Date: May 25, 2016
Jonathan Wansbrough
jwansbrough@casselsbrock.com
t: 416 860 2967
f: 416 640 3056
Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
M5H 3C2
Jonathan Wansbrough is an associate in the Litigation Group, practising in the area of commercial litigation.
He is the co-author of the Canada chapter of The International Investigations Review (5th edition), published
by Law Business Research Ltd. in July 2015.
Prior to joining Cassels Brock as an associate, Jonathan was both a summer and articling student at the firm.
Jonathan has been actively involved in matters concerning shareholder disputes, hostile takeover bids,
regulatory investigations, class actions, franchise litigation, white collar crime and contractual disputes
involving public companies. He also advises companies on domestic and foreign corruption, as well as a range
of other compliance and regulatory matters.
While in law school, Jonathan was awarded the David Sabbath Prize in Securities Regulation. Jonathan was
actively involved with the Moot Court Program, Queen’s Legal Aid, and the Queen’s Law Journal. Jonathan
competed in the Canadian Corporate and Securities Law Moot and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial
Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. Through Queen’s Legal Aid, Jonathan represented clients in a variety of
settings including a trial before the Provincial Offences Court and a hearing before the Social Benefits
Tribunal.
Jonathan earned his B.Comm (Honours) with specialization in international management from the University of
Ottawa. Prior to attending law school, Jonathan worked in several departments of the Federal Government,
including the Department of Finance, and Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Call to the bar
Ontario, 2012
British Columbia, 2015
Associations
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Advocates' Society
Expertise
Class Actions
Franchise
Litigation
Securities Litigation
White Collar Crime & Regulatory Enforcement