Overview

### Bio
Matthew Karabus is a partner at Gowling WLG in the firm's Toronto office.
His practice is focused on commercial litigation and arbitration, most often involving:
- Contract disputes, shareholder litigation, banking litigation, and commercial real estate disputes
- Administrative law and litigation involving government and regulated industries
- Not-for-profit disputes
- Injunctions, fraud claims, and the enforcement of foreign judgments
Matthew is an instructor at Osgoode Hall Professional Development teaching lawyers advanced civil trial advocacy techniques and has served as an instructor at the University of Windsor teaching legal remedies (injunctions and specific performance).
### Career & education
#### Education
University of Cape Town, LLB
#### Languages
English
##### Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- The Advocates' Society
### Publications & speaking engagements
##### Articles
- "Deloitte & Touche v. Livent Inc. (Receiver of) : a Reformulation of the Test for a Duty of Care in Hercules Managements Ltd. v. Ernst & Young " (February 2018) *Toronto Law Journal* (with Tali Green)
- "The Impact of *Hryniak v Maudlin* on Summary Judgments in Canada One Year Later" (2015) *44 Advocates Quarterly 85* (with Ted Tjaden)
- "The Increasing Scope of Auditors' Negligence: *Livent Inc. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP*" (2015) Gowlings.com
- "How to get in front of a judge quickly without bringing a motion", *The six-minute debtor-creditor and insolvency lawyer* 2016*,* Law Society of Upper Canada (with Sandra Barton)
- "Summary Judgment Motions in Ontario", *Lexis Practice Advisor Canada* (2017)

Practice Areas

• Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2012 (ON)