Eliot N. Kolers

Eliot N. Kolers

Toronto, ON recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
Stikeman Elliott LLP

216 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation Class Action Litigation Competition / Antitrust Law Corporate and Commercial Litigation Securities Law

Biography

Eliot Kolers is the Head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group in the Toronto office, and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board and Executive Committee. Eliot is recognized by his peers as a leading litigator with vast expertise in the areas of corporate commercial litigation, class actions, securities litigation and competition litigation matters. He has represented clients in numerous complex and high-profile commercial cases involving oppression remedies, proxy contests, takeover bids, shareholder disputes, plans of arrangement and corporate governance matters, as well as expedited litigation matters in relation to contested corporate transactions.

Eliot has defended numerous class actions involving competition law, securities and privacy issues. He also represents clients in commercial arbitrations and frequently works closely with counsel from various U.S. and international jurisdictions.

Eliot regularly appears before the Commercial List of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and all levels of Ontario’s courts, and has appeared in other provincial appellate courts, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He has also appeared before the federal Competition Tribunal, the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (formerly OSC), and other regulatory and administrative tribunals.

Stikeman Elliott LLP

216 Best Lawyers awards

Stikeman Elliott LLP logo

Overview

  • University of Toronto, graduated 1994

  • Ontario, Law Society of Ontario, 1996
  • Ontario, Law Society of Ontario, 1996
  • University of Toronto, graduated 1994

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Bet-the-Company Litigation
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Toronto, Canada (2025)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Toronto, Canada (2023)
  • Class Action Litigation, Toronto, Canada (2022)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Toronto, Canada (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Competition / Antitrust Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Securities Law

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