Zohaib Maladwala is a commercial litigator with particular expertise in class action defence and product liability litigation. Zohaib provides practical, business focused advice to multinational clients across a variety of industries including life sciences, industrial and consumer products, automotive, banking and professional/financial services. He is Associate Vice-Chair of Fasken’s Ontario Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department.
Zohaib has significant class actions experience in a wide range of practice areas including product liability, competition/antitrust, consumer protection and privacy. A selection of his experience includes representing a multinational pharmaceutical company in numerous class actions alleging negligent design/manufacture and failure to warn, defending a global auto maker in a diesel fuel emissions class action and representing a major consumer electronics manufacturer in a series of class actions alleging price-fixing in the electronics industry. Zohaib’s product liability expertise extends to defending manufacturing clients, including consumer and industrial product manufacturers, pharmaceuticals, and automotive companies, in individual actions involving allegations of defective design/manufacture and failure to warn.
Zohaib has acted as lead counsel before all levels of Court in Ontario and has appeared before trial courts in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. He has also assisted in appeals that have been heard by the Supreme Court of Canada and has represented clients in commercial arbitrations.
In 2021, Zohaib was recognized as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 and as a Rising Star (Product Liability) at the International Financial Law Review’s Rising Stars Awards Americas 2021. Zohaib is listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Leading Lawyer to Watch in Class Actions) and in the Rising Stars Expert Guide (Product Liability/Life Sciences). Benchmark Litigation also lists Zohaib as a Future Star in Litigation and recognizes him on the Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under Hot List.
