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Jonathan’s litigation practice focuses on securities litigation, regulatory enforcement, and director and officer liability matters. He represents issuers, investment dealers, individual registrants, and other market participants in securities regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. Jonathan frequently advises clients on internal investigations, foreign corruption, and a range of compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory issues. Jonathan is also regularly retained ...

Christine Elliott, former Ontario Minister of Health and Deputy Premier, is Counsel with the Fasken Health Law group in our Toronto office. With over 15 years of experience in public service, she is ideally positioned to assist clients with navigating existing and emerging complexities in the healthcare space. During her tenure as Ontario’s Minister of Health from 2018 to 2022, Christine played an integral part in overseeing the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In thi...

Pascale Cloutier holds the position of Miller Thomson’s General Counsel. She is also a commercial and civil litigator with specialized expertise in competition and consumer law, product liability, and franchising. As the firm’s General Counsel, Pascale acts as its principal legal counsel and advises the Chair, members of the Executive Committee, and other senior management with respect to matters of firm policy, practice and risk management. She also provides advice and counsel to...

Jim is the Managing partner of Thorsteinssons LLP and practices in the firm’s Toronto office. Jim’s practice includes both domestic and international corporate and personal tax planning, private corporations, trusts and estates. Jim also represents clients during audits and appeals with the Canada Revenue Agency. Jim is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Canadian Tax Foundation. He is a member of and Past-Chair of the Taxation Section of the O...

As a member of the firm since 2005 and as a partner since 2012, Laura practices exclusively in the area of employment law and labour relations on behalf of management. She advises and represents employers in a variety of industrial and commercial sectors including automotive, retail and logistics. She is also involved in collective bargaining and labour relations in the broader public sector. She handles wrongful dismissals, human rights, employment standards, grievances, health and safety an...

Ian Mondrow is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office practising in the area of energy regulation and policy as a member of the Energy Sector Group. Ian has been working in energy for more than 30 years, much of that in the private practice of law, but including four years in a senior management and policy role as vice-president, Government & Regulatory Affairs, at a large integrated competitive energy services company where he engaged heavily in matters of market design and energy pol...

Jeff is a Partner practising in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate commercial law. With a proven track record representing issuers, investment dealers, and key stakeholders, Jeff delivers strategic counsel across a broad spectrum of capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions. His expertise spans both public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, ensuring clients receive comprehensive guidance tailored to their unique...

David has a wide-ranging civil litigation practice covering almost all aspects of insurance related litigation, including municipal liability, occupiers’ liability, commercial host, sports & entertainment facilities, education law and events related liability as well as professional negligence and automobile claims litigation. He is often called upon to advise casualty and property insurers along with policy holders and self insured entities on insurance related issues, including im...

John Simpson is known by his clients and peers for his depth of knowledge in trademark and copyright law, for his dedication to client service and for his creative solutions to challenging legal problems. John’s litigation practice focusses on trademark and copyright infringement cases where he has considerable experience acting for both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of industries. He has appeared on behalf of clients in the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Ontar...

In 1991, Dale received a B.A. in Economics from McMaster University, he received his law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1994 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1996. Dale Orlando is one of the founding partners in McLeish Orlando LLP and is a lawyer that practices exclusively in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury litigation. McLeish Orlando LLP was recently recognized by Canadian Lawyer magazine as one of Canada’s top 5 personal injury law firms and Dale h...