Meet The Team

Alex Van Kralingen

Partner

After practising at two large Bay Street firms, and later at a leading litigation boutique in Toronto, Alex started his own firm in 2012, and most recently has become a founding partner of Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP.

Alex maintains a diverse practice in both commercial/civil litigation and employment law. In his commercial and civil litigation practice, Alex frequently represents companies and individuals in actions alleging misrepresentation, fraud, defamation and other economic torts, as well as pursuing and defending actions relating to shareholder rights, including oppression remedy cases. Alex also has significant experience with professional liability actions, particularly as against lawyers. Further, Alex has successfully brought and defended injunctions against competing businesses, including Anton Piller orders. Alex has successfully represented foreign clients in Letters Rogatory applications and other Ontario-based litigation. He has also represented individuals in applications pursuant to the Civil Remedies Act, achieving significant recoveries from assets seized by the government.

In Alex’s employment law practice, he represents both employers and key employees with respect to questions surrounding termination, federal and provincial human rights requirements, and has significant experience dealing with the obligations of departing employees, including pursuing injunctive relief when required. Alex also assists businesses with their ongoing efforts to comply with the variety of legislative requirements that touch the workplace. To that end, employers frequently call on Alex to provide advice on how to manage everyday issues with their workforce.

Alex also has experience with public interest litigation, most recently representing a family in a Coroner’s Inquest which has prompted calls for legislative change. Alex is also representing a victims group in the upcoming Long Term Care Inquiry, which will investigate the underlying facts and systemic issues relating to the crimes of Elizabeth Wettlaufer.

Alex has litigated at all levels of Court in Ontario and won precedent-setting cases. He has delivered continuing education sessions to lawyers and businesspeople, and is a trusted advisor to businesses across Canada and in the United States.

Alex studied at Queen’s University, where he won the departmental medal in Political Studies, and later the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he was a Gordon Cressy award winner and also represented Canada at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Mark Repath

Associate

Mark practices commercial and civil litigation, as well as represents employers and key employees in all areas of employment law. Recently, Mark has defended corporations and directors before the Ontario Superior Court, Ontario Labour Relations Board and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. He has successfully argued for personal liability against the individual directors of an employer, and executed an Anton Piller Order against a departing senior officer for misuse of company confidential information. Mark has also worked on civil forfeiture proceedings for the recovery of government-seized money and property.

Mark frequently writes on topics related to employment law, and has authored articles in HR Professional magazine.

Prior to joining Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP, Mark articled at a Bay Street labour and employment firm after completing his law degree at Queen’s University, and his undergraduate studies at the University of Guelph.

Mark enjoys spending time at his cottage on Chandos Lake, playing hockey and golf, and watching the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Blue Jays.