Paul Michell 5YEARSAWARDED

Paul Michell

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020
Awarded Practice Areas
Administrative and Public Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Practice Corporate and Commercial Litigation Director and Officer Liability Practice International Arbitration Labour and Employment Law
Works at
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

13 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Commended by a client as an ‘excellent lawyer’, Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer who excels at resolving complex issues across multiple practice areas. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review, and appellate litigation, often with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. He has litigated cases involving failed hedge funds, derivatives, fraud and Ponzi schemes, arbitration-related court proceedings, conflicts of interest, shareholder disputes, construction and infrastructure, defamation, and employment law.

Paul has extensive experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before administrative and arbitral tribunals. He acts as an arbitrator, has been a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and has acted for corporations, public entities, regulators, individuals, investment funds and receivers.

A thought leader on prominent legal issues, Paul’s articles have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the High Court of Australia, courts in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law since 2021.

Works at
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

13 Best Lawyers awards

Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Oxford, Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), graduated 1995
  • University of Toronto, LL.B., graduated 1994

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 1997

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2027 for work in:
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Practice
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Director and Officer Liability Practice
  • International Arbitration
  • Labour and Employment Law

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