John Thomas Porter

John is a well-known and highly-regarded litigator with a robust practice that spans a range of industries. John focuses on oral advocacy for complex corporate/commercial litigation matters, including shareholder disputes, corporate fraud, commercial torts, professional negligence and the representation of financial institutions regarding security enforcement and priority disputes.

John has also acted as litigation counsel in connection with a wide variety of insolvency and restructuring proceedings. He has appeared at all levels of the Ontario Courts, and before the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to joining TGF as a partner and more recently as Counsel, John was a partner at a large national law firm.

In addition to his legacy as a successful litigator, John is known for developing innovative solutions to difficult legal issues, while ensuring that those solutions are both practical and achievable. His creativity and problem solving are key drivers of his exceptional client service.

John has spoken at a number of seminars and conferences, and to law students about the implications of the BCE case, which at the time was the world’s largest leveraged buy-out with an enterprise value of $52 billion. John appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada in the expedited BCE appeal.

Court-appointed litigation counsel to the Litigation Trustee of Cash Store Financial Services Inc.

Counsel to Coopers & Lybrand in connection with its restructuring proceedings, and litigation counsel in connection with the successful defence of claims against Coopers with a value of approximately $400M.