Laura Stefan

Associate


Toronto

Tel : 416.865.7840
Fax : 416.865.7048

Email : laura.stefan@mcmillan.ca
VCard : vcard

Professional Experience Laura is an associate in the firm's Advocacy and Litigation Group. She is developing a broad practice in corporate and commercial litigation, as well as international arbitration.

Laura joined McMillan as a summer student in 2009, and returned to the firm to complete her articles in 2011. As a student, she participated in a variety of complex litigation and regulatory compliance matters in the areas of securities, competition, bankruptcy and insolvency, pensions and employee compensation. Laura worked closely with lawyers specializing in the automotive, natural resources and insurance industries.

At law school, Laura has volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada, and as a caseworker in the Workers' Rights Division at the Parkdale Community Legal Services clinic. She is a member of a team of practitioners who teach the course Lawyer as Negotiator at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Laura speaks fluent French and Romanian, conversational German and basic Japanese.

publications and presentations
April 2012
restraining the long arm of Ontario courts: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies private international law
litigation bulletin
December 2011
no franchise disclosure document required: Ontario Court of Appeal considers the one-year term/no franchise fee exemption
litigation bulletin
August 2009
back to the victim go the spoils of fraud
Financial Services Litigation Bulletin


  • advocacy and litigation

  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association
Called to the Ontario bar - 2011

Osgoode Hall Law School, JD - 2010

University of Toronto, B.A. - 2007