Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP

About Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP

Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP is a Toronto litigation firm built around securities and corporate commercial disputes. The firm traces to 2005, the year Matthew Scott joined as its first associate, and it has grown from that small start to about 20 to 24 lawyers today, all working from one office at 179 John Street. The name reflects three founding partners, Alistair Crawley, Melissa MacKewn, and Robert Brush, who each came to the firm with securities backgrounds: Crawley from litigating disclosure and market conduct cases, MacKewn from a stint as Senior Enforcement Counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission, and Brush from capital markets and director and officer liability work.

The firm's practice covers regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings before the OSC and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, shareholder and corporate governance disputes, securities class actions, and broader commercial litigation, including insurance and product liability matters and employment disputes involving financial services clients. It also runs CMB Registrant Services, a separate advisory arm that helps registered securities firms with day to day compliance, regulatory filings, and training rather than courtroom disputes. Chambers Canada has placed the firm in Band 1 for securities litigation, and Benchmark Litigation Canada has named it Securities Litigation Firm of the Year in multiple years.