John L Finnigan

Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP

100 Wellington Street West
Suite 3200
Toronto-Dominion Centre
P.O. Box 329
Toronto
Canada
+1 416 304 0558
jfinnigan@tgf.ca

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Dispute Resolution: Ontario (Band 4)

Profile

Practice Areas: Has a broad practice in complex commercial litigation with significant experience in insolvency and restructuring litigation. Significant mandates include representing OMERS on the Mississauga Judicial Inquiry and the recent completion of the trial in the high profile litigation between the former owners of Lakeport Brewing Corporation. Has acted as one of the lead counsel for the bondholders in the BCE case, described by many commentators as the most important commercial law case before the Supreme Court of Canada in the last 35 years.

Professional Memberships: The Advocates' Society, INSOL International, the Toronto Lawyers Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section.

Career: A Founding Partner of TGF. A Director of Worldwide Orphans Foundation of Canada. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1984. The University of Western Ontario., J.D., 1982 - Winner of the Carson-Killean Award for Oral Advocacy.