Naiara Toker

Naiara advises and represents clients in high-stakes litigation and arbitration, including complex contract and tort disputes, class action defense, First Amendment and constitutional litigation, privacy and data security, and international law. She has acted as counsel to businesses of all sizes, representing numerous industries – including technology, financial services, insurance, media, transportation, hospitality and healthcare. Throughout her multijurisdictional career, Naiara has successfully defended clients in courts and tribunals in the United States, Canada, England and The Hague. Her distinctive blend of experience makes her uniquely situated to counsel both national and international companies in local, national and cross-border disputes.

Naiara has acted as counsel to:

• A leading technology company in class actions brought under California and other state privacy and consumer protection laws
• A social media company in high-stakes defamation disputes*
• Social media and technology companies regarding challenges to and compliance with content moderation laws*
• A telecommunications company in an appeal challenging provincial legislation seeking to regulate wireless services agreements*
• A coalition of major media in an application to unseal search warrant material in a highly publicized police investigation*
• An insurer in class actions across the country relating to business interruption claims in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic*
• A railway company in two trials in actions to recover taxes paid in contravention of a provision of the railway’s 1880 charter filed against the federal and provincial governments*
• An oil and gas company in an international commercial arbitration under International Chamber of Commerce rules in connection with an investment project in a foreign state*

* Representation handled before joining Cooley