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BLG is widely recognized as Canada’s foremost litigation law firm, with a national team of more than 400 advocates helping clients with everything from appellate advocacy to trade disputes.

• More than 400 advocates
• 500+ trials, arbitrations, tribunal hearings
• Defended 100s of class actions
• 32 specialty areas
• 2022 Benchmark Highly Recommended Firm in all of our regions
• 2022 Benchmark Insurance Firm of the Year
• 2021 and 2022 Benchmark Health Law/Medical Firm of the Year
• Offices in Canada’s 5 largest cities
• Bilingual in English and French
• Celebrating 200 years in 2023

When the stakes are highest, organizations from across Canada and around the world trust us to help solve their problems. From claims that interrupt day-to-day activities to bet-the-company litigation, we understand the issues that keep our clients up at night, using this knowledge as the foundation for responsive, strategic and practical advice. Complex, precedent-setting, novel cases in specialized areas of the law - particularly when they make it to the Supreme Court - are how we’ve built our reputation. We use this experience to advocate for the best outcomes for organizations of all sizes, from tech start-ups defending their IP to global automakers facing a class action. We use mediation, arbitration and eDiscovery technology, when appropriate, to increase efficiency and decrease cost. We are smart, resourceful, creative, driven, humble and always civil.

We are the external partner that feels like part of the in-house team. And clients never get just one of us -because behind every BLG advocate is the most powerful group of litigators and legal staff in Canada.

Updated March 2026

DMG Advocates offers clients top-tier litigation expertise with exceptional boutique service. DMG broke onto the Canadian litigation scene in 2018 and was quickly recognized as one of the top litigation boutiques in the country.

DMG partners bring decades of experience litigating at leading national firms. They are recognized by peers as among the best advocates in multiple categories, including corporate-commercial litigation, defamation and media and public and administrative litigation. All of DMG’s lawyers have extensive expertise in complex commercial disputes across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, transportation, securities, media, technology, real estate, franchising, energy, and construction.

The firm has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. DMG lawyers regularly act in domestic and international arbitrations, as well as before administrative and regulatory bodies. DMG Advocates also has an active public litigation practice, including acting as counsel and at public inquiries and government commissions, and trust legal advisors to public sector bodies on sensitive human rights, labour and employment issues in the context of Charter rights, and constitutional law considerations.

The DMG team is dedicated to delivering client-focused service that draws on the depth of our litigation expertise. The firm is large enough to take on the largest and most complex files, but small enough to ensure our clients receive boutique service delivered efficiently. DMG uses industry-leading experience in complex litigation, discovery planning and eDiscovery to deliver streamlined and cost-effective service, managing every file proportionately and strategically.

As a leading business law firm, McMillan LLP serves public, private and not-for-profit clients across key industries in Canada, the United States and internationally. With recognized expertise and acknowledged leadership in major business sectors, we provide solutions-oriented legal advice through our offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal.

To help organizations stay ahead, we provide exceptional industry insights in transportation, technology and technology transactions, infrastructure and construction, and natural resources and energy. Whether it’s a cross-border transaction, a complicated private equity deal, complex real estate financing, or a bet-the-company lawsuit or regulatory dispute, by fostering a supportive workplace culture, McMillan’s 300+ lawyers serve clients with excellence and responsiveness, delivering the real-time solutions they need.

Our firm values - respect, teamwork, commitment, client service and professional excellence - are at the heart of McMillan’s commitment to serve our clients, our local communities and the legal profession. Among other industry and professional accolades, we are proud to be named Canada’s Top 100 Employers 2024, one of only two law firms recognized in this prestigious competition.

About our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group

With an impressive track record in domestic and cross-border litigation, McMillan’s lawyers are recognized for their creativity and effectiveness in bringing disputes to satisfactory conclusions, both inside and outside the courts. And with specialists in key areas such as competition, intellectual property, real estate, securities and others, our litigators always strive to deliver a complete solution—no matter the nature of your corporate or commercial disputes.

