Overview

Ben Frydenberg Partner A partner in Chaitons LLP’s litigation group, Ben has considerable expertise in the area of commercial litigation and recovery work. He regularly conducts collection or enforcement actions involving business loans, mortgages, personal property security, bankruptcies, and insurance claims. Ben works primarily on behalf of financial institutions, asset-based lenders, and title insurers. He also represents lenders in construction lien matters, priority disputes with condominium corporations, and negligence actions against professional appraisers and lawyers. One of the hallmarks of Ben’s work is his determination to go above and beyond when it comes to protecting and enhancing the interests of his clients, and to develop creative strategies for achieving his client’s goals in a cost effective manner. After graduating with first-class honours from McGill University in 1989, Ben went on to obtain his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. While there, he received the Bereskin, Parr Award for Industrial Property and the Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer Award for Corporate Finance and Securities Regulation. He began his career with Chaitons LLP as an articling student in 1992. Ben was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1994. Ben has a significant body of reported legal decisions, including the following recent cases: CIBC and Computershare – a successful appeal to the Divisional Court in a priority dispute between two mortgage lenders that has significant implications for the Land Titles Act jurisprudence and the continued application of the bedrock principles of the land titles system. The lower court decision which was overturned on appeal, had sent shockwaves through the real estate bar as it appeared to undermine the “mirror” and “curtain principles”. For more information about this case, please refer to our “In the

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Corporate Law
• Civil Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1994 (ON)