Karrin Powys-Lybbe

Ian Mathany was a partner at one of the largest law firms in Canada prior to starting Mathany & Higgs Law with Christel Higgs in 2018. Ian’s practice is focused on real property litigation with an emphasis on expropriation law. Ian appears frequently at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and at the Board of Negotiation in expropriation cases and has significant experience assisting public sector clients, including transit authorities, local and upper tier municipalities, and private...

Brian Graves advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, commercial and securities law matters. With a particular focus on cross-border transactions, Brian works mainly in the mining and natural resource industries and, in particular, is considered an authority on metal streaming transactions. Brian regularly acts as lead counsel on M&A deals for Canadian and foreign clients, advising on hostile and friendly take-over bids, reverse take-overs, plans of arrangement, ass...

Sarah specializes in investment funds, investment management, alternative asset management, securities regulation and compliance. She advises clients on the structuring, operation and distribution of onshore and offshore investment funds, real estate funds and private equity funds. Sarah offers counsel on compliance and securities regulatory issues for all types of securities registrants. Sarah works with domestic and foreign fund managers to prepare applications and filings under provincial ...

Lisa Goodfellow is a trusted adviser to employers on a wide range of employment and labour relations matters, including executive compensations and contracts, wrongful dismissal actions, human rights, workplace investigations, employment standards, certification applications, collective bargaining, unfair labour practice complaints, grievance arbitrations, injunctions, and protection of proprietary information. Lisa guides her clients through complex and ever-changing labour and employment la...

Warren Kleiner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Warren, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Warren is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ross Gascho practices exclusively in the area of pensions and employee benefits. He advises clients on all aspects of the implementation, administration, funding, communication, investment, governance and wind-up of pension, group benefit and profit-sharing plans. Working with administrators, financial institutions, plan sponsors and trustees, Ross advises on issues in federally and provincially regulated defined benefit and defined contribution plans across the private and public sectors, fo...

Mary Kelly practises business law, and has considerable experience relating to company, banking and regulatory requirements as applied to private mergers and acquisitions, secured lending, corporate reorganizations and business joint ventures. Her diverse experience in private mergers and acquisitions includes advising financial institutions on divestiture options for non-core businesses and implementing successful international auction sales on behalf of multinational clients, including thos...

Mark practises all areas of labour and employment law, representing both public and private sector employers before labour boards, arbitration boards, the courts and numerous employment-related administrative tribunals. Mark’s practice also involves providing proactive and strategic advice to employers in labour and employment matters. Mark has acted as lead counsel in many significant collective agreement arbitrations, wrongful dismissal matters and proceedings before both the Ontario ...

Andy is a senior member of the firm’s finance practice. His practice is focused on asset-based financing transactions . He has extensive experience acting for funders and sellers in connection with private securitization transactions. He is also actively involved in the structuring, documentation and negotiation of financing transactions for lessors and lenders in the field of asset/equipment finance and leasing. He began his career in this industry by working with a major Canadian char...

Leading Gowling WLG's Structured Finance and Securitization Group, Toronto-based partner Jason Kroft brings over 25 years of experience in corporate law to provide practical, timely and effective counsel to both domestic and international clients. Focusing his practice on structured and specialized finance, Jason helps a diverse client base—including banks, investment and pension funds, governments, data centre operators and high-net-worth individuals—navigate an array of unique a...