Bryson A. Stokes

Samaneh (Sam) Hosseini is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on complex contract disputes, class actions, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and product liability. Sam has extensive experience representing clients in a range of domestic and multi-jurisdictional class actions, including areas such as product liability, securities law, franchise law and consumer protection. She reg...

Jonathan Maier maintains an active labour and employment law practice in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He advises employers on a wide range of matters including collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, wrongful dismissal litigation and matters before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Jonathan advocates for employers who are forced to litigate against trade unions in certification, related employer or unfair labour practice proceedings. He advises on the negotiation and arbitra...

Lynne Golding is Co-Leader of the firm’s Health Law Group. She has an active corporate/commercial practice based principally in the health industry. Dealing with both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, Lynne advises clients on transactions in regulated and unregulated industries. A highly regarded name in the health regulatory space, Lynne’s practice is principally comprised of clients in the health sector for whom she provides governance advice and structuring and transactio...

Lorraine Land practises Aboriginal and environmental law as a partner at OKT. She advises Aboriginal clients across Canada and particularly in the North. Lorraine provides negotiation advice and appears before Courts and tribunals on Aboriginal rights, land claims implementation, self government negotiation and implementation, consultation, impacts and benefits agreements, energy, and environmental matters. Lorraine has a Master's of Environmental Studies (with a concentration on northern Abo...

Dev Singh is Co-Leader of Fasken's Banking and Finance group, and a member of the Firm’s ESG Steering Committee and Student Committee. Dev’s practice concentrates on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance transactions and other debt financings in a variety of industries including mining, health care, food & beverage, telecommunications, media and retail. Dev has extensive experience representing banks and other financial institutions in a variety of debt finance transacti...

Mike Devereux is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups and a member of the Associates Committee in the Toronto office. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, private equity transactions, strategic transactions such as joint ventures, partnerships and significant investments, and corporate finance transactions. Mike has advised issuers, boards of directors, spe...

Darin Renton is a partner in the Financial Products & Services and Energy – Oil & Gas Groups. His practice focuses on the formation, structuring and distribution of investment funds, including private equity, mortgage, real estate, hedge and closed-end funds, mutual funds, ETFs and flow-through limited partnerships. Darin has structured funds that invest in bitcoin, cryptocurrency, films and litigation. He has significant experience in private equity transactions, mergers and ac...

Ellen Low is the managing partner and principal lawyer of Ellen Low & Co. She began her career by articling at Gowlings in Ottawa before moving to Toronto. She then practiced as a partner with a boutique employment-law firm for nearly a decade. Ellen founded Ellen Low & Co. in 2018 to continue to provide a select group of individuals and small businesses with strategic advice, critical evaluations, and pragmatic advocacy on all facets of workplace law. Ellen regularly represents clien...

Gordon Jepson is the managing partner of the firm. He practises regulatory and intellectual property law, with a focus on drug, food, nutraceutical (natural health product/dietary supplement), and other regulatory issues, as well as related litigation. Practice Areas Gord’s practice includes advising on regulatory and advertising clearance for drugs, medical devices, foods, cosmetics, dietary supplements and natural health products. He also advises on the legal requirements for advertis...

Dean Kraus is a partner in the Tax Group. His practice encompasses all aspects of income taxation in corporate and commercial transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, private equity investments, financings, REITs, partnerships and joint ventures. Dean’s expertise has been recognized by Chambers Canada , Chambers Global , The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory , The Best Lawyers in Canada , among others.