Simon Dugas
- he / him / his
Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2022
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Toronto
- Bio
- Awards & Recognition
- Representative Matters
- Selected Publications
- Insights
- Education
Simon is a litigator who is adept at tackling complex commercial issues and crafting innovative and thoughtful solutions to clients’ disputes. Simon’s meticulous planning skills and solutions-oriented attitude are key to his commitment to client service.
Simon is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. He advises on a broad range of disputes, including corporate and commercial matters, complex shareholder disputes, class actions and quasi-criminal matters.
Simon summered and articled at Aird & Berlis before returning as an associate.
Awards & Recognition
- First Place, Lenczner Slaght LLP Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moot, 2019
- Finalist, Torys LLP Negotiation Competition, 2019
Representative Matters
- Counsel to a director, officer and shareholder in an oppression claim commenced in the Commercial List arising from various corporate governance issues.
- Counsel to a technology company in several proceedings in the Commercial List arising from indemnity claims made pursuant to an asset purchase agreement.
- Assisted a discount brokerage with multi-jurisdictional class proceedings over the payment of trailing commission fees.
- Counsel to a cannabis company in an arbitration arising out of a contractual dispute with a licensee/manufacturer.
- Counsel to a pharmaceutical company in a class action alleging industry wide breaches of the Competition Act.
- Counsel to a Crown corporation in an arbitration arising out of a contractual dispute involving public infrastructure projects.
- Counsel to a director, officer and shareholder of a closely held company in a dispute regarding the valuation and redemption of another shareholder's shares.
- Counsel to an airline company in a claim commenced by its former shareholders and executives.
- Counsel to an energy company in a claim alleging it is liable for the acts/omissions of its subsidiary.
- Represented a development company in having Provincial Offences Act charges dropped against it at trial.
Selected Publications
Co-Author, "Developments in Class Action Law: Highlights From Q1 2025," Aird & Berlis LLP, Class Actions Quarterly, May 1, 2025.
Co-Author, "Top Class Action Decisions of Q1 2024," Aird & Berlis LLP, Class Actions Quarterly, April 4, 2024.
Co-Author, "Class Actions: Key Developments in 2022," Aird & Berlis LLP, February 8, 2023.
Co-Author, "Quebec Court Dismisses Proposed Class Action Against Cannabis Company," Aird & Berlis LLP, February 1, 2023.
Co-Author, "How to Find Stolen Cryptocurrency: Litigation Tools Used by Insolvency Professionals in Dooga," Banking and Finance Law Review, Vol. 39.1 (Thomson Reuters), 2022.
Insights
Education
- JD, Western University, 2021
- BA (Hons., with Distinction), in Media and the Public Interest, Western University, 2017
- Certificate, Ethics, Western University, 2017