Edward J. "Ed" Babin

Edward Babin has practiced complex litigation in Canada for over 30 years. He was for many years a senior partner in the highly ranked litigation departments of both Torys LLP and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, as well as before the Superior Courts and Courts of Appeal of several Canadian provinces, and the Yukon, as well as the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared before a wide variety of administrative tribunals and at numerous arbitrations.

He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the Top 50 trial lawyers in Canada and a litigation star by Benchmark Litigation, as a leading commercial litigator in the publication Best Lawyers in Canada, and is listed as one of the world’s leading practitioners in Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Commercial Litigation, most recently in 2024.

Ed has also been ranked numerous times in a number of well-regarded Lexpert® publications including:

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as Most Frequently Recommended in Corporate Commercial Litigation and Consistently Recommended in Securities Litigation.
• The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
• The Lexpert® Special Edition on Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers.
• The Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada.

Over the course of his career, Ed has gained significant experience in many areas, both in individual and class action proceedings. He has been involved in a very broad range of complex legal areas, and has acted for numerous clients in contract, securities, corporate governance, oppression, competition, investment advisor, executive employment, insolvency, consumer, franchise, conspiracy and fraud-related matters.

Ed has also handled numerous sports-related matters, including on behalf of several National Hockey League Clubs, the Canadian Football League, and on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in the Ben Johnson case.

His work also has a public interest dimension. Ed has acted as counsel in connection with a number of public inquiries and has extensive and varied pro bono experience.

Ed has written many papers and presented at numerous conferences, dealing with a range of substantive and procedural topics, including class actions, securities litigation, trial advocacy and the Rules of Civil Procedure.