Daniel Frederick Chitiz

Dan Chitiz is a founding partner at CP LLP. Called to the Ontario bar in 1990, Dan is a commercial litigator, whose extensive practice covers complex contract disputes, oppression remedy and other shareholder based actions, commercial securities litigation, partnership and limited partnership disputes, franchise litigation, employment law, real estate and construction lien litigation.

Dan has appeared in all levels of the Ontario courts, including in a broad range of matters on the Toronto Commercial List as well as before the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Dan also has broad experience litigating complex and high stakes estates and trust dispute.

Dan has a comprehensive arbitration practice as lead counsel, as well as having qualified with his CIArb (Chartered International Arbitrator) designation and the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard in Arbitration course.

Dan has successfully arbitrated under the Ontario Arbitration Act, the International Commercial Arbitration Act and NADAP before one member and three member domestic and international arbitration panels, including in addressing the following commercial issues in private arbitrations:

Dan has appeared successfully as lead counsel before various Administrative Boards across the province, including before the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tribunal on behalf of numerous farmers.

With over thirty years managing commercial and family disputes, we are well positioned to give practical and sophisticated advice in managing claims against insolvent debtors and trustees in bankruptcy on a range of commercial and personal bankruptcy issues.