Ellyn Law LLP – Canadian Business Litigation and Arbitration Lawyers – approach every legal problem with our clients’ interests foremost in mind. Our lawyers are knowledgeable, experienced and dedicated to our clients’ success. We are committed to providing sound advice, creative strategy, effective negotiations and experienced advocacy. Attention to detail and keeping our clients well-informed are key parts of our service to our clients. find out more by visiting our areas of practice, shareholders disputes, oppression remedies, business disputes and estate litigation.
Trusted Experience in Business Litigation and Arbitration
Thinking globally. Acting locally. Ellyn Law offers clients a “world of resources” at home and abroad. We are members of the prestigious International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), a worldwide network of pre-eminent legal counsel.
Our business litigation and commercial arbitration practice encompasses many types of cases. Click below for more about the breadth of our expertise in business disputes and estate litigation.
Our experience shows. Click below for details about some of the cases we have argued and resolved for our clients. We have litigated throughout Ontario, in the Supreme Court of Canada, in the Federal Court and before many arbitral tribunals. We have also achieved many hard-negotiated settlements for our clients.
Ellyn Law LLP has proposed the development of the Canadian Business Legal Checkup (Preventative Advice for the Legal Health of your Business), a diagnostic tool which small and medium size businesses could use to verify how legal aspects of their operation comply with the law and also, to minimize risk, litigation and expense.
Strong Advocacy in Serious Business Litigation and Arbitration Disputes.
A business litigation and arbitration practice established more than 40 years ago, Ellyn Law Business Litigation & Arbitration Lawyers is a law firm in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which provides strong advocacy and litigation services to the resolution of serious business disputes, employment law, defamation and estate litigation cases.
Our expertise is focused on shareholder disputes, director and corporate litigation and arbitration, commercial disputes in many industries, appeals, international judgment and arbitration award enforcement, employment law and wrongful dismissal, real estate litigation, libel and slander and debtor-creditor cases. We act on estate litigation including contested wills.
Expertise. International Experience. Focus.
These are the hallmarks of the lawyers of Ellyn Law LLP. We provide our clients with sound advice and experience advocacy in litigation and arbitration matters in the areas of law described here. Many of our clients are situated in places around the world.
Our motto, ‘Thinking Globally. Acting Locally.’ speaks to our international focus. See our interactive map for more information.
We are proud members of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, a newtork of pre-eminent law firms, who focus their practices in specific areas of law. We also have excellent local and international contacts through the Canadian Bar Association, the International Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the ADR institute of Canada and Ontario, the Better Business Bureau, ADR Chambers International and the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. We are also able to serve our clients in languages other than English.
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Igor Ellyn
- t. 416 365 3750
- e. iellyn@ellynlaw.com
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Orie H. Niedzviecki
- t. 905 842-2460
- e. orie@omh.ca
As a well recognized Toronto Law Firm, we provide comprehensive legal services in the areas of law described throughout this website. The hallmarks of our work is sound advice, imaginative strategy, effective negotiations and seasoned advocacy. We recognize that the best resolution is one that occurs as early in the legal process as possible. Most of our cases settle before the trial. We are experienced in the use of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration and settlement conference techniques to resolve the dispute without a trial where possible.
If a trial or a hearing is necessary, our focus is on marshalling the evidence which the court requires to find in our client’s favour. Our written and oral advocacy is based on careful research and attention to detail.
Ellyn Law LLP also have experience as counsel in the Ontario Court of Appeal, in the Divisional Court, in the Federal Court and in the Supreme Court of Canada. We provide independent opinions on trial judgments and if warranted, we can undertake an appeal to an appellate court.
Clients seek our advice and advocacy in complicated commercial disputes. Our goal is to find successful solutions for our local and global clients.
Here are some of the results we achieved…
- Set Aside Small Claims Court Default Judgment Arising from a Garnishment
- Obtained Damages for a Home Buyer when the Seller backed out
- Win-Win Settlement in Complicated Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Arbitration
- Two More Successful Negotiations of Settlements of Wrongful Dismissal Claims – Without Resorting to Litigation
- Successful Result in Complicated International Technology Arbitration
- Hotly-contested family shareholder dispute results in settlement of nearly $1m
- Shareholder settlement in global financial services marketing enterprise
- International Software Distributorship Settlement
- Success on interim oppression claim nets $400,000
- Success on interlocutory injunction prevents business losses
The law develops and changes constantly. Cases are decided by the courts every day. New legislation is passed by governments. Courts change their procedures from time to time. To serve our clients effectively, our lawyers keep abreast of new developments. Sometimes, we have even been asked to instruct other lawyers about developments in the law. Members of our Toronto law firm are asked to speak at legal conferences for lawyers. Igor Ellyn, QC has also spoken to non-lawyers about legal matters and early in his career, he was a weekly legal columnist for a major Toronto newspaper.
Good advocates are knowledgeable about law and court procedure and how to persuade judges, mediators and arbitrators that their client’s case deserves a good result. In this section, readers may benefit from several of the articles written by Igor Ellyn, QC for presentation to legal conferences. We have also included articles by other legal professionals which you may find interesting.
In the course of our litigation and arbitration practice, we have represented clients in many types of commercial activity. To understand our client’s case better, we often have to familiarize ourselves with the workings of businesses in various industries.
Call us at 416 365 3750
Email us at iellyn@ellynlaw.com
Ellyn Law LLP – Canadian Business Litigation and Arbitration Lawyers – approach every legal problem with our clients’ interests foremost in mind. Our lawyers are knowledgeable, experienced and dedicated to our clients’ success. We are committed to providing sound advice, creative strategy, effective negotiations and experienced advocacy. Attention to detail and keeping our clients well-informed are key parts of our service to our clients. find out more by visiting our areas of practice, shareholders disputes, oppression remedies, business disputes and estate litigation.
