Alan L.W. D'Silva

Alan L.W. D'Silva

(416) 869-5204
(416) 947-0866
199 Bay St, Suite 5300, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1989 (ON)
Alan D’Silva is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution group. He is considered a leading litigation lawyer in Canada with experience in a number of areas of law, including defence of class actions, corporate/commercial disputes, securities litigation, shareholder/oppression cases, large insurance litigation, accountants’ and auditors’ negligence, professional negligence, sports law, and directors’ and officers’ claims. He has served on the management committee in the Toronto office. He has acted as counsel in more than 200 publicly reported cases and has extensive experience at all levels of court and before administrative tribunals, including more than 100 appeals in Canadian appellate courts and 13 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada since 2001. He has also acted as a mediator, arbitrator, and an expert witness in Canadian courts. He is a recipient of the University of Ottawa Law School's 2015 Alumni Award and has been inducted to the Common Law Honour Society, which is described as the law school's most prestigious alumni distinction. He has also achieved national recognition as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine.
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