Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

Our Outlook Series 2026 provides forward‑looking analysis of the most important legal, regulatory, and market developments affecting Canadian organizations.

Stephanie Sugar is a partner in our Litigation Group. She works with the National Retail and Consumer Markets Group, and practices in the area of consumer protection and regulation, with a focus on complex commercial litigation, class actions defence, and franchise law. She has been counsel on cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court and all levels of Ontario’s Courts, and is also involved with professional regulation and discipline matters.

Stephanie is the author of Franchise Law in Canada, a book that is national in focus detailing the developing legal principles in franchise law arising from the expansion of provincial regulations, and considering the intersections between the statutory regimes and common law. She is also a contributing author to the sixth edition of Defending Class Actions in Canada, published by LexisNexis.

Receiving her JD from the University of Western Ontario in 2012, and an LLM in 2016, Stephanie’s graduate work focused on the tensions and interaction between law and policy arising from the increasing shift towards consumer protectionism. She teaches Advanced Contracts at Western University, and has been a Sessional Lecturer teaching Class Actions at Queen’s University.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2013 (ON)