Jason Berall’s litigation practice is focused on corporate and commercial disputes, securities litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, and class actions. Within those fields, he has litigated matters involving shareholder oppression, directors’ and officers’ duties, fraud, contractual rights, misrepresentations, internal investigations, and more. He has acted for clients in a broad range of industries including mining, real estate, financial services, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, and technology.
Jason has experience before multiple courts in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Ontario Securities Commission. He also has experience representing clients in confidential mediation and arbitration.
As pro bono work, Jason volunteers his time as duty counsel at Pro Bono Law Ontario, as a supervising lawyer for the Osgoode Hall Law School’s Investor Protection Clinic, and as member of the Bennett Jones team working with Innocence Canada. He is a member of the Advocates’ Society, the Toronto Lawyers’ Association, the American Bar Association, and the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations.
Prior to joining Bennett Jones as an associate, Jason was a summer student and articling student with the firm.