Monique Jilesen

Monique is Managing Partner at Lenczner Slaght. Monique is one of Canada’s leading litigators who clients turn to for their toughest commercial disputes. Her practice focuses on class actions, contract and shareholder disputes, civil fraud cases, injunctions, professional liability, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and securities and derivatives cases. Monique’s clients include major financial institutions, professional service firms, pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, and other multinational corporations who routinely face challenging, cross-border disputes. She appears at all levels of Court and in administrative tribunals. Monique is a fearless advocate, unafraid to take on tough, notable, and high-profile cases, even at a moment’s notice. Monique’s extraordinary advocacy and leadership have been widely recognized through numerous honours, including the Douglas K. Laidlaw Award for Excellence in Advocacy, Fellowship in both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, inclusion in Toronto Life’s Top 50 Most Influential, and the Law Society Medal, among others.