Deborah Elizabeth Palter

Deborah is recognized as a leading advocate with a broad commercial and civil litigation practice. She regularly acts for individuals, companies and financial institutions providing creative advice and strategies for litigating and resolving complicated business disputes. Her significant mandates include cases involving complex commercial agreements, director and officer liability, banking litigation, commercial real estate disputes, fraud claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, insolvency proceedings and securities-related matters over a wide cross-section of industries. She is a skilled trial and appellate lawyer, appearing regularly in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and in the negotiation, mediation and private arbitration of commercial disputes.

Deborah is a past President of The Advocates’ Society, the pre-eminent association of litigation counsel in Canada. She is recognized as a leading litigator in several major legal publications and is known for her commitment and contribution to excellence in the profession.

Deborah is identified as one of the top 100 Women in Litigation in Canada by Benchmark Canada and has been repeatedly recognized as one of Canada’s leading lawyers by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Litigation – Corporate Commercial) and Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Commercial Litigation). She is a sought-after speaker, moderator and advocacy skills trainer.

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