Rahool Agarwal

Rahool Agarwal

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.

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