Gordon William Vance

Corporate & Commercial Litigation Real Property Litigation Professional Liability & Regulation Estates & Trust Litigation Appeals Investigations Advice & Opinions Injunctions & Crisis Management

Gordon is a partner at Ross Nasseri. He maintains a diverse civil, commercial, and regulatory litigation practice. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and has more than 30 reported decisions to his name.

Gordon has acted for individuals, family business, and large corporations in a wide variety of matters, including oppression remedy claims and derivative actions, shareholder and director disputes, employment matters, fraud, real property litigation, estate disputes, and injunctions. He is building a robust appeal practice and appears routinely before the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Gordon appears regularly before the Associate Judges and Judges of the Superior Court of Justice (including the Commercial List) and has acted for clients in disciplinary hearings before various tribunals. He has steered clients through successful mediation and investigations, and he is an experienced trial counsel.

Before joining Ross Nasseri, Gordon gained valuable courtroom experience serving as an Assistant Crown Attorney in London, Ontario. He completed his articles by clerking with the judges of the Superior Court of Justice. During his clerkship, Gordon assisted several Ontario judges with a wide variety of cases including commercial disputes, professional negligence matters, and judicial review applications. Before his clerkship, Gordon also worked as a student at Polley Faith where he gained experience assisting lawyers with several civil cases including providing support on trials and hearings.

Gordon graduated with a J.D. /M.B.A. with honours, and on the Dean’s List, from the University of Toronto in 2019. He was awarded several prizes and accolades including the Gerald W. Schwartz Gold Medal for the highest overall average in his program, the Bregman Scholar award from the Rotman School of Management, and prizes for the top grades in administrative law and contract law. Before law school, Gordon completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours, with distinction) and a Master of Arts as a Canada Graduate Scholar.