As experienced litigators, we always assess risk and opportunities before advising clients on the likelihood of success and helping them weigh their options. We also understand that litigation is not always the preferred option, and help clients pursue a full range of resolution avenues including early negotiated settlements and alternative dispute resolution methods. If we proceed to court, however, we are recognized for our ability to tenaciously advance our clients’ commercial interests.

Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP is a litigation boutique with vast expertise and experience. They are routinely involved in high profile cases, from complex commercial litigation or class actions, professional discipline, labour disputes, and public inquiries to managing the most sensitive legal issues facing all businesses, individuals, labour unions, professional regulatory bodies, academic institutions and public interest organizations. Much of our work is referred from law firms in Ontario, across Canada, and internationally.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate Commercial Litigation: Paliare Roland has significant and diverse experience acting on virtually all aspects of corporate commercial litigation. They are regularly asked to act on high-stakes litigation of critical importance to clients, applying a strategic, practical, and singularly effective approach to resolving business disputes. They routinely represent public and private companies, partnerships, shareholders, directors, officers, boards, special committees and professional advisors, arguing in the appellate courts and before the Toronto Commercial List, arbitrators, and mediators.

Class Actions: Paliare Roland represents publicly and privately on leading cases. The team acts for defendants and plaintiffs, bringing versatility and unique insights, and have acted as counsel on class actions at tall stages of proceeding, from certification including all levels of appeal, mediations, examinations for discovery to completion of common issues trials. Their experience includes cases involving usurious interest rates, product liability, Competition Act violations, institutional abuse, auditor’s negligence, franchise disputes, foreign exchange charges, breach of trust, breach of contract, pensions issues, and others.

Aboriginal/Indigenous Law: Paliare Roland has argued many cases at the forefront of Aboriginal/Indigenous law in Canada. They represent a range of First Nations (status and non-status) and Métis clients, providing advice and representation on rights under s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, the duty to consult, the scope of federal jurisdiction over Indigenous peoples, the recognition of Indigenous legal systems, the impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and related matters. They have helped to shape the interpretation and application of the framework for Aboriginal/Indigenous law and the exercise of government powers, including the reach of government programming.

Infrastructure and P3: Paliare Roland brings a depth of experience to the complexities of construction and infrastructure projects, including those involving public-private partnerships (P3). They regularly advise and act for private and public stakeholders on disputes in these critical projects, approaching disputes with deep subject matter expertise, and an understanding of the complex and distinct legal issues which arise, with a view to innovative and practical resolutions.

Healthcare: Paliare Roland has a long history of representing and advising health regulators in connection with complaints, investigations, and discipline proceedings, including as lead discipline counsel for the College of Nurses of Ontario. The team regularly appears before the statutory committees of several health regulators including the College of Chiropractors of Ontario; the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario; the Ontario College of Pharmacists; the College of Opticians of Ontario; the College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario; the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers; and the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario. The team also advises regulators, facilities, corporations, and professionals regarding all aspects of health law, including hospital privileges disputes, privacy, employment, workplace investigations, professional negligence, Board governance, public and internal policies, and professional misconduct investigations and discipline, and acts as appellate counsel on health-related judicial reviews and appeals and acts on infrastructure disputes respecting healthcare facilities

Administrative and Public Law: Paliare Roland is widely viewed as a leader in the areas of public and administrative law and have significant experience with matters involving wide range of provincial and federal administrative tribunals and court proceedings arising therefrom. They have acted both before and on behalf of such tribunals in administrative hearings and in judicial review proceedings, administrative appeals, and constitutional challenges. The team has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and have argued some of Canada’s leading public and administrative law cases, and has long associations with several public interest organizations and various specialised legal aid clinics.

