Brendan is the Regional Group Manager of Disputes (Commercial and Construction) within the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He is a commercial litigator with extensive experience with anti-fraud litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, injunctions, and banking litigation (including insolvency litigation). Brendan also acts on cross-border disputes, including the recovery of assets, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign orders. He has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada, along with senior commercial arbitrators. He is fluent in English and conversational in French.
Brendan has acted for:
• Major insurers in a wide variety of disputes relating to individual and organized benefits fraud. Has defended dozens of actions commenced by providers in response to delistings. Acts regularly on fraud recovery actions, including numerous disputes relating to the recovery of the proceeds of benefits fraud.
• Major financial institutions and corporations in obtaining urgent injunctive relief, including: (i) Anton Piller Orders to search for and secure evidence relating to domestic and international frauds, and the theft of intellectual property, (ii) Norwich Orders to obtain financial and other records without notice to the account holder, and (iii) Mareva Injunctions to freeze bank accounts and other assets.
• Major financial institutions and other creditors in the enforcement of security, insolvency and contractual disputes. This includes litigation regarding private and court-appointment receivers, and reorganizations and disputes under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
• Developers and landlords in a variety of real estate disputes, including claims to proprietary interests and in relation to leases.