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Brendan Brammall is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Brendan, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brendan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Karen Vigmond is a Barrie, Ontario lawyer who has deep roots in the community she serves. Born and raised in Barrie, she is proud to practise law close to home as a partner at Oatley Vigmond LLP, a firm recognized for its work in personal injury litigation across Ontario. Karen joined Oatley Vigmond LLP in 2013 as an associate and has continued to build a respected practice serving clients throughout Simcoe County and beyond. Karen earned her Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University and...

Dražen Bulat is a senior member of Miller Thomson’s National Procurement, Construction and Infrastructure Law practice group.The focus of Dražen’s practice is on the development and drafting of “front-end” procurement and contract documents, including all forms of RFx documents including tenders, RFPs, RFQs, etc. Dražen’s expertise also includes the drafting and negotiation of different forms of contracts, including industry standard contracts published by CCDC, ...

Marc McAree, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.E.S., is a partner at Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and certified as a Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Ontario.Marc provides advice and solutions to a wide range of clients to overcome their environmental law and litigation issues. Marc has significant environmental law expertise in contaminated land/brownfields clean ups, transactions and litigation, and environmental compliance and approvals. Marc also helps clients re...

One of Canada’s most highly regarded lending lawyers, John Torrey has a practice focused exclusively on lending transactions. With experience in all areas of lending, John has particular expertise in project and acquisition financings and in all aspects of mine finance. John acts on behalf of both borrowers and lenders and has extensive experience with a broad range of financings in a broad range of industries. The mine finance practice of John and his colleagues is amongst the most act...

Daniel Daniele practises in all areas of intellectual property law, including copyright, trademarks and patents. Mr. Daniele is also a member of the Supreme Court of Canada and appellate advocacy practice team and the recall and crisis management practice team. Mr. Daniele has particular experience in pharmaceutical patent litigation. He has acted for innovative pharmaceutical companies in proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, patent infringement actions...

Caroline Abela specializes in complex business and estate litigation matters. Focusing on commercial and corporate litigation and estates and trusts litigation, Caroline represents clients ranging from large corporations and institutions to small business owners and professionals. Caroline has appeared as counsel before all levels of courts in Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada. Caroline has been named in the Who’s Who Legal for Asset Recovery and in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Dire...

Russell Dufault practises in all areas of transactional banking and corporate finance matters, with an emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional structured financings. Russell's experience includes acting for domestic and international commercial banks, non-bank financial institutions, alternative and private credit providers, private equity funds and sponsors, as well as corporate borrowers and issuers, in connection with senior and subordinated debt, asset-based and cash flow facili...

Gesta Abols’ practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions (including private equity), strategic investments, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Gesta provides expert legal advice, superior service and structure to bring clarity to complex challenges. Gesta is the Co-Leader of the firm’s US Practice and on the executive of the firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Committee. Gesta is consistently recognized as a leader in the ...

Alexander Lalka has a corporate, commercial and securities law practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Alexander often provides strategic advice to private companies in various industries, located in Canada and abroad, when they are proceeding with a going-public transaction to list on any Canadian stock exchange including initial public offerings, reverse take-overs and direct listings. He routinely advises public companies on corporate governance, continuous and...