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation: Paliare Roland regularly acts in bankruptcy and insolvency matters nationally and locally. Their practice is independent of major financial institutions, permitting us to act as counsel to a full range of insolvency stakeholders, including union and employee groups, tort claimants, court appointed officers, debtors, bondholders and governments.

Appeals and Judicial Review: Paliare Roland has argued some of the most important, influential appellate cases in Canadian legal history. In both public and private law, they have been involved in a vast range of prominent, precedent-setting appeals and judicial reviews. They are respected for their deep expertise and experience in judicial review applications and appeals, and are frequently retained by trial and administrative counsel, regulatory bodies, unions and others to help advance or protect these clients’ interests before the courts on review.

Labour Law: Paliare Roland provides strategic advice and representation to trade unions and their members across the public and private sectors. Grievance mediation and arbitration is a core part of their labour practice and have experience assisting clients to secure material advancements through collective bargaining and interest arbitration, and regularly advance the interests of unions and their members through the civil courts, including Charter litigation. They also advise unions regarding all aspects of their labour relations, including employment standards, human rights, workers’ compensation, health and safety, pensions, pay equity, the duty of fair representation, and strike or picketing injunctions.

Employment Law: Paliare Roland provides advice and advocacy relating to all areas of the employment relationship for both employees and employers. Their work covers all aspects of the employment relationship, including contracts, workplace investigations, constructive dismissal, termination with and without cause, non-competition or non-solicitation agreements, shareholder disputes with an employment element, issues related to the Ontario Human Rights Code, and more.

Professional Discipline & Regulation: Paliare Roland represents regulators and a wide range of professionals in connection with complaints, investigations and discipline proceedings. Several team members also act as prosecutors in disciplinary and fitness-to-practise hearings for several professional regulatory agencies, primarily in the health sector.

Mark Polley and Andrew Faith founded Polley Faith in 2010 following careers as litigators at McCarthy Tétrault, and then as criminal prosecutors. 

The firm continues to strengthen its roster through a team of extremely talented and dedicated partners and associate lawyers, many of whom are former clerks of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Federal Court. With an eye on the future, we believe in an active campus recruiting program that regularly attracts law students at the top of their class.

Our firm is retained by Canada’s premier companies, institutions, and individuals to solve complex litigation problems. We are called on regularly by other top firms to lend our special expertise in high-stakes commercial, regulatory, and criminal disputes.

Polley Faith has earned the trust of its clients and peers by a firm culture obsessed with getting client-focused results in every case. Finding, training, and unleashing the potential of Canada’s best new lawyers is the bedrock of our success. Ambition, judgment, and integrity drive us forward.

Roy O’Connor LLP is widely considered one of Canada’s leading litigation boutiques offering sophisticated advocacy and counsel in the areas of complex corporate commercial litigation, class actions, securities litigation and general civil litigation. Our firm and lawyers are consistently recognized as outstanding lawyers who produce top results for our clients.

Roy O’Connor LLP acts as both plaintiff and defense counsel and acts for many leading public and private corporations, governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and private individuals in matters that have been high profile or, at other times, very confidential. Roy O’Connor LLP’s lawyers have succeeded in many nationally recognized, precedent-setting cases. By working along side and with our clients, our lawyers apply their creativity and experience to craft the right solution for each client’s often complex problems.

Benchmark Canada - the guide to Canada’s leading litigators- ranks the firm as one of the few recommended firms in Ontario and a firm that shifts “seamlessly between plaintiffs and defence work…” The firm was further recognized with one of the prestigious Benchmark Firm of the Year awards in 2013, 2015, 2017 and again in 2023. The firm also garnered one of the National Impact Case of the Year awards for 2023. The National Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Bar Association, described our lawyers as among the best class action lawyers in the Country. Lexpert ranks the firm as a consistently recommended leading Toronto boutique in the field of class actions.

Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP is a Canadian law firm with offices in both Vancouver and Toronto. Since our beginnings, we have grown to a team of nearly 70 lawyers and over 100 employees. We have expanded into the Toronto market, merging our well-known and respected Vancouver practice with the practices of senior commercial litigation and senior construction and infrastructure lawyers in Toronto. This combination of geography and experience formed a powerful national platform from which to better serve our clients across the country.

We offer an extensive range of legal services in the areas of construction and infrastructure, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, corporate commercial, tax, insurance defense, professional liability, product liability, workplace law, and business immigration.

Our core area of practice is construction and infrastructure law, with over half of the lawyers in the firm focused on this area. Our construction lawyers are recognized practitioners, litigators, solicitors, and engineers who have a wealth of experience to draw on.

We have a strong history of assisting clients with a variety of projects nationwide. We work on all matters in our space including large-scale infrastructure, institutional, industrial, and commercial projects such as highways, railways, tunnels, pipelines, mines, industrial facilities, schools and other education facilities, hospitals, manufacturing plants, commercial buildings, and condominiums.

A Client Focused Approach
At Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP we have developed our firm with a fundamental understanding that our clients deserve exceptional legal service that is delivered in a manner that is honest, creative, clear, relatable, flexible, and cost effective.

We provide solutions customized to our clients’ needs in various sectors including education, healthcare, government, and industry. We help our clients seize emerging opportunities and find solutions to complex legal problems.

Our lawyers have an impeccable sense of the challenges that can arise within their areas of expertise and are committed to working together collaboratively across disciplines to find the best solutions for our clients.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Canada is leading the world in terms of diversity, inclusion and pluralism. It is a strength that unifies our country and its people, and strengthens business relationships creating opportunities for success.

At Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP, we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion and pluralism in the workplace that embraces the unique backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and talents of individuals at all levels of the firm to ensure that we represent the communities we serve in Canada.

As the firm continues to grow, we are committed to consistently improving our diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they continue to reflect the culture and values of our employees and clients.

Community Involvement and Pro Bono Work
Beyond our commitment to our staff and our clients, our firm is also committed to the communities in which we have been able to grow and thrive. In that regard, we as a firm, and our individual members, are involved in a variety of community-oriented organizations.

We also encourage our lawyers to get involved with pro bono work by offering each lawyer credits every year for time spent providing legal services on pro bono files that reflect their individual interests and commitments.

Our lawyers have participated over the years as instructors of various courses taught at the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, the University of Melbourne, and Stanford University. We are keenly interested in education as it relates to our practices and the development of future experts in law.

Stockwoods LLP is one of Canada’s most experienced and highly-regarded boutique litigation firms. Our lawyers are routinely ranked among Canada’s very best commercial, regulatory and criminal litigators. Because of our broad strength and expertise across the litigation spectrum, our firm advises and represents clients who face complex litigation exposure in different areas of the law.

Stockwoods’ high quality of judgment and advocacy, and its reputation for efficiency, has repeatedly been recognized by our peers – a major part of our practice comes from referrals from other leading lawyers in Canada and abroad. We are often engaged in cross- border and multi-jurisdictional matters.

Our clients include private and public companies, and their directors and officers; public agencies, regulatory bodies across a variety of industries (including energy regulation, professional regulation, policing, health and securities regulation); governmental bodies ranging, including government departments, municipalities and First Nations. Our lawyers have also acted as commission counsel and for parties at public inquiries.

Class Actions:

• Acting for TD Bank in defence of the FX conspiracy and SSA Bonds conspiracy class actions; for Bell Canada Inc. in defence of a class proceeding concerning inmate access to telephone services; for Apotex Inc. and certain natural health retailers and suppliers in a pharmaceutical liability class action.
• Defending the City of Windsor and Town of Tecumseh in class actions seeking to recover allegedly unconstitutional lottery licensing fees over a period in excess of 20 years.
• Acting for corporations and senior executives in secondary market securities class actions concerning the cannabis sector, the solar energy industry, and management of a major REIT, and in competition class actions in the tech and financial industries.
• Acting as Court Monitor and Court Counsel in relation to the administration of Canada’s largest class action settlement in the Indian Residential Schools matter, as well as the pan-Canadian settlements relating to blood tainted by Hepatitis C and the provincial settlement involving the contamination of the public water supply in Walkerton, Ontario.
• Acting for the Law Foundation of Ontario and the Class Proceedings Fund in matters arising from their public mandate to fund class actions litigation in Ontario, and as amicus curiae in a significant appeal concerning counsel fee approval.

