Bart Sarsh
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2010
- Languages
- English
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Bankruptcy & InsolvencyCivil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionBankruptcy & InsolvencyAbout Bart Sarsh
Bart Sarsh is a partner in Gowling WLG's Hamilton office, and the practice has two halves: commercial litigation, and insolvency and restructuring work. On the dispute side, Bart acts for shareholders, officers, directors and creditors of privately held Ontario and Canadian companies. When a debtor can't pay, creditors, trustees and receivers bring Bart in to plan how assets get recovered.
Called to the Ontario bar in 2010, Bart was made a partner at SimpsonWigle LAW LLP at the start of 2020. In August 2024 Bart moved to Gowling WLG as a partner in its Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Advisory Group in Hamilton.
Courtroom work and arbitration both figure in Bart's files, and Bart is also keen to bring technology into the way legal problems get solved. In March 2025 Bart co-wrote an article with Gowling WLG colleagues looking at the anti-deprivation rule, prompted by the Alberta decision in ATB Financial v. Mayfield Investments Ltd. and setting it against how Ontario courts currently apply the rule. Best Lawyers has recognized Bart since 2022 in corporate and commercial litigation and in insolvency and financial restructuring law.
Practice areas
Business and shareholder disputes
Bart takes on oppression remedy cases for business clients, whether they're heard by an arbitrator or at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Injunctions and related remedies are part of the toolkit.
Asset recovery
For creditors, trustees and receivers, Bart builds strategies to recover assets. That includes fraudulent conveyance claims and bankruptcy discharge hearings that are contested.
Commercial lease disputes
Institutional landlords and tenants on commercial leases turn to Bart when they need to enforce their lease rights and remedies. That advice covers disputes outside any insolvency as well as ones inside formal proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
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Education & credentials
- LLB, University of Ottawa (2009)
- MA, University of Toronto (2005)
- BA, York University (2004)
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2010)
Awards & recognition
Publications & speaking
- The anti-deprivation rule and its application in Alberta vs Ontario in light of Mayfield Investments Ltd., Gowling WLG Insights (co-authored) (2025)
Memberships & affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association: Bart Sarsh is a member of the Ontario Bar Association.
- The Advocates' Society: Bart Sarsh belongs to The Advocates' Society.
- Hamilton Law Association: Bart Sarsh is a member of the Hamilton Law Association.
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