Corporate-Commercial Law

Peter Simm’s cases involving corporate-commercial law are reported in 6 hardcover law reports. There are also 4 notable unreported judicial decisions, one of which was the subject of an article in The Globe & Mail.

In addition, Simm was co-counsel for the Defendants in a noteworthy settlement of a claim where the Plaintiff was seeking, among other things, specific enforcement of stock options and an oppression remedy under the OBCA.

Simm’s cases are cited in 23 textbooks and 2 accredited CPD papers in this area of law.

As well, there was a notable non-litigious matter in 2017 which received national media attention. Simm successfully advised a dissident group of physicians on removing certain executive officers of the Ontario Medical Association. (See below for 13 sample media reports.)

Simm’s background shows why he has an affinity for corporate-commercial litigation. His first degree from the University of Toronto was a Bachelor of Commerce (with distinction), with a Specialist Program in Commerce & Finance, and a major in Economics. While earning his Juris Doctor degree from UofT, he received the highest grade of any student in the upper-year course, Economic Analysis of Law. After he articled at the Bay Street firm, Fogler, Rubinoff,  they invited him back as an associate lawyer in their Corporate-Commercial Law Dept. He has been published by the Economic Council of Canada, and chaired the board of directors of a housing co-op for several years.