Commercial/Civil Litigation:

• Acting for a leading global investment organization in commercial litigation arising out of an attempt to establish a new Canadian bank.
• Acting for a former senior official of the Saudi government in complex worldwide Mareva proceedings.
• Acting as litigation counsel to senior officers, directors and special committees of boards of directors in internal investigations.
• Acting both for corporations and boards of directors, and for dissident shareholder groups, in disputes related to contested proxy fights.
• Acting for the Monitor in the Carillion Inc. CCAA proceeding.
• Acting for a major financial services firm in a series of actions relating to the establishment of a bank.
• Acting for a wind farm owner in an action asserting manipulation of a ROFR process in the energy industry.
• Acting for an institutional mortgage investor in a power of sale action relating to a development property.
• Acting for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in litigation supporting its journalists, and in defence of defamations and other claims against it.

Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Litigation:

• Acting for a former Member of Parliament charged with breach of trust.
• Acting for the former Chairman and CEO of CannTrust charged with insider trading, securities fraud, and making materially misleading statements.
• Acting for corporate clients in workplace safety prosecutions involving fatalities under the Canada Labour Code and Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Acting for clients in relation to all allegations of criminal wrongdoing, including white-collar crime, cross-border prosecutions, sexual offences, cyber/tech crimes, fraud offences, serious violent offences, drug offences, and national security matters.
• Advising and acting in relation to matters involving searches of sensitive environments (e.g., law offices, media) and the intersection between privacy and electronic surveillance.

Intellectual Property Litigation:

• Acting for a major software-as-a-service provider in the packaging and logistics industry in cross-boarder proceedings enforcing its intellectual property and licensing terms against a major US firm.
• Representing rights-holders in various trade-mark, copyright and patent disputes.
• Acting for the Weir Group PLC on numerous patent disputes concerning key technology used in the oil production sector.

Public & Administrative Law:

• Representing the Government of Canada in the Public Order Emergency Commission.
• Representing a long-term care home in connection with the Government of Ontario’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic .
• Acting for the Privacy Commissioner in a significant action against Facebook Inc arising from the Cambridge Analytica data breach.
• Acting for the family of Soleiman Faqiri on a high-profile Coroner’s inquest arising out of Soleiman’s killing at an Ontario correctional centre.
• Representing a senior federal government official in an examination by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
• Acting as counsel to parties and interveners in dozens of public law matters at the Supreme Court of Canada and the provincial courts of appeal, including the landmark 2019 Vavilov decision.
• Regularly representing public agencies in administrative litigation and judicial review applications/appeals.

Securities Litigation & Enforcement:

• Acting for underwriters, banks, issuers and senior executives in significant complex OSC investigation, enforcement and settlement proceedings.
• Acting for CI Financial Ltd. in proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission, brought to overturn a TSX decision refusing to enforce CI’s shareholder rights’ plan.
• Acting for OSC Staff in various high-profile matters including the fraud prosecutions of Weizhen Tang, the self-styled “Chinese Warren Buffett”, and previously of hedge fund manager Sextant Capital Management Inc.

Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP (“TGF”) focuses its practice in two areas: (i) commercial litigation; and (ii) insolvency and restructuring. Representative mandates reflect the breadth and depth of the team, and the creativity involved in resolving some of the most complex legal issues in Canada.

TGF is a mix of senior restructuring and litigation lawyers with a full range of experience gained by years of practice, both inside and outside full-service law firms, combined with talented and energetic younger lawyers who thrive in the entrepreneurial environment of a specialty firm.

Representative Mandates:

• Counsel to the first publicly-funded university in Canada to be restructured pursuant to an insolvency statute 
• Counsel to PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as Receiver and Manager of Bridging Financial Inc. and its Funds
• Litigation counsel to the constructors of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, an $8+ billion project, one of the largest infrastructure projects in Canada’s history
• Counsel for Grant Thornton Limited as Trustee in bankruptcy of AP Private Equity Limited and Aiden Pleterski, a 23-year-old self-proclaimed crypto king who was, along with his company, adjudged bankrupt following the obtaining of a Mareva Order.
• Counsel to BDO Canada Limited as court-appointed monitor in the CCAA restructuring of Eve & Co Incorporated, Natural Medco Ltd., and Eve & Co International Holdings Ltd.
• Lawyers for FTI Consulting Canada Inc. as court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of the Just Energy Group
• Counsel to A. Farbers & Partners Inc. as court-appointed receiver of Pure Global Cannabis Inc. and its related entities
• Counsel to Ernst & Young Inc, as court-appointed Monitor of the Country Fresh Foods Group
• Counsel to Ernst & Young Inc., as court-appointed Monitor in the restructuring of the Carillion Group in Canada
• Counsel to debtor company AgMedica and its subsidiaries, the first licensed cannabis producer to file for CCAA protection in Ontario
• Counsel to Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., as court-appointed Monitor of Lydian International Inc. and its subsidiaries, including as foreign representative for recognition proceedings in Jersey, Channel Islands
• Counsel to Ernst & Young Inc., as Monitor of JTI Macdonald Corp. in its CCAA proceeding
• Court appointed litigation counsel to the Litigation Trustee of Cash Store Financial in pursuing nine figure damage claims against Cash Store’s professional advisors
• Counsel to Grant Thornton Limited as court appointed Receiver of the Comsale Group of Companies in a Canadian receivership proceeding with foreign recognition in the US and Malaysia
• Counsel to the Province of British Columbia in the CCAA proceedings of Purdue Pharma L.P.
• Counsel to BDO Canada Limited as court appointed Receiver of Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. in Canadian receivership and Chapter 11 foreign recognition proceedings
• Represented the court-appointed Monitor in a CCAA and Chapter 11 proceeding of Pacific Exploration and Production Corporation in the first Canada / US / Columbia cross-border insolvency proceeding, restructuring $5 billion in creditors’ claims
• Counsel to the court-appointed Monitor in the dual plenary proceedings under Chapter 11 and the CCAA of Performance Sports Group Ltd. and its affiliates, including a US$575 million sale transaction
• Canadian counsel to Square Two Financial Corporation and 17 affiliates in a CCAA and Chapter 11 restructuring of US$400 million of debt involving a stock sale in Canada and an asset sale in the US
• Canadian insolvency counsel to the Trustees of Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and the UK Pension Protection Fund – the largest single creditor in the global insolvency proceedings of the Nortel Networks group of companies, allocating US$7.3 billion in sale proceeds among 40 insolvency estates in 19 countries
• Retained to resolve what had been described by the judiciary as “the longest running legal saga in Canadian history” and successfully ended the litigation through a creative application of the restructuring provisions of the CCAA
• Counsel to the court-appointed Monitor in the restructuring of the Canadian Abitibi- Bowater entities
• Counsel to Fraser Papers Inc. and its Canadian and US affliates in a restructuring pursuant to the CCAA and Chapter 11 Restructuring counsel to Hollinger Inc. in the windup of Hollinger and its subsidiaries
• Litigation counsel to the court-appointed Chief Restructuring Officer and Litigation Trustee of Hollinger Inc.
• Counsel to the court-appointed Monitor in the restructuring of Stelco
• Represented GE Capital Aviation Services, Inc., a principal stakeholder and the largest creditor in the CCAA restructuring proceedings of Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline
• Counsel for the court-appointed Receiver of the Portus group of companies, recovering over 95% of the more than $800 million of investors’ money
• Counsel to the Agent and lead lender in a syndicate of lenders to Allen-Vanguard Corporation, a publicly traded international military defence corporation, during its restructuring pursuant to the CCAA and its recapitalisation as a private entity
• Counsel to the Insolvency Institute of Canada as intervener on an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in Re Indalex
• Counsel to a syndicate of European lenders in connection with a $75M breach of contract claim against a major North American air carrier
• Counsel to a committee of contesting bondholders in the proposed privatisation of BCE Inc., involving the world’s largest leveraged buyout with an enterprise value of $52 billion, including an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada
• Represented the former principal of Lakeport Brewing Corp. in the successful defence of a $50 million officer and director liability case
• Represented the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) before a major municipal judicial inquiry
• Counsel to the court-appointed Receiver in the Norshield hedge fund scandal involving the tracing and attempted recovery of over $400 million in investor funds in several jurisdictions
• Counsel to United States Steel Corporation as the DIP lender and largest creditor in the CCAA proceedings of US Steel Canada Inc.
• Counsel to a significant landlord in various retail restructuring proceedings including Target, Sears Canada Inc. and BCBG
  
