Shaun Laubman

he/him
T 416 360 8481 F 416 598 3730
E slaubman@lolg.ca

Shaun provides clients with peace of mind and confidence that even their most challenging cases are in the hands of a highly skilled and persuasive litigator. He is well-recognized by the legal community as an intelligent and standout advocate.

Shaun successfully handles the entire litigation process – from initial advice through final judgment and appeal. He acts for clients in a range of corporate-commercial disputes, with particular expertise in commercial litigation within the context of family and estate law disputes, shareholder disputes, as well as franchise and real estate disputes. Shaun has extensive experience with fast moving cases involving Mareva and injunction relief and mid-market commercial litigation.  

Throughout his career, Shaun has earned a reputation as an erudite and effective litigator. Clients praise him for his responsiveness, strategic thinking, and his excellent written and oral advocacy skills. He has been lauded for finding creative approaches to complex litigation issues. He appears at arbitrations, trials, and appeals as well as administrative hearings and judicial reviews. 

Shaun has been recognized for his commercial litigation talents by Chambers, Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Shaun volunteers as a Chair of the University of Toronto Academic Discipline Tribunal, is a former Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Executive and currently sits as a member of the Users Committee for the Commercial List of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Prior to joining Lax O’Sullivan, Shaun spent several years as a litigation associate in New York at one of the largest law firms in the world.

Credentials

  • Called to the New York Bar, 2006
  • Called to the Ontario Bar, 2005
  • Clerkship: Justices Blair, Borins, Cronk, and Doherty of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
  • J.D., University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 2004 – Class Valedictorian
  • B.A. in Political Science and Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 1999
  • Ontario Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
  • Commercial List Users’ Committee
  • University of Toronto Tribunal, Chair
  • The Advocates' Society
  • Chambers Canada 2025: Band 6 - Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario)
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2025: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Benchmark Litigation Star, 2024: Commercial Litigation; Family and Matrimonial; Trusts and Estates
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2024: Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Litigation - Securities
  • The Legal 500 Canada, 2024: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
  • Chambers Canada 2024: Up and Coming - Litigation: General Commercial (Ontario)
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2024: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law; Securities Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Benchmark Litigation Star, 2023: Commercial Litigation; Family and Matrimonial; Trusts and Estates
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2023: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2023: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
  • The Legal 500 Canada, 2023: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
  • Benchmark Litigation, 2022: Future Star
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2022: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2022: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
  • The Legal 500 Canada, 2022: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2021: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  • The Legal 500 Canada, 2021: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2021: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, 2020: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  • The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, 2020: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
  • The Legal 500, 2020 Edition: Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution, Ontario
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2019: Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  • Lexpert’s Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, “Litigation Lawyer to Watch”, 2015
  • Lexpert Rising Stars Award, 2014
  • Leggat v. Jennings: Successfully sought leave to appeal from a decision regarding production of privileged materials. Successfully argued that there were conflicting decisions on whether there is a wavier of privilege over legal advice when a party pleads detrimental reliance on another party’s misrepresentation.
  • 417 Infiniti Nissan Ltd. v. Nissan Canada Inc.: Successfully resisted the defendant’s attempt to restrict the disclosure of documents to counsel and experts only on the basis of confidentiality and commercial sensitivity.