22 Adelaide St W, Suite 3600, Bay Adelaide Ctr, East Twr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1982 (ON)
Rui Fernandes represents domestic and international clients in transportation, insurance and related industries. He advises clients with respect to contract and commercial law including risk analysis and regulatory matters. He provides corporate and commercial advice to foreign clients setting up and doing business in Canada. His insurance practice includes policy drafting, coverage issues, errors and omissions claims, professional liability claims, marine and aviation, inland marine, property and casualty liability defense, products liability and subrogation. Rui holds certificates from the University of Windsor for its Advanced ADR Workshop and Pepperdine University for its Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies. He is a qualified arbitrator and obtained his Q. Arb. designation in 2019 and his FCIArb in 2020. Rui has conducted numerous mediations and arbitrations both as counsel and as a mediator or arbitrator. He has appeared as senior counsel in trial and appellate courts and agencies across Canada: the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Canadian Transportation Agency, and the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.
