Mervyn D. Abramowitz

Commercial Litigation

• Acted for a manufacturer of service station fuel pump nozzles in an action involving a fire that destroyed a $1 million Porsche 918 Spyder automobile
• Acted for the Chinese manufacturer of fire retardant clothing in its dispute with a Canadian distributor and involving a related action in the British Virgin Islands
• Counsel to a national lessor of heavy equipment in its dispute with its customer regarding specialized excavation equipment used in the construction industry
• Counsel to a national computer distributor in enforcing its claims against a Chinese manufacturer of drones and other technological equipment
• Successful trial and appellate counsel to a national refrigeration manufacturer in its legal action against a transportation company for negligence and breach of contract
• Counsel to a contractor in its dispute with a sub-contractor over work performed at a number of venues constructed for the Pan-American Games in Hamilton and Milton
• Counsel to a condominium developer in Mississauga in its dispute with another condominium developer 
• Counsel to a Toronto film production company in its action against its lawyers for negligent legal advice leading to the loss of valuable film rights 
• Court-appointed representative counsel to a group of individuals in a large, commercial mortgage enforcement action involving the determination of their rights as life-lease holders
• Counsel to an Ontario corporation in a multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute with an Israeli corporation
• Counsel to a U.S.-based Tier 1 automobile parts supplier in a dispute involving parts suppliers withholding tools and parts destined for several OEM's
• Counsel to a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a breach of contract action with international scope involving the construction of custom equipment and several large foreign entities in Germany, Switzerland and the United States

Bankruptcy & Insolvency

• Acted for the Canadian subsidiary of a Korean nanofiber manufacturing company in its proposal to its creditors
• Acted for a UK-based book publisher with respect to the receivership of the University of Ottawa bookstore
• Acted for the court-appointed liquidator of a company that owned a large rental apartment facility in Toronto
• Acted for the head of a mortgage syndicate in seeking the appointment of a receiver over a large townhouse complex
• Successful trial counsel on behalf of a creditor in a hybrid bankruptcy trial that resulted in the disallowance of another creditor’s large trust claim
• Counsel to the Monitor in the court-ordered winding up of a corporation involved in blockchain and cryptocurrencies investments
• Counsel to a Chinese toy manufacturer / supplier in the Toys R Us CCAA proceeding
• Counsel to Martin Ross Group Inc., a jewellery manufacturer, in its CCAA filling
• Counsel to a Taiwanese creditor in the Comark Canada CCAA filing
• Counsel to the U.S. purchaser of several claims of various Canadian and international creditors of Target Canada in its CCAA filing 
• Counsel to creditors, nationally and internationally, in the cross-border CCAA restructurings of Vallefoam, Canwest, Angiotech
• Counsel to various secured and unsecured creditors in several court-appointed receiverships and bankruptcies in the high-tech and biotech spheres, including Botaneco, Seven Group Data Management Group, Sprint Network, Gloplug and others
• Counsel to several trustees and receivers dealing with various Ponzi schemes and other fraudulent transactions
• Counsel to several statutory and court-appointed receivers in southern Ontario in the social housing area