Rahool Agarwal
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(Chambers Canada)
“…a fantastic lawyer. He has deep knowledge of the law, is highly creative and exercises great judgment when it comes to implementing litigation strategy for his clients.”
Bio
Recognized as ‘an experienced litigator with outstanding talent for strategy’, Rahool maintains a robust commercial and civil litigation practice with extensive experience in class actions, contractual disputes, franchise litigation, shareholder disputes, contested corporate transactions, director and officer liability, commercial arbitrations, and complex fraud cases. He has acted on a broad range of constitutional and public law cases involving matters of significant public interest. He also focuses a significant portion of his practice to litigation involving Indigenous peoples.
Clients rely on Rahool to handle time-sensitive disputes and to prosecute and defend urgent court proceedings. He has a track record of success in trial and appellate courts in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec, and has appeared as counsel in six cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. He also regularly appears before the Toronto Commercial List.
Committed to promoting diversity and the development of the next generation of advocates, Rahool is an active member of the South Asian Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society.
Select Representative Mandates
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The Neighbourhood Group et al. v. Ontario
Counsel to a community charity and provider of supervised consumption services in a constitutional challenge to a Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024.
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Manitoba Métis Federation et al ats Métis National Council Secretariat Inc.
Counsel to the Manitoba Métis Federation and MMF President David Chartrand in a claim relating to the governance of the Métis National Council, the former national government of the Métis Nation.
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Nanda v. Town of Oakville, 2024 ONSC 6742
Counsel to a town councillor for the Town of Oakville in a successful appeal of a decision of Oakville’s Joint Compliance Audit Committee authorizing a campaign finance compliance audit.
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TSCC No. 2299 v. Distillery SE Development Corp., 2024 ONCA 712
Counsel to a condominium corporation in a successful appeal relating to an arbitration regarding a shared facilities agreement with the condominium developer.
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LaFontaine et al. v. The Government of Manitoba, 2024 MBKB 147
Counsel to a class of children in care in a class action against the Government of Manitoba seeking compensation for Manitoba’s policy of forcibly misappropriating the Children’s Special Allowance.
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Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada
Counsel to the Manitoba Métis Federation, the National Government of the Red River Métis, in several claims against Canada.
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V.L.M. v. Dominey Estate, 2023 ABCA 261
Appeal counsel to a class of former prisoners who had been incarcerated at a youth detention centre.
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Zentner v. GFA World, 2022 ONSC 3169
Counsel to a global charity defending a proposed class action claiming $170 million for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy in connection with donations to the charity.
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Michalowski et al. v. Gold Flora Corporation
Counsel to a group of former shareholders of TPCO, a California-based cannabis business, in a dissent rights application seeking payment of fair value for their shares.
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Ontario Professional Fire Fighters’ Association v. Atkinson et al.
Counsel to the Plaintiff in a fraud claim against two former members orchestrated a scheme whereby they duped the widows of deceased fire fighters into directing money to the former members.
Recognitions
Chambers
- Chambers Canada 2025: Band 6 - Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario)
- Chambers Canada 2023-2024: Up and Coming - Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario)
Legal 500
- The Legal 500 Canada, 2018, 2020-2025: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
Benchmark Litigation
- Benchmark Litigation Star, 2024-2025: Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Securities
- Benchmark Litigation Star, 2023: Commercial Litigation
- Benchmark Litigation Star, 2022: Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Securities
- Benchmark Litigation, 2020-2021: Future Star
- Benchmark Litigation Canada's 40 & Under Hot List, 2020
Lexpert
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2022-2025: Class Actions; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Directors' & Officers' Liability; Litigation - Regulatory & Public Law
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2021: Class Actions; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Regulatory & Public Law
- Canadian Lexpert® Directory, 2019-2020: Litigation - Litigation - Corporate Commercial
- Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2017: Leading Lawyer to Watch, Litigation – Corporate Commercial
- Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer under 40, 2016
ALM 500
- Lexpert®/ American Lawyer Guide - Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2023-2025: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
- Lexpert US/Canada Cross-Border Guide, 2016: Corporate Lawyer to Watch
Best Lawyers
- The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2024-2025: Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2020-2023: Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Credentials
- Called to the Manitoba Bar, 2024
- Called to the Ontario Bar, 2007
- JD, University of Toronto, 2006
- B.Comm., University of Alberta, 2003
Memberships
- South Asian Bar Association (Toronto), Member
- The Advocates' Society 10+ Standing Committee