Justin R Fogarty
Justin R. Fogarty is one of the founding partners and past Chairman of Regent Law. He is one of Canada’s leading lawyers specializing in corporate governance, banking, commercial litigation, insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring, and cross-border fraud litigation. Justin has practised as a partner with several prestigious Canadian (international) law firms. He has many reported cases in all branches of law, where he has shown his innovative approach to solving complex problems. A prolific author and past editor of the National Insolvency Review, Justin has published numerous articles and is the author of the Canadian chapter in International Insolvency: Jurisdictional Comparisons (J. William Boone, Ed.) and in Debt Restructuring: An Alternative to Insolvency Proceedings, European Lawyer Reference. He is a recent contributor to the Book on Debt Structuring to be published by European Lawyer.
He has also been recognized in Chambers Global, Martindale-Hubbell and International Who’s Who Legal. He is a past board member of the Canadian Bar Association and the International Bar Association. In addition to his writings, he has been an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is the past director of the TMA, a member of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute’s Board of Directors, as well as sitting on the executive committee of the same name. He is also currently a member of numerous private and public company boards. In addition to his legal practice, Justin was a past Honorary Colonel with the Canadian Forces and was recently appointed as a Commissioner of the Ontario Racing Commission.
Justin has an LL.M. in financial services regulation and has acted for many of Canada’s major financial institutions and U.S. lenders. Justin’s thesis was on the necessity to deregulate to allow for greater competition in internet banking.
A recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, he has most recently been named Corporate Governance Lawyer of 2020, Canada, from the Leaders in Law 2020 Global Awards and the Leading Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer of 2019, Ontario, from the Leading Advisor Awards.