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Nicole Sigouin practises in all areas of banking and finance. She has extensive experience acting for financial institutions and borrowers in connection with domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions, asset-based lending, project finance, acquisition financings and complex financial restructurings (including the ground-breaking $32 billion restructuring of third-party asset-backed commercial paper in Canada). She is a member of our special situations team, applying her experience ...

Peter is qualified as a CPA CA and a lawyer and has been practising as a tax lawyer/accountant for over 20 years. Prior to pursuing his law degree, Peter worked as a senior tax auditor at the CRA where he audited companies with up to $1 billion in revenue. His experience provides special insight and diverse skills for helping clients in tax planning and representation matters. Peter has assisted clients with a broad range of tax planning engagements involving domestic and international struct...

Seth Zuk is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto, Ontario. His Real Estate Law practice focuses on the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, co-ownership and development of commercial, industrial and multi-family real estate properties. Seth advises developers, builders, landlords, asset managers and investors on a broad range of real estate transactions and development matters across Ontario. Acting as counsel on condominium, subdivision and pu...

Jennifer Wilson is a partner in the Family Law Group at Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto, Ontario. She advises clients on a broad range of family law matters, including divorce, parenting arrangements, child support, spousal support, and property division. Jennifer is known for her practical and thoughtful approach to resolving family law disputes. She works closely with clients to help them navigate challenging personal and financial issues through negotiation, mediation, and court proceedings wh...

Clare Burns is a senior trusts and estates litigator. She served as the Children's Lawyer for the Province of Ontario from 2003 to 2008 pursuant to an Order-in-Council appointment. As the Children's Lawyer, Clare's office was responsible to investigate, advocate, protect and represent persons under the age of 18 in proceedings before the courts and tribunals of Ontario. In this role, she supervised more than 11,000 cases including variations of trust, will challenges, passings of accounts, gu...

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...

Jennifer Teskey is Canadian managing partner, chair of our Canadian Management Committee and a member of our Global Executive Committee. She practises in corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class actions, securities, accounting, regulatory and energy-related matters. Clients represented by Ms. Teskey include professional regulators, pharmaceutical, financial services, manufacturing, transportation, technology and energy companies. She has appeared before all levels of Ont...

Gerald Chan is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative and Public Law, Appellate Practice, Criminal Defence and Privacy and Data Security Law. Gerald practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Gerald Chan since 2017. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Gerald Chan is held by other lawyers.

Ian attended the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1992. While at law school he worked at one of the legal clinics associated with the school, eventually holding the position of co-director. As well, while at law school Ian was employed on contract for the Legal Department of the Ontario Information and Privacy Commission. Ian is a partner with Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP. He commenced his articles with the firm in 1992 and returned to t...

John is the former head of the firm's litigation practice. With degrees in both engineering and law, he practises in the areas of environmental law, litigation, and administrative law, and has appeared as counsel on matters in all levels of the courts in Ontario, and before several administrative tribunals, including the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Board of Directors of the College of Chiropractors of Ontario, the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, the Law Society of Upper Canada...