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Biography John Pirie leads the Firm's Litigation and Government Enforcement Group in Canada. He acts for clients in complex business disputes and white collar matters. John is widely recognized as a leading trial, arbitration and appellate lawyer. He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, and ranked by Chambers as a leading individual in both the Corporate Litigation and White Collar categories. Clients interviewed by Chambers have said: "John Pirie ha...
“I see clients at some of the most vulnerable times in their lives, and my role is to help guide them through a challenging and often unfamiliar process. I recognize that every client’s circumstances are different and that each person may need a different approach. My aim is to help clients focus on their recovery while pursuing an outcome that aligns with their individual needs and goals.” Samantha Shatz is a Toronto, Ontario lawyer at Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP , where h...
Matthew Gardner B.Sc. (Hons.), LL.B., is a Partner at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and is a Certified Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Ontario. Matthew practices environmental law and environmental litigation. He provides advice and solutions about environmental due diligence and compliance to a wide range of clients including industrial corporations, the construction and land development sectors and municipalities. Matthew also provides advice and solutio...
In addition to being certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a specialist in Civil Litigation, Darcy is a certified Brain Injury Specialist by the Brain Injury Association of America, has been recognized by his peers in both the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a repeatedly recommended leading lawyer in Personal Injury and in Best Lawyers in Canada® in the field of Personal Injury Litigation. As well, Darcy was the proud recipient of the 2011 Dean Edgell Award, presented by the...
Noah Schein's practice covers all aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional structured financings. He acts for Canadian and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and borrowers in connection with finance transactions including bilateral and syndicated financings, securitizations, debt capital markets transactions and insolvency and restructuring matters. Noah's experience includes asset-based loans, acquisition financings, first li...
Howard’s practice focuses on estate litigation, in-person and online mediation and arbitration of estates disputes, and all aspects of estate planning and administration. In addition to a busy estate litigation and mediation practice, Howard advises on wills and powers of attorney to middle and high net-worth individuals. Howard is passionate about the law. He has been Adjunct Professor of the Estates and Estate Litigation courses at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto since 1992, and ha...
Renee Vinett is the Managing Partner at Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP and represents injured individuals and their families in personal injury litigation. Based in Toronto, Ontario, she has been a registered nurse since 1985 and has practiced exclusively as a personal injury lawyer for more than two decades. Her combined background in nursing and law allows her to address the medical and legal issues that often arise in serious injury claims, with a practical understanding of how injuries affe...
Krisztian’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, proxy contests and other contested matters, public and private financings, securities regulations and corporate governance. Clients value his ability to balance commercial and legal aspects and the broad range of his transactional experience. He has expertise in the national and international mining and oil and gas sectors and routinely acts for clients based in ...
Alex is a lawyer in the Business Law Group and the Financial Services Group and advises clients on a broad range of corporate, commercial and financing matters, including mergers and acquisitions, secured lending, corporate finance and general corporate/commercial matters. Prior to joining Gardiner Roberts, Alex articled and practiced as an associate at a preeminent national law firm spending time in both the Toronto and New York offices. Representative Work Acted for the vendors in a sale of...
Jeremy Devereux acts as an advocate and negotiator in a wide range of complex commercial and regulatory matters. His experience includes securities and financial services disputes, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, corporate and commercial litigation, class actions, employment law, estates litigation, mining law and administrative law. He has appeared as counsel before the Ontario courts, the Federal Court of Canada, and numerous tribunals and arbitration panels. Mr. Devereux freque...
Laurie Turner is the Leader of Fasken’s Health Law Group and a trusted advisor to organizations across the health sector. She maintains an active corporate and commercial practice, with a particular focus on advising health industry clients in both the for‑profit and not‑for‑profit sectors. Laurie regularly advises on complex corporate restructuring, regulatory compliance, including the regulation of healthcare facilities and providers, and corporate governance matters. Her governance w...
Jan’s practice focuses on professional negligence matters with a particular interest in medical malpractice and birth injury litigation. Jan is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA). She is involved in their Interventions Committee, Litigator Editorial Board and the Practice Direction Committee. She is an active writer and contributor to the Litigator Magazine, OTLA Blog and Medical Malpractice Newsletter. She has acted as the chair o...
Renée Pelletier is a Partner at OKT. Her practice focuses on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights litigation and negotiation. Renée has extensive experience litigating Aboriginal title claims: having served as lead counsel both in Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s Aboriginal title claim to their water territory and currently in the Wolastoqey Nation’s Aboriginal title claim to their territory in New Brunswick. She has also developed significant experience in claims and legal matters ...
Ingrid VanderElst is co-chair of the Ontario region’s Life Sciences group. Regularly assisting clients in the health products and related service industries, Ingrid advises on regulatory and intellectual property issues. Clients include pharmaceutical, natural health product, medical device, cosmetic and food manufacturers, as well as pharmacy and laboratory services providers and agri-business operators. On the regulatory side, Ingrid has assisted clients with product licensing, establ...
