Lawyer Profile
Melanie Ouanounou
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Melanie Ouanounou is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans. Melanie has a diversified litigation practice, specializing in general commercial litigation, class action defence litigation, electricity law and estate litigation.
Melanie’s commercial and class action defence litigation practices encompass a wide variety of business disputes with a focus on securities litigation, contract disputes, product liability and plans of arrangement. Melanie acts for clients involved in disputes across many different sectors, including clients in the health care, mining, oil and gas, energy, real estate, technology and entertainment industries.
Melanie has trial and appellate experience and has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also been involved in proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission and has appeared before the courts of several other provinces.
Melanie is recognized by Benchmark Litigation Canada as a “Litigation Star”, by The Legal 500 Canada as a “Next Generation Partner", and by Best Lawyers in Canada for class action litigation and corporate and commercial litigation. She was also included in the 2023 Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List – Canada.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2008 (ON)