Jennifer L. Somerville

Michael Henley is a knowledgeable and skilled business and real estate lawyer. He advises his clients in many aspects of business law, including private mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, succession planning, and bank financing work. He counsels his clients with respect to corporation transactions, including incorporations, shareholder agreements, and purchase and sale agreements. He also advises clients on commercial real estate transactions. Mike worked as a commercial credi...

Allen Wynperle is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation. Allen, who practices law in Hamilton, Ontario, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Allen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John is a Business Lawyer and Associate Counsel at Ross & McBride LLP. His diverse practice includes financing transactions for Banks and other lenders, share/asset purchase and sale transactions, mergers and acquisitions, shareholders agreements and general corporate and commercial and purchases, sales and financings of residential, multi-residential, commercial and industrial properties.

Bettina Burgess is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labour and Employment Law. Bettina, who practices law in Kitchener, Ontario, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Bettina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Brian Simo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation. Brian, who practices law in Hamilton, Ontario, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David grew up in Toronto believing it was right to stand outside the fence, if that was the principled place to be. His mother, an early feminist, and his father, a progressive with Mennonite roots, encouraged him to use law as an instrument of social change. While at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, David established Canada’s first legal aid clinic housed within a psychiatric hospital. “Law works, but only for those who can get through the door,” he observe...

David Sunday is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Expropriation Law and Municipal Law. David, who practices law in Kitchener, Ontario, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tom Manes represents mid- to large-size corporations and organizations in his accomplished corporate commercial practice. He provides help with a wide range of business matters, including leasing, mergers and acquisitions, and drafting and negotiating a variety of business agreements. He also has expertise in secured transactions, acting both for the lender and the borrower. Tom provides his broad range of clients with timely, practical, results-oriented counsel. He focuses on providing speci...

Anandi Naipaul is a Partner and Personal Injury Lawyer at Ross & McBride LLP. In her practice, Anandi works exclusively on behalf of injured people and their families to ensure they achieve the best possible result after an accident. Her practice is devoted to acting for plaintiffs in a wide spectrum of cases including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, catastrophic impairment, disability insurance, wrongful death, nursing home litigation and medical malpractice. She applies he...

Derek Wilson is the owner and principal lawyer at Derek Wilson Personal Injury Law , a personal injury litigation firm that restricts its practice to helping injured plaintiffs. Derek started his career in 1995 in Hamilton, ON where he first worked on personal injury cases and later expanded his experience and became a partner at a boutique Toronto defense firm that dealt exclusively in insurance defense litigation. By 2009, he made the decision to return to his roots and work solely in plain...