Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer. His focus is commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review, and appellate litigation, often with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. With over 25 years of practice, he has built experience in a broad range of industries. He has litigated cases involving failed hedge funds, derivatives, fraud and Ponzi schemes, arbitration-related court proceedings, conflicts of interest, shareholder disputes, construction and infrastructure, defamation, and employment law. Paul has extensive experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before administrative and arbitral tribunals. He acts as an arbitrator, has been a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and has acted for corporations, public entities, regulators, individuals, investment funds, and receivers. Paul’s articles have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the High Court of Australia, courts in Ontario, Alberta, and New Brunswick, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law since 2021.
