Gilbertson Davis LLP Arbitration Chambers
Toronto Business Disputes Arbitrator | Business Breakup
Shareholder Dispute Arbitrator | Oppression Claim Arbitrator
Partnership Dispute Arbitrator | Company Dispute Arbitrator
Joint Venture Dispute Arbitrator | Sale of Business Arbitrator
David Alderson, LL.B, LL.M (Commercial and Corporate Law)
Experienced and Qualified Arbitrator
Arbitrator for Business Arbitration
Family Business Arbitrator | Closely Held Business Arbitrator
Trained and Skilled Arbitrator | Sole Arbitrator and Panel Appointment
Qualified, Experienced and Independent Arbitrator with
Competitive Hourly Rates Offered and Good Availability for Arbitration Hearings
Serving All of Ontario & Elsewhere in Canada From Toronto Office
Sole Arbitrator – $450.00 per hour, plus HST*
Lower Rate if Disputes About $1 Million or Less
David Alderson, LL.B, LL.M (Commercial and Corporate), Q.Arb accepts arbitrator appointments, both sole arbitrator and panel arbitrator, for business disputes, including corporate disputes, shareholder disputes, joint venture disputes, family business disputes, closely held business disputes and start-up business disputes, as well as sale of business disputes. He is qualified, independent, and offers appointment on reasonable fees and with good availability.
About David Alderson, LL.B, LL.M, Q.Arb, Commercial Arbitrator for Shareholder Disputes, Corporate Disputes, Partnership Disputes, Joint Venture Disputes, and Sale of Business Disputes
David has been accredited by the ADR Institute as Canada as a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb). He accepts appointments as a commercial arbitrator (sole arbitrator and party appointee) at reasonable hourly rates and with good availability. His LL.B (Osgoode) and LL.M (Lond.) Commercial and Corporate, were granted in 1980 and 1988, respectively. David has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitration, including institutional and ad hoc arbitration.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has appointed David as arbitrator in commercial arbitration matters. David is a member of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, and has successfully completed the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Gold Standard Course in Commercial Arbitration. He is also a Full Member of the ADR Institute of Ontario and appears in its Member Directory.
David has completed each of the Foundations in Judicial Competencies Series, and the Adjudicative Tribunal Competency Series and has been granted a Certificate of Completion in each by the Ontario Bar Association.
David has lived and practiced business litigation and arbitration in Ontario, England, Bermuda and Dubai, in a wide variety of disputes in a diverse range of businesses and industries. He is also admitted in New York State.
In his over 40 years of practice both here and abroad David has actively promoted the resolution of commercial, business and property disputes through arbitration. He has spoken to lawyers at Continuing Legal Education events, and given interviews to legal publications, on matters concerning arbitration, both domestic and international, and with respect to company and joint venture issues.
Business Dispute Arbitrator for These Industries
Business Disputes come in various shapes and sizes, including shareholder and corporate disputes, partnership and joint venture disputes, and disputes arising from the sale of a business or its assets. Disputes often arise in family and other closely-held business, as well as in start-up businesses, often as the business experiences growth, decline, or the loss or addition of key stakeholders or participants. Such disputes are included, but not limited to, those listed below.
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- Accountant Partners Dispute
- Agents and Brokers
- Architect Partners Dispute
- Agriculture
- Artists | Galleries
- Authors | Publishers
- Auto Parts Manufacturing
- Automated Machinery and Robotics
- Automotive Industry
- Automotive Industry
- Brokers Partnership Dispute
- Building | Property Management
- Building Materials
- Canning and Bottling
- Charity and Not For Profit
- Chemical Manufacturing and Supply
- Clean Tech
- Communications | Telecommunications
- Computer Equipment and Electronic Equipment
- Concert Venue | Promoters
- Concrete, Brick, Glass, Drywall, Lumber and Stone
- Condo Owners | Corp
- Confectionery
- Construction | Builders
- Credit Provider
- Developers | Promoters
- Doctor Partners Dispute
- Distributors | Dealers
- eCommerce | Online Retail
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- Engineer Partners Dispute
- Entertainment and Media
- Farm and Farm Property
- Fashion Industry
- Financial Services | Investment
- Financial Technology
- Food and Beverage
- Franchise | Licensing
- Furniture Manufactures and Importers
- Glass, Bottling, Packaging and Containers
- Green Tech
- Guarantee | Guarantor
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning – HVAC
- Heavy Industries
- Import | Export
- Insulation and Environmental Solutions
- Insurance | Reinsurance
- Interactive Digital Media
- International Joint Venture
- International Traders
- Internet | Technology
- Investment Advisers
- Joint Venture
- Lawyer Partners Dispute
- Lenders | Borrowers
- Licensor | Licensee
- Lighting, Lighting Supplies and Signage
- Machinery, Heavy Machinery, and Hydraulics
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- Manufacturers | Re-Seller
- Management Dispute
- Marine | Maritime | Aviation
- Medical, Dental, Veterinarian Equipment
- Mining, Infrastructure and Projects
- Offshore
- Paper, Printing and Packages
- Performing Arts
- Plastics and Synthetics
- Professionals Dispute
- Property Inspectors
- Publishers | Printers
- Real Estate | Developers
- Retailers | Wholesalers
- Robotics | Automation
- Safety Equipment
- Scientific and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies
- Shopping Mall | Retail
- Software Developers
- Steel Industries
- Steel Industries
- Tech Partners Dispute
- Textiles and Apparel
- Travel and Tourism
- Trucking and Transportation
- U.S. Based Industries
- Water Industries
- Wealth Managers
- Wireless Telecommunications
- Wood and Other Building Supplies
Business Arbitrator for These Types of Disputes
Business Disputes come in a wide various shapes and sizes, including shareholder and corporate disputes, partnership and joint venture disputes, and disputes arising from the sale of a business or its assets. Disputes often arise in family and other closely-held business, as well as in start-up businesses, often as the business experiences growth, decline, or the loss or addition of key stakeholders or participants. Such disputes are included, but not limited to, those listed below.
