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Jay Kellerman is a partner and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Groups, and served as the Managing Partner of the firm’s Toronto office from 2012 to 2018. With more than 30 years of experience, Jay is widely recognized by market sources as a leading practitioner in his field. He is consistently sought out by senior management of companies, boards and investors for not only transactional assistance, but to advise on strategic direction and growth. Jay has earn...

Andrew practices in the areas of constitutional law, appeals, administrative law, labour and employment law, and pension litigation. He clerked for Madam Justice (now Chief Justice) Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989-90. Prior to joining Paliare Roland, he worked at a national law firm, and taught law at Ottawa University and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He has appeared in more than 20 cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, and regularly appears before ...

Malcolm Ruby is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office and former head of the firm's National Class Action Practice Group. Malcolm's practice focuses on class actions, securities litigation, and trans-border disputes. He has defended class proceedings — many of which are national or international in scope — relating to drug and medical device product liability, banking, consumer protection, and pensions. He has acted on behalf of the Ontario Securities Commission and the United...

Domenic Presta is a technology lawyer based in Toronto. He has over 20 years of experience both in-house as well as in private practice advising clients across all industries on a wide array of technology-related matters. Domenic has extensive experience advising on, structuring, negotiating, and drafting commercial transactions involving information technology, intellectual property, privacy, and regulatory aspects. Domenic assists clients in data security, especially concerning complex IT s...

Celeste Poltak focuses extensively on class proceedings litigation and is a partner in our class actions department. She regularly appears before a variety of courts throughout the province including the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has developed a particular expertise in class proceedings, having worked on some of the most notable Canadian cases, including a variety of common issues trials, and is well published in the area.Celeste is often asked to lecture on the to...

Rated by Martindale-Hubbell as AV-Preeminent (highest rating) in litigation, commercial law and regulatory law, named one of Canada’s top 50 trial lawyers by Benchmark Litigation, listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Canada, Andrew has extensive trial and appellate experience before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Andrew is regularly chosen by nationally-recognized corporations, institutions and individuals to assist in complex commercial, regula...

John O'Connor is a partner and Co-Head in the Tax Group in Toronto. John's practice involves all areas of corporate tax, focusing primarily on complex mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, along with advising tax-exempt entities. In addition, John regularly consults on a variety of technical tax matters.

Susan Philpott understands how important pensions and benefits are to the well-being of workers and their families. She has dedicated her career to it. Trade unions across Canada rely on Sue to help them expand workplace pension and benefits coverage, bargain new pensions and benefits arrangements, and navigate through employer insolvencies and restructuring. She also helps pension plan trustees meet their legal obligations to plan members by providing first-rate strategic, governance, and le...

Rob’s practice is focused on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Rob has significant experience on a wide range of public equity and debt offerings, private placements and M&A transactions and regularly assists issuers, investment dealers, and institutional and private investors on equity and debt financing transactions, ranging from start-up investments, venture capital and private equity investments, to larger public of...

Florence Sauve is a partner in the Toronto office of Thorsteinssons LLP. Florence’s practice focuses on all aspects of taxpayer representation. She assists her clients in managing and resolving tax audit and appeal disputes and represents her clients before the courts. Florence has extensive experience in making representations to the federal and provincial tax authorities and successfully negotiating out of court settlements. She is currently working on a number of audits and appeals d...