Christine Laviolette

Brittany Sud’s practice focuses on estates and trusts, including both planning and administrative matters, as well as taxation as it relates to those areas. Brittany has developed and implemented cohesive estate plans for clients, reflecting their financial objectives and both short and long-term goals. She advises high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and professionals on probate planning, income tax deferral and minimization strategies, family business succession planning, disabil...

Koker Christensen is Co-Leader of Fasken’s Financial Services Group and has over 20 years’ experience helping financial services businesses achieve their business objectives. His practice focusses on corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters for insurers, insurance intermediaries, banks, credit unions, payments businesses, and fintechs. Koker’s areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions (M&A), reinsurance transactions, corporate reorganizations, establish...

Tom Koutoulakis practices corporate and securities law, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises public companies and their boards of directors, as well as investment dealers, on various aspects of securities law compliance issues including corporate governance. Tom is a published author and lecturer on issues relating to public company and securities law matters. Tom has experience acting on behalf of issuers and underwriters in a variety of industries, inc...

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...

Kristy Maurina is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Kristy, 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 Kristy is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Executive Summary Paul Stoyan is the Chairman of Gardiner Roberts and practises business law with a special emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. His varied experience makes him a valued corporate counsel to large and medium-size corporations of all types. He has worked extensively with various companies in the technology and financial sectors and has assisted such companies in various cross-border transactions, in going public and in establishing a...

Dan Law practices exclusively in commercial real estate law. He is involved in a broad range of commercial real property acquisitions, dispositions and financings on behalf of REITs, pension funds, private developers and lenders. Dan has established a broad-based real estate practice, focused on the acquisition, disposition and financing of a wide range of commercial, industrial and investment properties, including hotels, long term care facilities, apartment buildings, funeral homes, and reg...

David Palumbo is a partner and Chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. David is a member of the Firm's North American Capital Markets Steering Committee and Global Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee. He serves as Chair of the Board of the You Can Play Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the inclusion of all in sports. David has been named as one of Canada's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. D...

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...

John Saunders is a senior labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He has over three decades of experience advising employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues. John’s practice includes collective agreement negotiations, rights and interest arbitrations, human rights applications and wrongful dismissal litigation. John has particular expertise in municipal law with regard to fire and paramedic issues. He provides ongoing negotiation advice to fi...