Shaan P. Tolani
Associate

Outline
Shaan helps clients successfully navigate high-stakes disputes and investigations by delivering sharp analysis, relentless focus on outcomes and calm execution under pressure.
Overview
Client Work
NRStor Incorporated in a dispute over earn-out entitlements following NRStor’s acquisition of significant energy projects
Shanghai Lianyin Investment in the enforcement of its $233-million CIETAC arbitral award in Ontario to recover assets potentially held in trust for the award debtor
MNP Corporate Finance in its efforts to recover a multimillion-dollar success fee related to facilitating financing for a former client, leading to a trial on whether arrangement facilitated should be considered debt financing or a purchase and sale transaction
The joint liquidators of Stanford International Bank in the trial and appeal for asset recovery proceedings related to Stanford International Bank’s $5.5-billion collapse resulting from the world’s second-largest Ponzi scheme
The CFO of CannTrust Holdings in a securities class action alleging misrepresentations related to the company's licenses to cultivate cannabis, as well as related proceedings
Luxtona Limited, an affiliate of Yukos Oil, in proceedings in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by the Russian Federation for the set-aside of an interim award related to the Energy Charter Treaty arbitration between Luxtona and Russia
Related Services
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- Wilfrid Laurier University, BBA (Hons., Finance), 2015, with distinction
- University of Toronto, JD, 2019
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2020
Insights
Blog
Upending the Ground Rules: Proposed Major Overhaul of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure
May 8, 2025Richard B. Swan & Shaan P. Tolani
Blog
Rule Changes In England and Wales Help Combat Fraud—Should Canada Follow?
October 18, 2022Lincoln Caylor & Shaan P. Tolani
News, Events & Speaking Engagements
Announcement
Bennett Jones is Top in Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions of 2022-2023
November 23, 2023 & 8 more









