Robert J. Hawkes, KC, has been lead counsel in complex class actions, defamation actions, corporate oppression actions, shareholder derivative actions and emergency injunction applications to freeze and discover assets and obtain investigation orders, asset tracing and fraudulent conveyances. Robert practised as an associate and partner at one of Canada’s leading firms from 1993 until 2005, gaining experience in virtually all areas of corporate and commercial litigation. In 2005, Robert joined JSS Barristers where he has continued his high-level practice in commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation, class actions, defamation and constitutional law. Robert has run appeals, trials, discipline hearings and other administrative law matters, including in corporate restructuring disputes, shareholder oppression matters, derivative and class actions. Robert’s biography can be seen at https://jssbarristers.ca/litigators/robert-j-hawkes/.
