Camelino Galessiere LLP

About Camelino Galessiere LLP

Camelino Galessiere LLP is a two lawyer litigation firm in Toronto's financial district, working out of a single office at 65 Queen Street West. The firm was founded in 2018 and takes its name from its two partners, Gustavo Camelino and Linda Galessiere. Camelino was called to the Ontario bar in 2002 after a law degree from Dalhousie Law School, and Galessiere was called in 1993 after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School.

The two lawyers built a practice around commercial and corporate litigation, construction disputes, employment law, and insurance defence, along with a substantial bankruptcy and insolvency practice. Galessiere's insolvency work centres on retail CCAA proceedings and has included acting for landlords in the restructurings of Hudson's Bay Company, Nordstrom Canada, Sears Canada, and dozens of other retailers. Camelino's litigation practice covers contract, construction, and creditor remedy disputes, and includes acting for the plaintiff in Casterton v. MacIsaac, a recreational hockey injury case that resulted in $702,551 in damages, reported at the time as the highest award made in a hockey injury case in Ontario.

In 2026, the firm was named an Excellence Awardee at the Canadian Law Awards (Lexpert), recognized in the Commercial Litigation Team of the Year category for its work on the Hudson's Bay Company insolvency proceeding, and in the Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year category for the Nordstrom Canada CCAA proceedings.