Christine-Joanne Heselmann

An experienced litigation counsel, Christine provides a boutique practice in commercial litigation, arbitration, and estates and trusts. She acts for companies, banks, receivers, estates, individuals, and from time to time as counsel or consultant lawyer for other law firms. She has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court (Commercial and Estates Lists), the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Tax Court of Canada. Before establishing her own firm, Christine was an associate (1988-1993) and then partner (1994) at Borden & Elliot, now Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. She was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1988, graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law (LL.B.) in 1986 and from Yale University (B.A.) in 1981. She also speaks German and French.

Christine is a present member of the Ontario Bar Association, The Advocates’ Society, the Yale Club of Ontario, and the Yoga Network of Canada, and is a past director of the Canadian Fencing Federation. She is a two-time past national fencing champion, holds a second degree black belt in karate, and teaches yoga at a local studio.