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Provided by Paul Michell
Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer who excels at resolving complex issues across multiple practice areas. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review, and appellate litigation, often with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. He has litigated cases involving failed hedge funds, derivatives, fraud and Ponzi schemes, arbitration-related court proceedings, conflicts of interest, shareholder disputes, construction and infrastructure, defamation, and employment law.
Paul has extensive experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before administrative and arbitral tribunals. He has acts as an arbitrator, has been a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and has acted for corporations, public entities, regulators, individuals, investment funds and receivers.
A thought leader on prominent legal issues, Paul’s articles have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the High Court of Australia, courts in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law since 2021.
Provided by Chambers
Toronto-based Paul Michell is a seasoned lawyer with a well-established reputation in the commercial litigation field. He is additionally instructed on arbitration matters.
Provided by Chambers
Paul has excellent knowledge and is a very focused litigator.
Paul has excellent knowledge and is a very focused litigator.