CANADA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Kathryn Manning, John Mather and Max Libman DMG Advocates LLP
DMG Advocates LLP is a boutique litigation firm located in Toronto, Ontario, focusing primarily on commercial litigation. The firm represents public and private corporations and individuals involved in complex commercial disputes across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, transportation, securities, media, technology, real estate, energy and construction. DMG offers in-depth knowledge and specialisation in the laws relating to contract disputes, negligence, product liability, class action
defence, officer and director liability, and disputes re - lated to franchises, procurement, shareholders and partnerships, commercial real estate, securities and financial services. The firm has deep experience in enforcement proceedings. Its lawyers act for clients navigating regulatory and court-driven enforcement processes across a variety of commercial contexts, including the enforcement of foreign judgments in Ontario. claims, product liability, class actions, commercial real estate and leasing matters, franchise and automobile dealer claims, procurement litigation, and media and defamation. John also acts on urgent matters involving fraud, including successfully obtaining Mareva orders and other extraordinary relief. His public litigation work focuses on public inquiries, regulatory or government investigations and defence of regulatory proceedings.
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Kathryn Manning is a founding partner at DMG Advocates. She has a broad civil litigation and arbitration practice that includes acting as counsel and as arbitrator in complex commercial disputes. Her experience
includes shareholder disputes, officer and director liability, product liability litigation, complex contract disputes, civil fraud proceedings, tort litigation, employment litigation, professional negligence, and class actions. Kathryn regularly acts in cross-border matters, including assisting foreign clients with the enforcement of judgments in Canada. She also holds a Q.Arb designation and acts as an arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes. Kathryn is the Immediate Past President of the Ontario Bar Association.
Max Libman is an associate at DMG Advocates, practising commercial and public litigation. While maintaining a general litigation practice, Max also maintains a judgment enforcement practice,
including enforcing judgments in Ontario and across Canada. His litigation experience focuses primarily on real estate, commercial leasing and condominium disputes, shareholder disputes and corporate director/officer liability claims. Max is a co-author of a chapter dealing with the enforcement of judgments in the Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario text published by CanLii.
John Mather is a partner at DMG Advocates, practising commercial and public litigation, and is a trusted adviser to several leading Canadian businesses and organisations. His commercial litigation work focuses on contractual disputes, shareholder
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