Ira Nishisato

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1995

Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation

Description
Ira is a leading commercial litigator and international disputes lawyer focused on complex commercial litigation, commercial fraud, investigations, cybersecurity and information technology litigation, intellectual property litigation, and international disputes.

He has been described by Who’s Who Legal as “one of Canada’s leading legal minds” and a “first-rate practitioner in complex commercial fraud cases” who “draws widespread acclaim” and is “well-known for his expert handling of complex commercial disputes”.

Ira leads complex international fraud litigation and investigations and asset recovery proceedings, and is a widely-recognized expert in in extraordinary remedies, including Anton Piller (civil search), Mareva (asset freezing) and Norwich Pharmacal (equitable discovery) orders. He has appeared in approximately 100 injunction proceedings before Canadian courts and has fashioned creative, leading-edge remedies to assist clients.

Ira advises clients on cybersecurity, data breaches, information security intrusions and exfiltration, and serves as “breach coach” in cybersecurity incident response. He has served as lead counsel in many important information technology and intellectual property cases in Canada.

Ira has also brought numerous court applications for the enforcement of international arbitral awards and foreign judgments, for letters of request/letters rogatory, and to stay proceedings on jurisdictional grounds. He has also acted in applications to set aside and seek leave to appeal international arbitral awards.

Ira appears before all levels of courts in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Ontario Court of Appeal, Federal Court, Ontario Divisional Court and Superior Court of Justice. He appears frequently before the Commercial Court in Toronto in motions, applications, and trials.

Ira has litigated a wide range of cases including in the following areas:

administrative law
anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting
asset tracing and recovery
banking and financial services
broadcasting and telecommunications
class actions/mass torts/collective redress
computer, information technology and internet law
contempt proceedings
conflict of laws/forum non conveniens
constitutional law/Charter of Rights and Freedoms
contracts
corporate/commercial law
cybersecurity and cybercrime (including privacy, data protection and information security)
defamation (libel and slander)
fiduciary duties
fraud
injunctions (interim, interlocutory and permanent) and provisional measures
intellectual property (including copyright and trademark infringement)
labour and employment
officer and director liability
product liability
professional negligence
public and private international law
shareholder and partnership disputes
Ira provides legal services through a Law Corporation.