Chitiz Pathak has a well-earned reputation for professional, practical and cost-effective dispute resolution through skilled advocacy and tough negotiation. Our lawyers have extensive experience with commercial, corporate, securities, director and officer liability, real estate, insolvency, debt enforcement, insurance, intellectual property and domain name litigation among other cases, and in meeting the entire scope of our business clients' litigation needs.

Securities Litigation
IPOs, Rights Offerings, & Private Placement Transa
Debtor/Creditor Remedies
Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Franchise Litigation
Labour & Employment

Securities Litigation

We have a successful record in a breadth of securities-related litigation matters. Working closely with one another and with our clients, we produce strategic and timely results, helping our clients to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. In addition to serving public companies, we represent a number of broker dealers as well as individuals for whom we have acted in litigation relating to claims of churning, unsuitability, unauthorized trading, failure to supervise, fraud and other related claims against investment brokers and dealers.

IPOs, Rights Offerings, & Private Placement Transa

IPOs, Rights Offerings, & Private Placement Transactions

We assist clients with a wide range of securities offerings, including public offerings, private placements and rights offerings. We negotiate private and public offerings in multiple jurisdictions for companies in business sectors that include mining and natural resources, energy, technology, manufacturing and merchant banking.

Debtor/Creditor Remedies

We offer a full range of collection services, from pre-suit collection-focused activities to lawsuits and judgment-enforcement proceedings, including the enforcement in Ontario of foreign judgments. Clients attribute our above-average results to the creative solutions we bring forward when prosecuting debt and collection issues.

Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring

Our lawyers are proud to have acted as counsel in many of Canada's largest restructurings, both on the debtor side and for secured and unsecured creditors. With respect to commercial reorganizations and restructuring, creditors' and debtors' rights, receiverships, bankruptcies, enforcement in secured transactions and other areas of insolvency litigation, we have acted for creditors, debtors, trustees and other interested parties. Offering our clients both strategic and aggressive advice in dealing with financial and other credit institutions, we have achieved an excellent record of success.

Franchise Litigation

Our lawyers have successfully represented both franchisors and franchisees in this ever-changing area of law. With the enactment of the Arthur Wishart Act and the now statutory duty of good faith imposed in franchise relationships, Canadian franchises are governed by even more regulation more akin to public corporate vehicles, in addition to having to meet normal business requirements. The expeditious resolution of franchise disputes often requires counsel to be able to act quickly and decisively obtaining injunctions to prevent continued infractions as well as trade-mark and copyright infringement actions. Chitiz Pathak has put together a strategic team that is able to manage these varied legal issues.

Labour & Employment

Chitiz Pathak has acted for employers and employees in a variety of matters. With respect to the litigation of wrongful termination and other employment-related cases, Ontario has enacted complex legislation to govern the employment relationship. Our lawyers are well versed in the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, the Pay Equity Act and the Human Rights Code as well as other legislation reflecting employer/employee relationships.

Wrongful termination claims and other newly developed causes of action arising out of the employment relationship continue to challenge employers. We represent both employees and employers with respect to charges, investigations and complaints before the provincial trial and appellate courts as well as before numerous governmental agencies including the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Our lawyers are familiar with factual and legal defences to wrongful dismissal litigation and have been able to assist a departing employee in negotiating a termination package on the best possible terms and without litigation.

We help employers design voluntary early retirement packages and provide advice regarding layoffs that reduce the risks of litigation. Where employers seek termination for just cause, we assist in documenting concerns in a fair and effective manner. Where termination is for other reasons we have ably negotiated and created cost effective settlements. We also protect our clients' business property, confidential information and customer bases by drafting and enforcing non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements.