Miranda
Spence
Partner
Miranda is Co-Leader of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and a member of the Financial Services Group. She maintains a broad litigation practice, with an emphasis on general commercial, restructuring and insolvency disputes. She appears regularly before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, including the Commercial List and the Bankruptcy Court, and has appeared as counsel at all levels of the Ontario courts.
Miranda co-leads a team at the firm that represents large technology companies in civil litigation and regulatory proceedings involving issues concerning privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, defamation and intermediary liability. The team also advises technology companies with navigating Canadian privacy and data production laws as they apply to new and existing products, and developing policies and tailored programs for the evolving Canadian market.
Miranda is a strong advocate who thrives in the courtroom and in negotiations with opposing counsel. She is a confident communicator who has a talent for breaking her clients’ complex problems down into simpler parts, enabling her to fully understand her clients’ goals, and develop effective solutions rooted in practical, business-minded strategy.
Miranda, who summered and articled with the firm, frequently acts as a mentor to the firm's summer and articling students, as well as to law students through the University of Toronto's alumni mentorship program. Her patient nature and understanding of the challenges associated with building a practice make her a valuable resource to students and new lawyers.
Professional Involvement
Professional Activities
- Member, The Advocates' Society's Mid-Career Advocates' Standing Committee
- Member, Commercial List Users' Committee, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Director of Education, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (Ontario Network)
- Chair (2020-2021) and former Vice-Chair (2019-2020), The Advocates’ Society, Insolvency Litigation Practice Group
- Faculty Member, Osgoode Secured Debt Enforcement Certificate
- Past Member, The Advocates' Society's Young Advocates' Standing Committee
Memberships
- The Advocates' Society
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Turnaround Management Association
- International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
Panellist, "The Intersection of Class Actions with Insolvency," The Advocates' Society: Class Actions Advocacy, April 9, 2026.
Speaker, "Us v. Them: Reflections on the Application of Corporate Attribution and the Impact of RVOs on WEPPA Eligibility," 23rd Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, February 6, 2026.
Co-Chair, "Commercial List Advocacy," The Advocates' Society, October 16, 2025.
Speaker, "Insolvency Advocacy and Litigation," LSO Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law Primer, November 25, 2024.
Speaker, "Top Tips on Navigating the Commercial List," Commercial List Advocacy, May 23, 2024.
Moderator, "Crypto Assets: Dealing with Emerging Currencies in the Litigation Context," The Advocates’ Society, October 30, 2023.
Moderator, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation educational panel, June 20, 2023.
"How to Get Paid: Helping Suppliers to an Insolvent Company (or a Company in Financial Difficulty)," Law Society of Ontario, Commercial Priorities for Real Estate and Business Lawyers 2021, March 3, 2021.
"Fire Sale? Sale Processes in the Pandemic," The Advocates’ Society, March 2, 2021.
Speaker, "Insolvency Filings 101," OBA Professional Development Webinar, August 19, 2020.
Speaker, "Creditor-Related Remedies: Bankruptcy, Receiverships and Other Creditor Remedies," Law Society of Ontario, Key Principles in Commercial Litigation, April 2020 (webcast).
Speaker, "The Guarantee Company of North America v Royal Bank of Canada, 2019 ONCA 9 - Insolvency and Construction Law - Priority of Statutory Construction Trusts in Bankruptcy,” OBA Professional Development, Top Appeals of 2019 from the Court of Appeal for Ontario, April 15, 2020.
Moderator, "Appeals from Commercial List Matters," The Advocates' Society, March 2, 2020.
Moderator, "The Treatment of Builders' Lien Claims Across Canada," CBA National Insolvency Law Conference, November 7, 2020.
Speaker, IWIRC Ontario Network Lunch & Learn: "All About Trusts and Competing Priorities," April 29, 2019.
Moderator, Insolvency Litigation Breakfast: "What I Wish I Knew," The Advocates' Society, April 12, 2019.
Speaker, "Annual Cross Country Check-Up (Ontario)," CBA National Insolvency Law Conference, September 14, 2018.
Moderator, IWIRC Ontario Network Lunch & Learn: "Key Insights Into Recent Construction and Real Estate Development Cases," April 24, 2018.
Quoted in "Judge Gives Partial Win to Facebook in Doctor Lawsuit," Telegraph-Journal, March 5, 2026.
"To Attorn or Not to Attorn: Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Impact of Complying With a Disclosure Order on Jurisdiction in Trop v. Trop," co-authored with Ian Aversa, Josh Suttner and Hannah Downard, Aird & Berlis LLP Litigation Bulletin, January 14, 2025.
"Recent Changes to Proceedings Before the Capital Markets Tribunal," co-authored with Ian Aversa, Matilda Lici and Roula Khairalla, Aird & Berlis LLP Litigation Bulletin, April 11, 2024.
"Great [Privacy] Expectations: Supreme Court Rules on Privacy Rights in IP Addresses in R. v. Bykovets," co-authored with Roula Khairalla, Josh Suttner and Miranda Spence, Aird & Berlis LLP, Litigation Bulletin, March 13, 2024.
"More Flexible Than You Think: An Exploration of Creative Uses of the BIA Proposal Regime for Corporate Restructuring," Annual Review of Insolvency Law, 20th ed, 2022.
“Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Vesting Orders in Receivership - And Beyond,” Commercial Insolvency Reporter, August 2019.
“Clarity in Appeal Procedures Part II: The BIA Prevails – or Does It?,” Aird & Berlis Financial Services Flash, April 10, 2019. Republished in Banking & Finance Law Review, July 2019.
“Clarity in Appeal Procedures: The BIA Prevails,” Aird & Berlis Financial Services Flash, January 23, 2019.
“2018 Annual Cross Country Check-Up (Ontario),” Canadian Bar Association 14th Annual Insolvency Law Conference, September 14, 2018.