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Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed is Founder of Visa Law Group and is Certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the Law Society of Ontario. She assists clients on all immigration and citizenship matters. With a practice that merges business and immigration law, she advises clients in a wide range of immigration issues and provides strategic advice for short-term visa planning and long-term immigration purposes. Zeynab advises multinational corporations, small and medium sized businesses and individu...

Robert Martini is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates . Robert, who practices law in Markham, Ontario, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Lawrence Wilder's practice focuses on representing public and private entrepreneurs and advising them in successfully growing their businesses. He handles all aspects of the development curve, from initial equity funding to IPOs and other liquidity events. His recognized private equity practice encompasses national and international PE firms as well as their investees. Lawrie also advises clients on shareholder activism matters, representing both public companies and activist shareholders. La...

Kirk is a partner at Koskie Minsky LLP and is the founder of the firm’s class action group. He has been repeatedly recognized by Lexpert, Chambers Canada, Benchmark Canada and other organizations as a leading Canadian counsel in the field of class action litigation. Mr. Baert has appeared in courts across the country, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, Quebec Court of Appeal, Newfoundland Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada, on matters dealing with all aspects of class ...

Amanda Lawrence-Patel is a labour, human rights and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. She advises and works closely with a large number of employers and service providers in the private and public sectors—including universities, school boards and hospitals—on a wide range of matters involving employment, accommodation, labour relations, collective bargaining, access to services and access to education issues. Amanda is the chair of the firm’s Universi...

John Sabetti practices primarily in the areas of securities, mergers, acquisitions and corporate commercial law. With significant experience in corporate finance and M&A transactions, John regularly assists clients with structuring and leading initial public offerings, private placements, acquisition financing, take-over bids, business combinations, debt offerings and redomiciling transactions. In his corporate commercial practice, John has acted for public companies and some of Canada&rs...

Kim Pepper, a lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office, advises and represents clients on a wide variety of labour and employment issues. Kim works with employers in the public and private sectors as well as employers in the not-for-profit sector to assist them in effectively managing all aspects of their human resources. Kim regularly advises clients on matters including the negotiation and drafting of employment agreements and executive contracts, attendance and performance management,...

Jeff Cowan is recognized as one of Canada's leading public law litigators. He acts as counsel before administrative tribunals and the trial and appellate courts in many aspects of public law, including professional self-regulation and discipline, judicial review of government decision-making, freedom of information and privacy matters, municipal and provincial planning and environmental approvals, municipal assessment and taxation, health, education, alcohol and gaming, legislative drafting a...

Nadine Zacks is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. She provides advice and representation to employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues including grievance arbitrations, wrongful dismissals, employment standards, employment contracts, human rights and accommodation, disability management, and occupational health and safety. Nadine regularly appears before tribunals, arbitrators, mediators and courts to advocate for her clients. When not litig...

Tim articled with Blaney McMurtry in 1991 and has been with the firm ever since. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1993 and became a Partner in 1999. Tim has acted for Insurers for most of his career. The current focus of his practice is on defending professional negligence claims, including the defence of errors & omissions claims against engineers, accountants, mortgage brokers, medical professionals and others. Additionally, he has represented directors and officers on insured D&a...