Christopher M. McGoey

Civil litigation: acting for individuals and corporations on a wide range of issues including corporate oppression claims, contract disputes, copyright ownership, defamation, and professional regulation.

Insolvency and restructuring: representing clients in proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act.

Appellate advocacy: using experience from the realm of civil liberties and test case litigation to identify novel opportunities to overturn unfavorable outcomes in commercial litigation.

Technology and healthcare: drawing on tech literacy to conceive of practical solutions to issues concerning FinTech, intellectual property, and privacy law. In a previous role, Christopher developed a privacy and security training program for medical doctors that is now widely used across Ontario.

Christopher articled with a Toronto litigation boutique where he gained significant courtroom experience in civil, as well as criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings. Afterwards, he joined several of his colleagues in establishing a specialized insolvency and restructuring firm in downtown Toronto.

While at law school, Christopher worked with leading civil liberties and disability advocacy groups. He contributed to a piece of high-profile litigation concerning the regulation of medical assistance in dying (“MAiD”) in Canada. He also clerked for the Ontario Health Professions Review and Appeal Board.

Before becoming a lawyer, Christopher was a manager of a major restaurant in the heart of Toronto’s financial district where he developed deep personal and professional networks. Before that, he briefly wrote for a leading menswear and lifestyle magazine in the city.

In 2019, Christopher received an Insolvency Institute of Canada Writing Award for his analysis of the cryptocurrency exchange, Quadrigacx.