Neil Seymour Colville-Reeves

Neil is the Managing Partner of Reeves Richarz LLP. Neil has a general commercial, estates and insurance litigation practice and has handled a broad range of matters before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, Financial Services Commission of Ontario, License Appeal Tribunal as well as advocating on behalf of his clients in private arbitrations.

Neil manages a large and diverse subrogation practice and has experience in a range of matters including construction/engineer liability, oil spills, fire and flooding losses, product failures, municipal infrastructure failures, first responder cases and class actions. He also defends his insurer clients and policy in first-party and liability claims involving a broad range of property-related claims including fire and flood loss cases. Neil has acted for clients in partnership and shareholder disputes, private road associations in negotiating member agreements, as well as litigating breach of contract, estates and construction-related matters. Neil also practices injury law. He has represented the interests of a wide range of insurers defending policy-holders and insurers in bodily injury claims as well as defending first-party accident benefits claims. His clients also seek out his advice and representation in priority and loss transfer disputes between insurers.

In recent years, Neil has taken a particular interest in assisting clients facing mortgage enforcement proceedings who can be particularly vulnerable to unscrupulous lenders.

In addition to practicing law, Neil spent two years in the securities industry working in corporate finance for an investment management/merchant banking firm. In that role, he dealt extensively with the community of investment advisors and financial planners and was involved in issues relating to corporate governance in publicly-listed companies.