Caroline E. Abela

Caroline Abela’s strength is complex business litigation and estates and trust litigation. Her trusts and estates practice includes will challenges, guardianships, and dependents' relief matters, and highly complements her commercial practice which includes fraud claims, dealing with privately held family businesses, oppression, and other commercial disputes. She is a past director of The Advocates’ Society (TAS), past chair of the TAS Estates Litigation Practice Group, past chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Law Section, and a past co-chair of the International Private Client Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law. She has been an adjunct professor at Western University's law school and is a regular instructor on advocacy topics. She was a contributing author to a loose-leaf book regarding electronic documents and e-discovery. Caroline’s skills and reputation as an innovative litigator have resulted in her repeated recognition as a leading practitioner. She has been repeatedly recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial litigation and estates and trusts litigation, and also as a leading estates and trusts lawyer and a leading commercial and corporate lawyer in Canada by Lexpert.