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Jesse Gardner is a Partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He was recently featured in On-Site Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 List as one of the brightest minds in the construction industry in Canada. For his outstanding reputation in construction law, he has also been ranked by Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation. Who’s Who Legal has recognized him as “one of the...

F. Philip Carpenter is a partner in the Construction Practice Group at WeirFoulds. He has extensive experience working on complex construction litigation files for all levels of the industry, having worked previously at a boutique firm in Toronto with a focus on construction law. He has represented contractors, subcontractors, owners, and design professionals in a variety of construction disputes. Additionally, Philip has experience acting for municipalities and municipal insurers in relation...

Kelly Niebergall is counsel in the Knowledge Management Group, practising corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on financing and insolvency. She has acted for domestic and foreign financial institutions, as well as venture capital funds and corporate borrowers, in connection with a wide range of types of financing including cross-border finance, acquisition finance, asset based lending, project finance and equipment finance. She has also acted for receivers and debtors in commercial i...

Jean Lee focuses on prosecuting intellectual property applications and managing IP portfolios, primarily in the field of life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and chemical arts. Her patent practice includes originating drafting, legal opinions, and patent office proceedings for a broad range of clients, including large multinational corporations, start-up companies, academic institutions, and medical and healthcare professionals. She has also obtained patent rights o...

Caroline Youdan has a broad civil litigation and arbitration practice. With a focus on class actions, product liability, and international arbitrations, Caroline advocates for clients in a variety of industries including automotive, life sciences, mining, retail and manufacturing, construction, and banking and finance. Before joining the firm, Caroline worked as an associate editor for Toronto Life magazine. She also practiced as an Associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wh...

David Amato focuses on corporate finance and is co-chair of our asset-based lending team. As counsel to various foreign and domestic financial institutions, insurance companies, private equity funds and other credit providers, he has significant experience in sophisticated debt financing transactions and has led numerous multijurisdictional, international and domestic debt financing mandates (including cash-flow, asset based, acquisition, leveraged buyout, debtor-in possession, mine and proje...

Helder Travassos is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. Helder, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Helder is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jackie VanDerMeulen practices all aspects of labour, employment and human rights law. She is a skilled advocate who regularly represents employers in labour arbitrations, interest arbitrations, federal and provincial labour board matters, human rights proceedings (including pay equity), employment litigation and applications for judicial review. She also supports employers with collective bargaining and day-to-day employment advice. Jackie has gained valuable experience in pay equity, employm...

Chris Blom is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a practice that concentrates on insurance work in connection with both tort and accident benefit cases, including out-of-province and cross-border cases. Chris acts on behalf of claimants and insurers with respect to claims across Canada regarding all aspects of general insurance liability, including historical sexual abuse claims, class actions, motor vehicle accidents, fire loss, construction negligence, CGL claims, occupier&rsqu...

John Georgakopoulos B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., 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. John resolves complex environmental legal issues for clients, uniquely drawing on his technical knowledge as a former senior environmental scientist with Ontario’s environmental regulator. John has particular expertise advising property developers, REITs, industrial manufacturers, and municipalitie...