Babin Bessner Spry

Babin Bessner Spry is a boutique litigation firm that was founded in 2009 by Ed Babin, a senior partner for many years in the highly-rated litigation departments of two of Canada's pre-eminent law firms, Torys LLP and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Cynthia Spry joined the partnership in 2010, and Ellen Bessner joined in 2014, to form Babin Bessner Spry LLP.

The firm is active in a wide range of practice areas, including securities litigation, corporate governance issues (including director and officer liability), shareholder oppression litigation and derivative actions, insolvency, intellectual property, conspiracy, fraud, product liability, professional liability and discipline, employment, competition, class actions, and advertising law. We also handle a variety of public interest and pro bono matters.

We excel at complex, high stakes litigation. Our lawyers understand that disputes are not argued in a vacuum. Decisions in litigation often affect other aspects of our clients’ lives and businesses. We can navigate these decisions with you to help you achieve the best possible solution.

We have extensive experiencelitigating securitiesandcommercial disputesat all levels of court, both in trial and on appeal, as well as before administrative tribunals and through alternative dispute resolution. We also handle a variety of public interest and pro bono matters, including refugee claims, wrongful death by law enforcement, sponsorship disputes of a publicly-funded arts company and more.

Our lawyers are consistently recognized as among Canada’s best, by both our peers and leading legal publications.

Our practice areas include:

• Commercial Arbitrations
• Class Actions
• Securities Litigation (OSC / CIRO, formerly the MFDA & IIROC)
• Corporate Commercial Litigation
• Competition Proceedings
• Advertising Disputes
• Corporate Governance Issues, including Director and Officer Liability
• Shareholder Oppression / Derivative Actions
• Professional Liability and Discipline Cases
• Employment Matters
• Conspiracy and Fraud Cases
• Intellectual Property Actions
• Product Liability Actions
• Insolvency Litigation
• Public Interest and Pro Bono Litigation