Julie Joseph Himo

Julie is a seasoned and versatile litigator acting for clients in a wide range of complex commercial and civil litigation, including pension disputes and issues, commercial fraud, contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and insolvency, take-overs by means of plans of arrangement, as well as corporate and securities matters. She has also represented clients in numerous disputes involving extraordinary remedies such as seizures and injunctions.

Her clients appreciate her ability to quickly identify the relevant legal issues, her judicious and targeted advice, her ability to work under pressure and her skills to develop and lead strategic representations in her appearances before trial and appeal courts. Julie is frequently sought by leading Canadian and international companies, where she helps them to efficiently handle and resolve disputes and mitigate short- and long-term risks to their operations.

Julie is also a highly regarded advisor in cybersecurity governance, conducting strategic risk and privacy assessments and providing counsel on a wide variety of privacy issues. She frequently acts as breach coach for clients and has considerable experience with all types of cyber incidents, including cyber extortion in the context of information theft, large-scale ransomware attacks, malware and phishing attacks, lost data, and data breaches impacting payment cards and PCI rules. With many of these incidents having international implications, Julie is experienced in coordinating response efforts across multiple countries.

In addition to her breach coach work, Julie conducts strategic risk and privacy assessments; counsels clients on privacy by design for new products and marketing initiatives, including supporting consumer engagement activities, such as marketing and contests; advises on CASL compliance; and intervenes on a wide variety of privacy issues, including risk mitigation from the use of artificial intelligence.