Practice Areas. Where to start, by the kind of problem you have.
Grigoras Law is a Toronto litigation and business law boutique. The pages below are grouped by the kind of problem that brings people to the firm, with a line on what each one covers. If none of them fits, the intake form is the right place to start, and we will say so if the matter is not one we take.
Disputes in the Superior Court, on the Commercial List and in arbitration.
The firm's litigation practice runs from the first letter to the appeal. The two guides below explain how a commercial dispute and a civil case actually proceed in Toronto, and the pages after them cover the claims the firm takes.
Commercial Litigation
Contract, shareholder, securities and Commercial List disputes in the Superior Court of Justice.
Civil Litigation
Pleadings, discovery, motions, trial and appeal, for plaintiffs and defendants across Ontario.
Arbitration
Commercial arbitration in Ontario, from the clause and the stay motion to the award and its enforcement.
Shareholder Disputes
Oppression claims, deadlocks, buy-outs and breaches of shareholders' agreements under the OBCA and CBCA.
Civil Fraud
Deceit, fraudulent misrepresentation, investment fraud and asset recovery, including Mareva and Norwich relief.
Urgent Commercial Remedies
Mareva, Anton Piller and Norwich orders, for the matters where the first days decide the outcome.
Breach of Contract
Commercial claims and defences, from repudiation and damages to specific performance and injunctions.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Conflicts of interest, self-dealing and misappropriation, and the equitable remedies that follow.
Breach of Confidence
Confidential information taken or misused, on either side of the claim.
Officer and Director Liability
Personal liability, statutory exposure, indemnification disputes and D&O coverage questions.
Securities Litigation
Prospectus and secondary market misrepresentation, insider trading claims, class actions and OSC enforcement.
Civil Conspiracy
Claims for coordinated harm, by unlawful means or for an unlawful purpose.
Unjust Enrichment
Enrichment, deprivation and the absence of a juristic reason, with monetary awards and constructive trusts as the remedies.
Intimidation
Unlawful threats and economic coercion, and the remedies for them.
Passing Off
Goodwill, brand identity and unregistered marks, protected by injunction, damages and an accounting of profits.
Commercial Leases
From the offer to lease and the key terms to renewals, defaults, distress and lease disputes.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
BIA proceedings, proposals, restructurings, creditor rights and insolvency disputes.
Negligence
Duty, standard of care, causation and damages, for plaintiffs and defendants.
Wrongful Death
Claims under the Family Law Act and the Trustee Act, for families and estates.
Libel, slander, online defamation and the practice of putting a reputation back.
Defamation is the firm's second largest practice. The claim side and the defence side are handled by the same lawyers, which is why the pages below read the way they do.
Defamation
Libel, slander and online defamation, claims and defences, anti-SLAPP motions, injunctions and takedowns.
Reputation Management
Removal and de-indexing of defamatory content, Norwich orders to identify anonymous authors, and media response.
Defamation and Reputation Management
How the two practices work together, from the first demand letter to the last takedown.
Injurious Falsehood
False statements about a business, its goods or its title, the economic-tort cousin of defamation.
Privacy Law
PIPEDA, PHIPA, data breaches and the privacy torts, for individuals and organizations.
Social Media and Internet Law
Online defamation, platform liability, e-commerce disputes and digital privacy.
Advisory work done with a litigator's view of how agreements fail.
The same lawyers who litigate business disputes draft the documents meant to prevent them. These pages cover the firm's advisory work for companies, founders and the people who own them.
Business Law
Contracts, financing and shareholder arrangements for small and growing companies.
Corporate Law
Incorporation, share capital, directors' duties, shareholder matters and fundamental changes under the OBCA and CBCA.
Commercial Transactions
Share and asset purchases, amalgamations, due diligence, purchase agreements and post-closing disputes.
Buying or Selling a Business
Structure, tax planning, due diligence, the agreement of purchase and sale, and closing, for vendors and purchasers.
Shareholder Agreements
Drafted and reviewed with a litigator's view of deadlock, exit, valuation and reserved-matters clauses.
Capital Markets and Securities
Private placements, prospectus offerings, continuous disclosure and exempt market compliance in Ontario.
Start-Up Companies
Incorporation, shareholders' agreements, IP assignment and seed financing for founders and early-stage businesses.
Small Business
Formation, contracts, leases and regulatory compliance for owner-operated businesses in Toronto.
The Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Appeals are a practice of their own, with their own deadlines, tests and written advocacy. The firm takes appeals from its own trials and from other counsel's.
Clients outside Ontario, and Ontario clients with matters outside it.
Denis Grigoras is licensed in Ontario and Nevada. The firm acts for American and European clients with matters in Canada, and for Ontario clients whose disputes and deals cross the border.
United States
For American clients with matters in Ontario, from enforcing U.S. judgments and arbitral awards to cross-border litigation and setting up a business here.
Europe
For European and Swiss clients, from CETA and market entry to Ontario subsidiaries, the Investment Canada Act and the enforcement of European judgments.
Nevada Law
Nevada corporations, reincorporations, asset protection, online defamation and judgment enforcement, from a lawyer licensed in both Nevada and Ontario.
Not sure which page fits?
Most matters touch more than one of the practices above. A short intake form is the right way to start. It commits you to nothing. If there is something in your matter we think we can help with, we will tell you. If not, we will tell you that too.
I have a dispute.
Civil litigation, defamation, shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, civil fraud, injunctive relief. A matter that is either already in motion or about to be.
Start dispute intake → Advisory intakeI need business counsel.
Shareholder agreements, corporate governance, commercial transactions, contract review. Advisory work done with a litigator's eye on how agreements actually fail.
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