Eva Markowski Belmont

Eva Markowski Belmont’s practice focuses on complex litigation, including class actions and mass torts. Eva represents clients in all aspects of high-stakes offensive litigation matters. She has litigated numerous cases through discovery and trial in a variety of courts and has significant experience in many aspects of the biggest securities and price-fixing class actions litigations.

Prior to returning to Canada, Eva practiced law in America at top-tier law firms in the District of Columbia. Eva spent several years in the District, where she gained experience in complicated intellectual property and securities litigation matters involving seven-figure settlements. She also has engineering experience from her undergraduate degree, where she was a Gold Medal recipient.

Eva received her BESc. in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from Western University. She received her J.D.in 2012 from Harvard University, where she was an executive in the Harvard Mediation Program and member of the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Ontario.

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• Guidance from the Canadian Securities Regulators on crypto-platforms
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