Alan Mark

Practice Areas

Alan Mark serves as counsel in the Dispute Resolution Group and co-leads the Securities Litigation and Energy Groups at Goodmans.

Alan has a diversified advocacy practice, specializing in corporate/commercial litigation, class actions and electricity law and regulation. Alan's corporate/commercial litigation practice encompasses all manner of business disputes with a focus on corporate governance, corporate finance, securities, financial services, and restructuring and insolvency. Alan's class action practice includes securities, product liability and environmental claims. Alan also carries on a substantial electricity and regulatory practice, regularly representing clients in the electricity sector before the Ontario Energy Board and the courts.

Alan has appeared at all levels of the Ontario, and other provincial, courts, and the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Alan has represented many Fortune 500 companies and has been lead counsel on a number of high profile domestic and cross-border cases. Leading businesses and organizations look to Alan for his sound judgment and strategic advice as well as his renowned courtroom skills. Alan has a loyal following of clients who rely on him to handle their most significant legal disputes.

Career

Alan is widely recognized as a leading counsel. He is listed as recommended counsel in numerous leading guides and directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Energy Lawyers, the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Benchmark Canada and Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers. In 2022, Alan was named “Ontario Litigator of the Year” and one of the “Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada” by Benchmark Canada. Benchmark Canada previously recognized Alan as Canada's “Energy/Resource Litigator of the Year”.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of Ontario, The Advocates’ Society, American College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America, Toronto Lawyers Association, Canadian Bar Association.

Alan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America. He is also a former director and past president of The Advocates' Society. Alan has been a dedicated trial advocacy instructor for many years at both Osgoode Hall Law School and The Advocates’ Society. He speaks regularly at CLE Programs and is a frequent contributor to legal publications.