Paige Backman

Leanne is a member of Thornton Grout Finnigan’s restructuring and insolvency practice group and is a recognized leader in insolvency law. Leanne’s practice includes a variety of mandates, including workouts, refinancing, receiverships, bankruptcies and the enforcement of creditors’ rights. Leanne regularly represents banks and financial institutions across a broad spectrum of industries, and she also represents court officers in BIA and CCAA proceedings. As an experienced in...

Christopher Ferguson’s practice is focused on technology, privacy, and cybersecurity matters. Chris regularly advises on mission critical technology issues and technology transactions, including negotiating and drafting technology services, cloud, data and AI, and outsourcing agreements. Chris advises on privacy compliance and risk management, the privacy and cybersecurity implications of novel products and services, and on the privacy and cybersecurity dimensions of technology and M&am...

Jonathan Dyck is a banking and finance lawyer whose primary focus is on lending transactions. He has extensive experience in all aspects of lending and structured finance transactions, including acting on cross-border or multi-jurisdictional syndicated financings. Over the course of his practice, Jon has developed significant project finance expertise in the film, television and new media industries. He has acted on numerous production financing transactions, including international co-ventur...

Roman Myndiuk is a partner at Beard Winter LLP. He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance defence and commercial matters. Roman has extensive experience dealing with personal injury, property damage, occupier’s liability, tavern liability, product liability, professional liability, breach of contract and ski defence cases. He also regularly defends first-party accident benefits claims and coverage disputes. Over the years, Roman has developed a particular interest in d...

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 ...

Richard P. Stephenson is a top lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law and Energy Law. Richard's diverse litigation practice includes employment and administrative law, commercial litigation, and class actions. Richard has a particular area of expertise in energy law, having acted at the Ontario Energy Board for much of his career. Richard is esteemed by his peers, who often consult with him on their most difficult legal challenges. Richard s...

Sandeep Joshi defends directors, officers, and executives facing liability claims arising from high-profile business decisions and allegations of wrongdoing. His practice draws on experience as external counsel and as senior in-house counsel managing enterprise-wide legal risk. He has represented independent directors defending a $1.4 billion claim related to the collapse of an investment fund company, and an officer and shareholder defending a $900 million claim related to the failure of a c...

Renée Pelletier is a Partner at OKT. Her practice focuses on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights litigation and negotiation. Renée has extensive experience litigating Aboriginal title claims: having served as lead counsel both in Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s Aboriginal title claim to their water territory and currently in the Wolastoqey Nation’s Aboriginal title claim to their territory in New Brunswick. She has also developed significant experience in claims and legal matters ...

Ashley is a partner in the firm, practicing out of the Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto offices. Ashley provides practical, proactive advice and representation to management in a variety of organizations – large and small, unionized and non-unionized, public and private sector. Ashley’s practice includes all facets of labour and employment law. It ranges from human rights, workplace investigations, occupational health and safety, employment contracts, executive compensation, and emp...

Clifford Cole is a partner at the firm's and head of the firm's Advocacy Department in Toronto. He is also a past leader of Gowlings' firm-wide Advocacy Group. Clifford's practice focuses upon complex commercial litigation with particular emphasis on contract disputes, shareholder litigation, professional liability claims and environmental law. His practice also includes cross-border disputes in the areas of environmental, product liability and class action litigation. Given his experience, h...