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Leigh Crestohl

Partner · Zaiwalla & Co

EnglandLitigation, International ArbitrationEnglish, French, Polish

About

Partner with 20 years' experience advising on a broad range of commercial disputes — including contract claims, shareholder and joint venture matters, property, construction, IP, and banking/financial regulatory issues — and with a significant focus on international commercial arbitration and investment disputes. He is qualified as an English solicitor and admitted in Quebec and Ontario, and has practiced at Ogilvy Renault (now Norton Rose Fulbright Canada) and Clifford Chance (Paris and London).

Practice areas

LitigationInternational ArbitrationBanking & FinanceCorporate / M&AReal EstateConstruction & EngineeringIntellectual Property

Office

Expertise

Commercial dispute resolutionShareholder remedies & joint venturesInternational sales & distribution agreementsConstruction & engineering disputesBanking & financial regulatory mattersInvestment disputesCommodities disputes

Education

  • B.A. Joint Hons., McGill University (1990)
  • B.C.L., McGill University (1994)
  • LL.B., McGill University (1994)

Admissions

  • England (Solicitor)
  • Quebec (admitted lawyer)
  • Ontario (admitted lawyer)
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Panel arbitrator, ICC Canada National Committee
  • Barreau du Quebec
  • Law Society of Upper Canada

Languages

EnglishFrenchPolish