative law matters, as well as infrastructure, franchise, employment and health law disputes.

LOLG has one of Canada’s leading restructuring & insolvency practices. The firm’s insolvency counsel are ranked among the top nationally and have material roles in Canada’s largest and most complex insolvency proceedings and restructurings.

LOLG also has a dedicated insurance litigation practice. The firm is engaged as leading counsel advising policyholder clients on insurance claims and litigating coverage disputes against major insurers.

LOLG’s practitioners are leaders at the bar, holding positions on the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism and the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, and fellowships in elite trial organisations. Its associates are of the highest caliber, recruited primarily from judicial clerkships at the Supreme Court of Canada, provincial Courts of Appeal and the Commercial List of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. LOLG's partners are among the most consistently recommended counsel in Canada and represent clients in Canada, the United States, and from overseas.

Main Areas of Practice:

  • Administrative and Constitutional Law
  • Appeals
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Automotive Franchise and Dealership Disputes
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction and Infrastructure litigation
  • Corporate governance dispute
  • Cross-Border Disputes
  • Defamation and Media Law
  • E-Discovery
  • Employment Litigation
  • Estates Litigation
  • Franchise Litigation
  • Health Law Litigation
  • Injunctions
  • Insolvency and Restructuring
  • Insurance Coverage Disputes
  • Intellectual Property Disputes
  • Investigations and Intentional Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Negligence and Regulation
  • Real Estate Litigation


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Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP rankings

Global Guide 2024
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Canada
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
3 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Jonathan C Lisus
1
Jonathan C Lisus
1
Band 1
Matthew P Gottlieb
2
Matthew P Gottlieb
2
Band 2
Crawford G Smith
3
Crawford G Smith
3
Band 3
Restructuring/Insolvency
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Matthew P Gottlieb
5
Matthew P Gottlieb
5
Band 5