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- Abuse of Trust
- Asset Sale Disputes
- Breach of Fiduciary Duties
- Breach of Shareholders’ Agreement
- Breach of Director’s Duties
- Breach of Share Subscription Agreement
- Business Asset Sale Dispute
- Business Disputes
- Business Litigation
- Business Sale Disputes
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Buy-Out Rights and Obligations
- Civil Fraud, Deceit, Fraudulent Misrepresentation
- Claims by Shareholders
- Closely Held Company Disputes
- Corporate Disputes
- Corporate Mismanagement
- Corporate Governance Issues
- Disputes Arising from Shareholders’ Agreement
- Disputes about Share Valuation
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- Disputes Arising from Share Subscription Agreement
- Disputes on Dissolution of Company
- Director’s Liability and Officer’s Liability
- Enforcement of Shareholders’ Agreement
- Enforcement of Share Subscription Agreement
- Expulsion of Director or Officer
- Family Business Disputes
- Fiduciary Duties
- Fraud on Company
- Fraud on Investors
- Financial Statement Irregularities and Disputes
- Investor Claims
- Investment Fraud
- Minority Shareholder Oppression
- Misappropriation of Funds, Opportunities or Trade Secrets
- Non-Competition Agreement
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- Non-Solicitation Agreement
- Oppression Remedy
- Owners Disputes
- Personal Liability of Directors and Officers
- Preservation of Shareholder’s Rights
- Sale of Business Disputes
- Shareholders Agreement Disputes
- Share Subscription Agreement Disputes
- Shareholders Claims Against Directors
- Share Dilution Claims
- Shareholder Claims
- Shareholder Disputes
- Share Subscription Agreement
- Shotgun Clause (of a Shareholders Agreement)
- Start-up Company Disputes
- Tech Company Disputes
- Unfair Treatment of Partners and Shareholders
- Winding-Up Company
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- Abuse of Trust
- Asset Sale Disputes
- Breach of Fiduciary Duties
- Breach of Partnership Agreement
- Breach of Joint Venture Agreement
- Breach of Contract
- Business Asset Sale Dispute
- Business Disputes
- Business Litigation
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Buy-Out Rights and Obligations
- Civil Fraud, Deceit, Fraudulent Misrepresentation
- Claims by Partners
- Partnership Mismanagement
- Dissolution of Partnership
- Disputes Arising from Partnership Agreement
- Disputes Arising from Joint Venture Agreement
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- Disputes about Partnership Valuation
- Disputes of Dissolution of Partnership or Joint Venture
- Enforcement of Partnership Agreement
- Enforcement of Joint Venture Agreement
- Expulsion of Partner
- Family Business Disputes
- Family Trust Disputes
- Fiduciary Duties
- Fraud on Partnership or Joint Venture
- Financial Statement Irregularities and Disputes
- International Joint Venture Disputes
- Joint Venture Agreement Dispute
- Joint Venture Disputes
- Limited Partnership Disputes
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- Misappropriation of Funds, Opportunities or Trade Secrets
- Non-Competition Agreement
- Non-Solicitation Agreement
- Owners Disputes
- Partnership Agreement Dispute
- Partnership Dispute
- Partnership Sale Dispute
- Partnership Valuation
- Preservation of Partner’s Rights
- Sale of Business Disputes
- Start-up Company Disputes
- Tech Company Disputes
- Termination of Partnership
- Termination of Partnership Agreement
- Unfair Treatment of Partners
- Winding-Up Partnership
- Failure to Close
- Non-payment of Purchase Price
- Disputes over Representations and Warranties
- Misrepresentation or Non-Disclosure of Material Facts
- Brokerage Disputes
- Product or Services Disparagement / Cyber Libel
- Non-Compete Agreements, Non-Solicit Agreements
- Confidentiality
- Arbitration Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 17
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 2, Sched. 5
- Model Law (UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration)
- New York Convention
- Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 17 (2nd Supp.)
- UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International. Arbitration (IBA Rules)
- IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration
- IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration
- ADRIC Arbitration Rules
- ICDR Rules
- AAA Rules
- CPR Rules
- ICC Rules
- LCIA Rules
- DIAC Rules
- LMAA Terms
- GAFTA Arbitration Rules No. 125
Curriculum Vitae
David online Bio pages are here: Arbitrator and Lawyer.
Terms of Appointment available on request from the Intake Coordinator
A sample Terms of Appointment can be downloaded here. The Password is available from the Intake Coordinator
Appointment and Availability Enquiries
To make appointment and availability enquiries about business dispute arbitrators and mediators, please contact the Gilbertson Davis LLP Arbitration and Mediation Services Intake Coordinator at (416) 979 2020, ext. 223 or by email at info@gilbertsondavis.com
* Sole Arbitrator – $450.00 per hour, plus HST (does not include Panel Arbitrator, or a Sole Arbitrator that becomes a Panel Arbitrator)
Lower Rate if Disputes About $1 Million or Less
