Overview
Estate & Tax Group partner Ronald Appleby Q.C. and Corporate Group partner Jonathan Zepp acted on the sale by Ydessa Hendeles of part of her celebrated collection of contemporary art. The collection that was assembled by Dr. Hendeles is considered among the finest private collections of contemporary art in the world. The transaction was brokered by the New York office of famed art dealer Hauser & Wirth. The purchaser was Glenstone, a private museum of contemporary art located in Potomac, Maryland founded by American industrialist Mitchell P. Rales. The transaction was featured in the New York Times, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
Lawyers
Representative Work
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| Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Defeated Injunction to Tie Up Client Assets and Received Elevated Costs Award
MFC v Mady Collier, 2016 ONSC 4182 (CanLII) – Clients were awarded their costs on a substantial indemnity scale when they defeated a Mareva injunction which tried to tie up their assets... -
| Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Certified a Class Action
Rebuck v. Ford Motor Company, 2018 ONSC 7405 (CanLII) – Obtained a judgment certifying a proposed class action against Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor company of Canada on behalf of i... -
| Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Overturned Lower Court Decision at Ontario Court of Appeal
Birchcliffe Core-Harbour Inc. v. Pinnock, 2019 ONCA 417 – Succeeded at the Ontario Court of Appeal in obtaining damages for breach of contract when a purchase of land could not be completed,...