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John Finnigan is a founding partner of TGF and has a broad practice in complex
commercial litigation with significant experience in insolvency and restructuring
litigation. Finnigan has been lauded as an "excellent commercial litigator" and "a
very credible, no-nonsense litigator who is extremely effective in court" in Chambers
Global. He is recognized in e Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada, is recommended in dispute resolution (Canada) by Chambers Global and is
listed as Most Frequently Recommended in Litigation ‒ Corporate Commercial by
Lexpert®. He is also recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada and as a "litigation star"
for Canada in Benchmark. Finnigan was senior litigation counsel representing the
Trustees of the U.K. Pension Plan and the U.K. Pension Protection Fund (on behalf of
42,000 UK pensioners with a $3-billion pension plan deficit) in successfully obtaining
a groundbreaking pro rata allocation among the global Nortel Networks insolvency
estates following an unprecedented joint trial of the Canadian and US courts, over
C$7.3 billion in asset sale proceeds.
"Mr Finlay, with his usual consummate skill..." (Ontario Court of Appeal). Senior
trial and appellate counsel, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow of
the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and an honorary overseas member of the
Commercial Bar Association (England and Wales). Clerked for Justice Spence, Supreme
Court of Canada. Identified in Chambers Global (Band I) and e Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory in four categories: corporate commercial litigation, directors' and
officers' liability, securities litigation and public law litigation; e Lexpert® Guide to the
100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada
Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada; e Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada; e Best Lawyers in Canada (in six categories) and recognized in the
prestigious category of "Bet-the-Company" litigators, in the International Who's Who of
Commercial Litigators, Law Business Research and PLC Global Counsel 3000. Awarded
prestigious Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation in 2012.
Practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on corporate/commercial, securities
litigation, international arbitration, product liability, class-action defense, intellectual
property, information technology, privacy and media law. Has appeared before all levels
of court in Ontario and in the Federal Court of Canada, and has extensive trial experi-
ence, both in court and as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations in Canada,
the United States, Europe and Asia. Has also acted as an arbitrator, including regularly
as a panelist in domain name disputes under the auspices of the Canadian Internet
Registration Authority Dispute Resolution Rules. Ontario Bar, 1993; JD, 1991, Queen's
University; BA, 1988, University of Toronto.
Litigation partner. Broad commercial litigation practice, including class-action defense,
securities and competition litigation. Appeared before all levels of court in various
Canadian provinces, the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada and various tribu-
nals including Competition Tribunal, Ontario Securities Commission and Patented
Medicines Prices Review Board. Defense counsel in various class actions (including Air
Cargo, Optical Disk Drives, Auto Parts and Lithium Ion Batteries); counsel in various
competition proceedings (including the criminal prosecution relating to the chocolate
confectionary industry, and Commissioner's application against Toronto Real Estate
Board). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, and International Academy of Trial
Lawyers. Past President, e Advocates' Society. Member, Editorial Board, Ontario
Reports. Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto Law School in Advanced Advocacy.
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School. Law clerk to Justice Cory of the Supreme Court of
Canada. Admitted to Ontario Bar (1992).
John L.
Finnigan
ornton Grout
Finnigan LLP
Tel: (416) 304-0558
Fax: (416) 304-1313
Toronto
Bryan
Finlay, QC
WeirFoulds LLP
Tel: (416) 947-5011
Fax: (416) 365-1876
Toronto
Patrick
Flaherty
Chernos Flaherty
Svonkin LLP
Tel: (416) 855-0403
Fax: (647) 725-5440
Toronto
Sandra A.
Forbes
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5574
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
jfinnigan@tgf.ca
bfinlay@weirfoulds.com
pflaherty@cfscounsel.com
sforbes@dwpv.com
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