  

Torys LLP is an international business law firm that works with clients who expect the best advice and exceptional service. Torys’ dedication to excellence across practice areas and industries has resulted in an enviable record of experience in Canada and globally. Teamwork is one of the firm’s distinguishing features, reflected in all aspects of how the firm partners with clients and collaborates internally. Long-standing clients continue to retain Torys, not only for its excellent service and legal expertise, but also because of a shared value for lasting partnerships based on trust and respect. The firm serves clients across Canada and globally from offices in Toronto, New York, Calgary, Montréal and its Legal Services Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Torys’ nationwide disputes practice includes some of the most sophisticated litigators in the country. Bet-the-company commercial claims, reputationally critical class actions, complex arbitrations—Torys has a decades-long track record of high-profile domestic and international experience. Above all, they are skilled advocates: litigators who understand their clients’ business and are true partners vested in their success, inside and outside the courtroom. Beyond commercial matters, Torys’ experience extends to securities litigation, product liability disputes, significant antitrust issues and patent infringements, among others.

Torys’ litigation team draws on the broader firm’s wealth of corporate, compliance and regulatory knowledge to benefit their clients' goals, both in the context of a dispute and to mitigate long-term risk and resolve their most challenging matters.

We have built our firm by focusing on the fundamental principles we believe make a great law firm: a deep and personal understanding of clients’ legal needs; a results-oriented approach to practice that provides practical, smart, and cost-effective advice; and responsiveness to our clients. As a firm, we are dedicated to delivering superior client service in all of our work. 

Our professionals provide legal counsel to individuals, public and private companies, and buyers and sellers of independent businesses. Our clients range from owner-operators and founders to investment funds and high net worth individuals, who value and trust our deep knowledge, experience and expertise in the Canadian mid-market. We advise our clients on day-to-day legal matters, as well as during the most transformative transactions and critical disputes of their businesses and lives. When clients require legal services in other jurisdictions, we leverage our affiliation with Meritas, a global alliance of leading independent law firms, to facilitate the procurement of top-tier legal service and counsel worldwide.

Many of our lawyers are well known in the business and legal communities as leaders in their respective practice areas, as well as teachers, authors and advocates for the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association. In addition to our firm rankings, a significant number of our lawyers are recognized by leading legal surveys and directories. As a full-service law firm, Torkin Manes offers qualified expertise spanning multiple areas of practice, with specialists across all areas of the law. 

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About Miller Thomson

Miller Thomson LLP ("Miller Thomson") is a national business law firm with approximately 500 lawyers across five provinces in Canada — the broadest reach of any Canadian law firm.

