Louis Sokolov
Partner
Our franchise clients count on Louis for first-rate counsel in employment law, including the hiring and termination of executives and other employees, as well as on competition, regulatory, and privacy issues. Louis has more than 25 years of trial and appellate courtroom experience including acting as counsel on ground-breaking cases at the Supreme Court of Canada. He provides counsel in class proceedings and other complex, multi-party litigation concerning employment, consumer and franchise issues. Many of his cases include a cross-border component. As an expert in employment law, Louis has represented senior employees in finance, law, accounting, advertising, broadcasting and manufacturing. His professional liability expertise is recognized by LawPro with his status as “preferred counsel.”
More About Louis
I’ve spent more than twenty-five years practising law, the last twenty of which have been representing clients in areas of employment law, class actions and other civil disputes. In each and every case, my clients hire me to help solve their problems. These can range from representing companies in routine business disputes or negotiations, to assisting individuals or large groups of people obtain financial compensation for life-changing events. Some of these matters are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Some may be only worth a few thousand dollars.
No matter whether I represent companies, individuals or large classes of people, my job is to help them solve their problems in a pragmatic, efficient and empathetic way.
Ontario, 1993
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1991
B.A., University of Toronto, Victoria College, 1987
- Ranked in Chambers Canada – Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff) (2017 – 2025)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada – Class Action Litigation (2022 – 2025)
- Recognized in Best Lawyers Global Business Edition – Class Action Litigation (2023)
- Listed as “Repeatedly Recommended” in Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory – Class Actions (2018 – 2024)
- Named “Legal Eagle” by Franchise Times Magazine (2017 – 2019)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Franchise Association
- International Franchise Association