Jennifer Teskey
Managing Partner, Canada (January 2024)
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Jennifer Teskey is Canadian National Chair, Litigation and Disputes, and Canadian Head of Financial Institutions. She is a member of our Canadian Management Committee and Global Executive Committee, and is our newly elected Canadian Managing Partner, effective January 2024. She practises in corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class actions, securities, accounting, regulatory and energy-related matters. Clients represented by Ms. Teskey include professional regulators, pharmaceutical, financial services, manufacturing, transportation, technology and energy companies.
She has appeared before all levels of Ontario courts as well as courts in Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and New Brunswick. Ms. Teskey has also appeared before many administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Securities Commission, the Ontario Energy Board, the Electrical Safety Authority and the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario. She also regularly advises accounting regulators.
Ms. Teskey has specific experience with complex accounting matters, commercial litigation, injunctions and class actions. Details of her experience are found under "representative experience."
Professional experience
Collapse all- LL.B., University of Ottawa, 2002
- B.A. (Hons.), Queen’s University, 1999
- Ontario 2003
Ms. Teskey has acted as counsel for the following clients:
- Cathay Forest Products Corp. in defending and settling a securities-related class action
- Corporations and dissidents in proxy contests: Mundoro Capital Inc., Roxgold Inc., Savitr Capital LLC, Harmony Asset Limited and Smoothwater Capital Corporation
- Nortel Networks Corporation in defending and settling securities-related class actions brought against Nortel regarding the restatement of its financial results
- BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., a lead underwriter, in a securities class action
- The Dow Chemical Company in respect of mass tort class actions
- Toronto Hydro in respect of late payment penalties class actions
- Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. in a product liability class action
- A national transportation company in various personal injury matters
- Energy industry participants in various regulatory, civil litigation and appellant proceedings
- The Public Accountants Council for the province of Ontario, advising on complex standard reviews and regulatory compliance issues
- Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2022-2023
- Acritas Stars 2020, 2021 – Designated as an "Independently rated lawyer"
- Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada , 2013: Litigation lawyer to watch
- Lexpert – Rising Star, 2012: Leading Lawyer under 40
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- The Advocates’ Society
News
A new era of leadership – Jennifer Teskey named new Canadian Managing Partner of Norton Rose Fulbright
September 13, 2023
A new era of leadership: Jennifer Teskey named Norton Rose Fulbright's new Canadian Managing Partner
September 12, 2023
Pro Bono Ontario and BMO Partnership: Jennifer Teskey speaks about access to justice and the importance of giving back to the community
July 18, 2023
Insights
Banking turmoil: Latest updates
Publication | March 20, 2023
Disputed: The 2023 Litigation Trends Survey | S3 EP2
Podcast | February 8, 2023
Client work
GreenFirst Forest Products acquires Rayonier Advance Materials for US$235m
September 01, 2021
Flexiti Financial sells its business for C$155m to CURO Group
March 24, 2021