Partnering with clients across Canada and internationally, we bring deep local insight to a comprehensive range of business law, litigation and dispute services, as well as other specialized practices. We focus on understanding your business, your industry, and the factors that drive long-term growth and success.

Learn more at millerthomson.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

À propos de Miller Thomson

Miller Thomson S.E.N.C.R.L. (« Miller Thomson ») est un cabinet juridique national comptant près de 500 avocates et avocats répartis dans cinq provinces au Canada, offrant l’une des plus vastes présences géographiques du pays.

Au service d’une clientèle canadienne et internationale, nous mettons à profit une expertise locale de pointe dans un vaste éventail de domaines, notamment en droit des affaires, en litige et en résolution de différends, ainsi que dans de nombreux autres champs de pratique. Au-delà des services juridiques, nous nous distinguons par notre compréhension approfondie de vos réalités d’affaires et des facteurs qui soutiennent votre croissance et votre réussite à long terme.

Pour en savoir plus, visitez millerthomson.com ou suivez-nous sur LinkedIn.

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Founded in February of 2021, Ross Nasseri LLP is one of Canada’s best litigation boutiques. The firm is based in Toronto and boasts a team of 18 litigators, including eight partners. The firm has been recognized as a premier boutique by Benchmark Litigation, Chambers, Best Lawyers, Lexpert, and the Globe and Mail, which ranked Ross Nasseri LLP second in the country in Dispute Resolution. Ross Nasseri’s partners are known for their cunning instincts, strategic acumen, and track records of taking difficult cases to trial and appeal.

Our practice is focused on civil, corporate/commercial, regulatory litigation, and class proceedings (including those in the insurance and product liability sectors). We litigate contract disputes, construction cases, estates disputes, professional liability cases, regulatory and administrative proceedings, shareholder disputes, oppression proceedings, and economic torts.

Our clients include regulated professionals, entrepreneurs, and corporations including publicly trade companies like Element Fleet Corporation and industry leading businesses like Douglas Barwick, Questrade, Mercedes Benz Canada, Torstar Corporation, and Grascan Construction Ltd.

We frequently appear before Toronto’s specialized Commercial and Estates Lists and in the Court of Appeal for Ontario. We are also regular attendees at Ontario’s tribunals and discipline committees. We frequently defend professionals in proceedings before their regulators; these mandates include defending health professionals (such as physicians, dentists, naturopaths, and pharmacists), lawyers, and mortgage and real estate professionals. We have extensive experience appearing before the Financial Services Tribunal, the Law Society of Ontario, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the Real Estate Council of Ontario, and the colleges that fall under the Regulated Health Professionals Act.

Baker McKenzie is a leading global law firm with offices in 78 cities worldwide. Protecting your business in today’s global market requires lawyers with an understanding of local, national, and broader issues. Our Canadian litigation team is integrated with more than 1,000 other Baker McKenzie litigators across the globe.

Our Canadian Litigation team includes a host of seasoned trial lawyers. We regularly act for clients in complex domestic and multijurisdictional disputes. Our cases frequently involve novel and precedent‑setting issues. When providing advice, we first do all we can to position our clients and help them avoid litigation. When we need to go to trial, we do so without hesitation. Our team has fought and won some of the most important cases in Canada.

When it comes to appellate expertise, our team has the experience to conduct appeals across a range of areas, including complex commercial, fraud, employment, labour, intellectual property, and administrative and public law matters.

As part of an integrated global team, we ensure that overall business objectives are not sacrificed to one‑off wins, and that our clients’ reputation for fair dealing remains intact. With more than 60 years of experience in the Canadian market, we are committed to helping clients fulfill their ambitions in an increasingly complex global marketplace.

The quality of our work is reflected in the number of leading global and Canadian multinationals that seek our advice on complex matters in a range of industries, including financial services, retail, manufacturing, mining, post‑secondary education, professional services, transportation, pharmaceuticals, and energy.