Headquarters:
Toronto
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
13 partners and 24 employees
Phone:
416 499 9940
Email:
info@agbllp.com
Website:
agbllp.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/adair-goldblatt-bieber-llp
Richard Vachon is a partner and chair of the management committee. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, administrative law, class actions, securities litigation, defamation, and employment law. Vachon is known for his keen understanding of economic, strategic, and operational issues and, as such, regularly acts as business advisor. He has represented some of the largest companies in Quebec as well as several public corporations. He has defended the interests of individuals and senior executives in defamation actions, public inquiries, and labour law disputes. He has appeared before the Quebec Court of First Instance and the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as before arbitration tribunals.
Partner and Chair of the Management Committee
Richard Vachon
Marie-Louise Delisle is a partner and a member of the management committee with over 20 years of experience in large-scale commercial litigation, raising complex legal issues. She has notably led cases involving injunctions, construction in the context of public-private partnerships, and professional liability. Delisle is active in several arbitration proceedings. She has significant and varied experience in defending class-action proceedings involving civil liability, telecommunications law, competition law, and the manipulation of financial instruments. Delisle has appeared before the trial and appeal courts of Quebec.
Partner and Member of the Management Committee
Marie-Louise Delisle
Louis Seveno specializes in high-stakes civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. He acts in cases involving Canadian and foreign corporations, dealing with local, cross-border, or multi-jurisdictional issues. Admitted to the bars of Quebec, Ontario, and New York, Seveno appears before trial and appellate courts, as well as before domestic and international arbitral tribunals.
A versatile litigator, Seveno practices mainly in contractual disputes, corporate, and shareholder litigation, insolvency, employment law, professional liability, class actions, private international law, and injunctive proceedings. He has acquired substantial expertise in construction and PPP disputes.
Partner and Member of the Management Committee
Louis Seveno
Stephen L. Drymer heads the firm’s international arbitration practice. A litigator and advocate by background and experience, Drymer is a leading figure in domestic and international arbitration. He serves as counsel, mediator, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and tribunal president in ad hoc proceedings and in cases administered by the world’s most prominent arbitral institutions.
Drymer also advises parties on a broad range of issues associated with the design, negotiation, drafting, and implementation of dispute resolution agreements and strategies. The industries in which he has worked as counsel or arbitrator include manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, petrochemicals, oil and gas, mining, energy, environment, financial services, outsourcing, hospitality, transportation, aviation, IT, telecommunications, aerospace, and crop science.
Partner and Head of International Arbitration
Stephen L. Drymer
Bogdan-Alexandru Dobrota is a partner whose practice focuses on complex commercial cases, cross-border disputes, insolvency matters (domestic and international), and international arbitration. Dobrota has an extensive experience pleading before all levels of Quebec courts and participating in commercial arbitrations with strategic and/or reputational risks for Canadian and foreign companies in Quebec. He has successfully represented clients in the context of litigation arising from shareholder disputes, construction and mining projects, international sales of goods and service agreements, product liability, and defamation.
Partner and Head of Insolvency
Alex Dobrota
Cara Cameron is a highly skilled litigator and negotiator trusted by clients with their most challenging commercial disputes, specifically in matters concerning contractual and shareholders’ rights, as well as white-collar investigations and defence, commercial fraud, asset tracing, and recovery proceedings. Cameron has substantial experience in managing large and complex multijurisdictional cases, where success depends on the effective coordination of multi-professional teams.
With more than 20 years of trial and appellate practice, Cameron has achieved many successes in court, including in lengthy trials and urgent proceedings, such as injunctions, civil seizures, Anton Piller (civil search) orders, and asset freezes. She has appeared before all levels of courts, up to the Supreme Court of Canada. Cameron also excels in out-of-court dispute resolution and provides strategic advice on risk mitigation strategies.
Partner
Cara Cameron
Bogdan Catanu is a partner of the firm. He has a diverse commercial litigation practice and represents public and private corporations, as well as their officers, directors, shareholders, auditors, contractual partners, or creditors in commercial disputes. Catanu has a solid experience in complex contractual matters, liability of professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, oppression remedies, and rights of shareholders. He has also represented clients on many occasions in the context of injunction proceedings and in commercial arbitrations.
Partner
Bogdan Catanu
Eric Bédard is an experienced litigator in major commercial and administrative disputes, with expertise in domestic and international arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator. He is also regularly called upon to provide strategic advice on employment law, shareholder disputes, and corporate governance issues.
A versatile litigator, Bédard is among the most prominent lawyers of his generation and is recognized by some of the most renowned legal directories for his track record in complex litigation. He acts for private and public companies in a variety of fields, including mining and gas, financial services, securities, and telecommunications. Bédard also represents professionals in matters where their liability may be engaged and regarding their professional orders. With his diversified experience, he is familiar with the decision-making processes of the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, and with negotiating with them to defuse contentious situations.
Partner
Eric Bédard
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Founded in 2018, Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP (AGB) quickly earned its reputation as one of Canada’s leading litigation boutiques. The firm delivers exceptional advocacy, responsive client service, and thoughtful, pragmatic legal solutions in all manner of civil, commercial, regulatory, and administrative litigation.
AGB’s lawyers are highly skilled trial, arbitration, and appellate litigators, focused on delivering results both in and out of the courtroom. They have deep experience across a broad range of industries and areas of law.
The firm’s client base is equally diverse, including public and private companies, their directors, officers, and shareholders, professionals and their regulators, individuals, public agencies, and statutory and public officers.
Time and time again, these clients trust AGB to chart a sensible, effective course through their most complex, sensitive, and high-stakes legal issues. AGB lawyers deliver by combining their deep understanding of the law and litigation process with modern, practical perspectives. The results are intelligent and innovative legal solutions tailored to the specific needs and objectives of each client.
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