Last Fall, Adriana Forest-Clarke and Justin Nasseri received leave on behalf of the Ontario Medical Association (“OMA”) to intervene in the upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case Hemmings et al. v. Padmore et al. This is a significant medical negligence case in which...
Jake is a litigator at Ross Nasseri. He is establishing a broad civil and regulatory practice focused on complex commercial disputes. He has acted on behalf of corporations, as well as directors and senior executives, in disputes concerning shareholder oppression, financial disclosure misrepresentation, and fraud. Jake acts, and has appeared in Divisional Court, on behalf of clients seeking to challenge statutory decisions made by public entities. He also has experience with bringing, and defending against, urgent injunctions, including freezing orders and Mareva injunctions.
Before joining Ross Nasseri, Jake summered, articled and practiced as an associate at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. During his time there he acted for a broad range of corporate and individual clients in complex commercial disputes across multiple practice areas including contractual disputes, class actions, tax and securities litigation.
Jake received his JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2022, where he graduated with Distinction. Jake developed and honed his advocacy skills during his time as a Caseworker for Downtown Legal Services, where he represented clients before the Ontario Court of Justice. He also acted as co-president of the Business Law Society.
Prior to attending law school, Jake completed his Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance at McGill University, where he was named to the Dean’s Honour List and graduated with the highest GPA in the Accounting faculty.
Representative Matters
- Acted as counsel for several individual and corporate respondents in a multi-million dollar family dispute regarding ownership of corporate assets, including allegations of fraud and oppression
- Acting as counsel to defendant directors and executives relating to alleged public disclosure misrepresentations
- Acting as counsel to the applicant on judicial review applications relating to condominium developments
- Acting as counsel to a party seeking to discharge a Mareva freezing order in the context of allegations of fraud
- Acting as counsel to the plaintiff corporation seeking recovery of funds misappropriated by a former employee
Decisions
- 1330 Gerard Inc. v Riverdale Immigrant Women Enterprises, 2025 ONSC 2451; Successfully obtained mandatory injunctive relief preventing damage to a commercial property
Firm
- Best Law Firms in Canada 2025:
- Tier 1 Nationally for Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Tier 1 in Toronto for Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice
- Chambers Canada 2025: Highly Regarded firm in Commercial Litigation in Ontario (2024)
- Lexpert :
- Recognized as a Consistently Recommended firm for Corporate/Commercial Litigation (2024)
- Repeatedly Recommended firm for Professional Liability by Lexpert (2024)
- Who’s Who Bullseye for leading firms in Civil Litigation (2024)
- Who’s Who Bullseye for leading firms in Commercial Litigation (2024)
- Benchmark Litigation :
- Leading litigation firm in Canada (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Highly Recommended Firm (2025)
- Litigation Boutique Firm of the Year (2025)
- RN LLP recognized in The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Best Law Firms list for Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations) (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Biography
Jake is a litigator at Ross Nasseri. He is establishing a broad civil and regulatory practice focused on complex commercial disputes. He has acted on behalf of corporations, as well as directors and senior executives, in disputes concerning shareholder oppression, financial disclosure misrepresentation, and fraud. Jake acts, and has appeared in Divisional Court, on behalf of clients seeking to challenge statutory decisions made by public entities. He also has experience with bringing, and defending against, urgent injunctions, including freezing orders and Mareva injunctions.
Before joining Ross Nasseri, Jake summered, articled and practiced as an associate at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. During his time there he acted for a broad range of corporate and individual clients in complex commercial disputes across multiple practice areas including contractual disputes, class actions, tax and securities litigation.
Jake received his JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2022, where he graduated with Distinction. Jake developed and honed his advocacy skills during his time as a Caseworker for Downtown Legal Services, where he represented clients before the Ontario Court of Justice. He also acted as co-president of the Business Law Society.
Prior to attending law school, Jake completed his Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance at McGill University, where he was named to the Dean’s Honour List and graduated with the highest GPA in the Accounting faculty.
Representative Matters & Decisions
Representative Matters
- Acted as counsel for several individual and corporate respondents in a multi-million dollar family dispute regarding ownership of corporate assets, including allegations of fraud and oppression
- Acting as counsel to defendant directors and executives relating to alleged public disclosure misrepresentations
- Acting as counsel to the applicant on judicial review applications relating to condominium developments
- Acting as counsel to a party seeking to discharge a Mareva freezing order in the context of allegations of fraud
- Acting as counsel to the plaintiff corporation seeking recovery of funds misappropriated by a former employee
Decisions
- 1330 Gerard Inc. v Riverdale Immigrant Women Enterprises, 2025 ONSC 2451; Successfully obtained mandatory injunctive relief preventing damage to a commercial property
Awards & Rankings
Firm
- Best Law Firms in Canada 2025:
- Tier 1 Nationally for Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Tier 1 in Toronto for Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice
- Chambers Canada 2025: Highly Regarded firm in Commercial Litigation in Ontario (2024)
- Lexpert :
- Recognized as a Consistently Recommended firm for Corporate/Commercial Litigation (2024)
- Repeatedly Recommended firm for Professional Liability by Lexpert (2024)
- Who’s Who Bullseye for leading firms in Civil Litigation (2024)
- Who’s Who Bullseye for leading firms in Commercial Litigation (2024)
- Benchmark Litigation :
- Leading litigation firm in Canada (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Highly Recommended Firm (2025)
- Litigation Boutique Firm of the Year (2025)
- RN LLP recognized in The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Best Law Firms list for Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations) (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
News, accolades & recognition
Congratulations to Justin Nasseri on receiving the inaugural Civil Litigation Emerging Leader Award from the Ontario Bar Association
Congratulations to Justin Nasseri on receiving the inaugural Civil Litigation Emerging Leader Award from the Ontario Bar Association. This award was created by the Ontario Bar Association to recognize the contributions and achievements of members of the Ontario Bar...
Ross Nasseri LLP is delighted to welcome Luke Sabourin to the firm
Luke brings three years of experience at a national, full-service firm where he represented clients in shareholder and board disputes, commercial disputes, insolvency disputes, professional liability disputes, coverage disputes, class action disputes, contaminated...