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Dale McGregor is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation. Dale, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dale is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Frank Mathieu is a partner and Head of the Montréal office's Tax Group. His practice focuses on all areas of Canadian income tax law, including complex tax aspects of public and private mergers & acquisitions, strategic investments and joint ventures, and corporate reorganizations and restructurings in a domestic and cross-border context. With over 15 years of extensive expertise, Frank is often sought after by foreign clients and counsel, including private equity funds, for his kn...

Jaime is a partner at Roper Greyell, practicing in all areas of employment and labour law with a focus on administrative and public law, human rights, civil litigation, and privacy law. A strong advocate for his clients, Jaime has appeared before judges, arbitrators and adjudicators at all levels of court, both in British Columbia and federally. Jaime thoroughly enjoys the humanistic aspect of workplace law, stemming from a lifelong interest in psychology, philosophy and human behaviour. Clie...

Kevin Kyte is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses primarily on domestic and international cross-border private and public mergers & acquisitions, securities, governmental requests for proposals and contracts, foreign investment and regulatory issues in business and financing transactions, including joint ventures, outsourcing, private placements, privatizations, reorganizations, corporate governance and corporate support on insolvencies. Kevin has over 30 years of exten...

Katie Mak is a restructuring and insolvency lawyer. Her practice focuses on commercial insolvency and bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, financial services matters and related litigation matters. Katie assists clients on broad range of matters including proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act , receiverships and foreclosure proceedings. She regularly acts for debtors, creditors, court-appointed, financial institutions and other affe...

Martin Raymond addresses tax and estate matters with speed and straightforwardness. Martin is a member of the board of directors and the head of the Tax Law team. Specialized in tax planning, he advises families, professionals and new immigrants on transferring and managing their assets, both in Canada and abroad. He helps individuals and businesses set up asset holding structures and frequently advises SMEs, public corporations and start-ups on business organization and reorganization. Over ...

Steve Leitl's practice covers a broad range of commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis on securities, M&A, directors'/officers' liability, class actions and internal investigations. Mr. Leitl has conducted proceedings in the courts of Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba and Canada (Federal Court) and appeals in the Ontario Court of Appeal and Alberta Court of Appeal. He has conducted various regulatory proceedings before the Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba securities commissions and the Albe...

David Petras is a partner in the firm's Waterloo Region office. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity financing; licensing, distribution and strategic alliance arrangements; and electronic commerce and Internet issues. David’s clients include software developers, Internet-related companies, advanced manufacturers, computer products distributors, financial institutions, auto parts manufacturers, medical products companies and alternat...

Marshall Pawar is a founding partner of MEP Business Counsel. He regularly advises clients on their day to day corporate and commercial matters as well extraordinary corporate transactions such as mergers & acquisitions and other complex strategic business transactions. His clients range from start-ups and growth-stage companies to mature multinational enterprises, including private and public corporations, not-for-profit organizations, private equity funds, investment banks and entrepren...

Ted Kovacs is an experienced labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Waterloo office. He regularly advises employers in all matters of employment and labour law, both in unionized and non-unionized workplaces. Ted provides strategic advice including assisting employers in the start-up of new operations and restructuring of current operations. His practice includes Ontario Labour Relations Board matters (with a particular emphasis on union organizing issues), collective agreement ...