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Grant McGlaughlin is co-leader of the Private Equity Group and practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, governance and sensitive and complex transactions. He provides superior service and expert legal advice to public and private issuers, underwriters and private equity funds in a broad range of industries including mining and natural resources, technology and industrial. Grant has an extensive corporate practice providing general legal and strate...

Sean Vanderpol is a corporate partner in the Toronto office and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. He is a member of the Management Committee, and the former Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Toronto office. He is also a member of the firm's Professional & Ethics Committee. His practice is focused on public companies, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions, as well as public corporate finance transactions and p...

Barbara Green is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labour and Employment Law. Barbara, 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 Barbara is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. Barbara Green is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation Group at Robins Appleby ...

Marcia Mills is a partner, co-founder and co-lead of Fasken’s National Security Group, and a member of the firm's Government Relations and Political Law teams. Her practice focuses on procurement and government contracts, national security, national and international trade agreements, and the federal Defence Production Act and Access to Information Act . For almost 30 years, Marcia has worked in both the public and private sectors as external and in-house counsel in defence, aerospace, ...

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...

Sheila is at her core an advocate. She is smart, strategic and sees the justice of a case. A thoughtful listener and intuitive problem solver, Sheila gets to the heart of the matter. She applies her top-notch analytical skills and her good judgment to assess the best path forward for each client. Sheila is equally adept at negotiating creative settlement solutions as she is pursuing strategic litigation at all levels of court. Drawing on her corporate law experience at a top New York City fir...

Greg is a partner of the firm and the chair of our Construction Law Group. He has been certified by The Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Construction Law since May 2001. Greg practises exclusively in the area of construction law, on behalf of general contractors, public and private owners, sureties, subcontractors, suppliers, financial institutions and design professionals. His practice includes all aspects of construction contract and other document drafting and construction cl...

Daphne MacKenzie is a partner in and former Head of the Banking & Finance Group and a former member of the firm’s Partnership Board and Executive Committee. Her practice focuses on banking, project finance, restructurings, insolvency and public debt securities. Daphne acts for financial institutions and borrowers in cross-border banking and project finance transactions, and for creditors, debtors, receivers and monitors in commercial insolvencies and restructurings. She acts for pri...

Aaron Fransen is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, and Projects & Infrastructure Groups. His practice focuses on M&A and the project finance of infrastructure and energy projects in the bond and bank markets. Aaron’s diverse clientele includes banks, securities dealers, technology companies, resource companies, media and telecom companies, government entities and private equity firms. Aaron is recognized as a leading lawyer by national and inter...

Alex Nikolic’s practice is focused on corporate and securities law. He regularly advises issuers, investment dealers, private equity and other investors in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Frequently assisting clients on debt and equity financings, both domestic and cross border, Alex also works on private placements, public offerings, private equity transactions, take-over bids, plans of arrangement, and joint ventures. He also provides advice on reorganizatio...