Carly Jessica Fidler

Carly Fidler is a trusted advocate and strategist who provides practical counsel to clients facing complex, business-critical legal challenges. Her practice spans high-stakes disputes with a focus on corporate and commercial, construction and infrastructure, and tax. Known for her unyielding commitment to client service, Carly combines passionate advocacy with sharp strategic vision to achieve her clients’ objectives.

Her diverse clients include financial institutions, government entities, and multinational public and private corporations. Within the construction and infrastructure sector, Carly offers an effective holistic perspective. Because she deeply understands the front end of construction projects – where contract structures, risk allocations, and procurement dynamics are established – she excels at identifying hidden vulnerabilities and anticipating where projects can go sideways. This proactive insight allows her to help clients mitigate and manage risk and avoid pitfalls long before they escalate. When formal disputes do arise, she brings extensive experience in all forms of dispute resolution involving complex contract interpretation, delay and extra claims, construction liens and trusts, and bond and insurance claims.

In her tax disputes practice, Carly advises multinational clients navigating complex tax issues at every stage of interaction with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Courts. She brings deep specialized expertise to high-value matters involving transfer pricing, the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), and the deductibility of expenses.

Carly is admitted to practice in both Ontario and New York. Deeply committed to access to justice, she is an active supporter and volunteer with Pro Bono Ontario.

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