Christie J.C. Bates

Paul Guaragna specializes in the litigation of construction disputes, including construction liens, trust claims, delay claims, and surety bond claims. Paul also has experience in reviewing and negotiating terms of construction agreements. Paul has acted for public and private sector entities, advising clients on construction disputes, including the navigating of complex construction agreements.

Jenny P. Mboutsiadis is a seasoned tax litigator with over two decades of trial experience as lead counsel. She has extensive successful experience arguing tax cases in the Tax Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal. Jenny provides clients with exceptional knowledge on resolving tax disputes with Canadian tax authorities, from the start of a tax audit to trial. Her practice focuses on corporate tax matters, including transfer...

Linda Fuerst is one of Canada’s leading securities and commercial litigators. Her litigation practice covers a broad range of commercial and professional liability matters, with a particular focus on securities litigation, class proceedings and regulatory issues. She has litigated civil, criminal and regulatory matters and has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and r...

Rosalind Cooper is one of the leading and most widely-recognized environmental lawyers in Canada. She defends environmental charges, and litigates contaminated land and other environmental disputes before all levels of court. Rosalind is also involved in appeals and environmental assessment proceedings before the Environmental Review Tribunal and provides regulatory advice in all areas of environmental law. She is also a recognized environmental mediator and certified by the Law Society as an...

Allan is a partner in our Business Law and Corporate Finance Groups. He has built his practice by advising clients on corporate finance and corporate/commercial legal issues. He is a recognized team player who likes to think outside the box to solve specific client challenges. Clients select Allan for his creativity, responsiveness and cost-effective counsel. Allan provides counsel on transactions as well as day-to-day activities for a wide range of clients, including manufacturers, distribut...

Aaron Murray is one of the founding partners of Leone Murray LLP. He handles a wide variety of personal injury and civil litigation cases. Aaron has trial experience in jury and non-jury settings. He has successfully argued numerous Divisional and Superior Court matters. This has included the conduct of long and document intensive jury trials, resulting in successful results for his clients. Aaron handles a full variety of personal injury and civil litigation claims for his clients and he con...

Martin Denyes serves as Fasken’s Chair, with responsibility for engagement with clients and in markets in Canada, the United States and internationally. Prior to being named Firm Chair, Martin served as Managing Partner in Ontario and as Firm Managing Partner over the course of 15 years. In practice, his focus has been on supporting employers and executives in solving their day-to-day issues in the workplace and the mission critical issues that drive their workplace strategies. Througho...

Zev practices in the area of real estate and corporate commercial law and is also a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee. Zev acts for owners, developers, lenders, landlords, property and asset managers and tenants of all types of multi-residential, office, retirement home and retail properties in regards to negotiating acquisitions and sales, sophisticated commercial leases and related agreements as well as the structuring of such transactions. He also acts on behalf of Tier 1 l...

Lindsay Scott is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law. Lindsay, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lindsay is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Janani is a passionate and dedicated advocate. Her track record speaks for itself. She has argued almost 40 appeals at the Ontario Court of Appeal. She has argued at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She was co-counsel in R. v. Nur, the first case in over 30 years where the Supreme Court found a mandatory minimum sentence unconstitutional and in R. v. Williams, the Supreme Court's most recent case on entrapment. Janani is also a skilled trial lawyer. She was co...