Bevan Brooksbank

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2009

Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation

Description
Bevan maintains a broad commercial litigation practice, providing time-sensitive effective advocacy and advice to clients. He possesses particular expertise in the Canadian automotive sector. In addition, he also represents clients in regards to complex shareholder and contractual disputes, oppression remedy litigation and franchise disputes.

Bevan acts for companies, receivers and court officers with respect to insolvency litigation on the Commercial List. He also possesses extensive experience and familiarity with respect to urgent injunctive relief, such as interlocutory injunctions, preservation, Mareva and Anton Piller Orders.

Bevan advises and advocates on behalf of clients involved in cross-border and complex commercial disputes. This rests on his substantial experience acting as counsel on applications to enforce or set aside arbitral awards, enforce foreign judgments, address letters rogatory, and contest multinational claims on the basis of jurisdiction

He frequently appears before the Commercial List of the Superior Court in Toronto on motions, applications and trials, and has otherwise appeared before all levels of courts in Ontario. Bevan also acts for clients in the context of commercial arbitrations.

From 2014-15, Bevan was seconded to Volkswagen Group Canada. He reported to the general counsel and advised on product liability, dealer advisory and commercial matters.