Rebecca Shoom

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2015

Areas of Practice
Arbitration

Description
Rebecca Shoom is a partner at Lerners LLP and Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Dispute Resolution and Advocacy Practice Group.

Her practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, appeals, defamation, securities law, employment law, public and administrative law, class actions, and professional regulation. She also advises companies and professional associations on governance and other business matters. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as numerous administrative tribunals and arbitral panels.

Rebecca also offers dispute resolution services as a neutral arbitrator in commercial arbitrations. She holds a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb) designation from the ADR Institute of Canada and has been appointed as sole arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes, in both ad hoc and institutionally administered processes. She also has extensive experience as arbitration counsel. She has completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society’s Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration and regularly writes and speaks on arbitration-related topics. She is available for arbitral appointments in a variety of commercial disputes, including business and contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and employment disputes.