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Professional
Qualifications
Called
to the Bar:
Ontario, Canada 1976
Other calls to the Bar (not
current): Alberta, New Brunswick
Bachelor of Laws
(First Class Honours): Osgoode Hall Law School 1974
Bachelor
of Arts: Victoria College, University of Toronto 1971
FCIArb:
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1997
University
of Windsor: ADR Workshop 2001
Harvard Law
School/PIL: Mediation Workshop, 2004
Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators: Fellowship course, Berlin 1996
Chartered Arbitrator: ADR Institute of Canada, 2009
ICC Institute Masterclass for Arbitrators, Paris, June, 2009
Law
Firms
Laskin, Jack,
Horton
& Harris (partner 1978-1982)
McMillan Binch
(articling student and associate 1974-1978 and partner 1982-2000)
Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP (partner 2000-2006)
(Served
terms as head of litigation at McMillan Binch and Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP)
Current
Practice
Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator
General Practice Description (See Case
Experience page for details)
Bill Horton has
appeared before all levels of courts up to and including the Supreme
Court of Canada and has served as both an arbitrator and counsel in
commercial arbitrations. Bill has successfully represented
clients in significant cases involving business and corporate disputes,
fraud, lender liability, international banking disputes, litigation
arising from major insolvencies and reorganizations, fiduciary duty and
good faith obligations, directors and officers liability, professional
liability, insurance and reinsurance disputes, competition offences,
defamation, shareholder disputes, class action and injunctive remedies.
Professional
Associations
- International Bar Association (past chair of the
International Litigation Committee of the Section on Business Law)
- ICC (Member Canadian Exec. Comm. and Arbitration
Roster, Member ICC Commission)
- ICDR (Panel Member)
- CIETAC (China International Economic Trade and
Arbitration Commission) (Member: Panel of Arbitrators)
- ADR Institute of Canada (arbitration
member, editorial board ADRIC Journal)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(Fellow)
- ADR Chambers (Former member and former Co-Chair ADR
Chambers Commercial and International Panels)
- Public Accountants Council (Former Part-time Council Member)
- Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto
(Founding Member)
- The Advocates’ Society (former
director)
- The Law Society of Upper Canada (member,
former counsel to Complaints Review Committee)
- International Law Association (former
Director, Canadian Branch; Program Co-Chair 2006 Biennial Conference)
- Osgoode Hall Law School (former lecturer
in civil procedure, assistant instructor in LLM program)
- NAFTA 2022 Committee (Canadian member)
- British Columbia International Commercial
Arbitration Centre (member of the international panel)
- Vis Moot (memorial judge and adjudicator)
- Canadian Bar Association (member)
- Ontario Bar Association (member, former
member editorial board “Briefly Speaking”))
- American Bar Association (member)
Professional Recognitions
Bill is
recognized in the following recent surveys:
- 2010 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada (International Arbitration)
- Best Lawyers in Canada 2010: International
Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial
Litigation, Class Action Litigation and Director and Officer Liability.
- Legal Media Group’s 2009 Guide to the
World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration
- 2009/2010 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
International
Commercial Arbitration (Most Frequently Recommended), Also Repeatedly
Recommended for Corporate Commercial Litigation , Directors and
Officers Liability, Securities Litigation.
- 2009 Who’s Who Legal: Commercial Litigation.
- 2009 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada (International Arbitration)
- Lexpert Guide to Leading US/Canada Cross Border
Lawyers (2008) (International Arbitration)
- Peer selection for Best Lawyers in Canada 2009 in
four
specialties: Corporate & Commercial Litigation, International
Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Directors &
Officer
Liability
- 2008 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
International Commercial Arbitration (Most Frequently Recommended),
Corporate Commercial Litigation (Most Frequently Recommended),
Directors and Officers Litigation (Repeatedly Recommended), Securities
Litigation (Repeatedly Recommended).
- Legal Media Group’s Guide to the
World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration 2008
- The International Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers Commercial Litigation 2008, published by Law Business Research
- The 2008 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading
500
Lawyers in Canada (Arbitration and Litigation –
Corporate/Commercial)
- Peer selection for Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 in
four
specialties: Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration,
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Director & Officer Liability
- The International Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers 2007,
published by Law Business Research – Ten Most Highly Regarded
Individuals (Global) in the field of commercial litigation: "As
in previous years, William Horton is the country's most highly
nominated litigator. Academically strong and tremendous in
the
courtroom."
- Lexpert 2007: Leading US/Canada Cross Border
Litigation Lawyers in Canada
- The
International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2006,
published by
Law Business Research – Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals
(Global) in the field of commercial litigation, “most
highly
nominated” and “a very well known
litigator with a
tremendously strong reputation.”
- The 2007
Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
(Litigation – Corporate/Commercial)
- Chambers
Global: The
World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2006
– Rank 3 (Dispute
Resolution: Ontario), “won
praise as an ‘incredibly
capable, superb lawyer’ with an ‘excellent
courtroom
presence’ to boot.”
- Chambers
Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007
–
Rank 3 “recommended
as a go-to lawyer for arbitration"
- Martindale-Hubbell
– AV
Peer Review Rating (Very High to Pre-eminent), “shows that a
lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence, has usually
practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels
of skill and integrity”
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