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Melanie D. McNaught is a partner in the firm. She joined the firm as an associate in 2003. Prior to joining the firm, Melanie clerked at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Melanie practises in all areas of labour and employment law. She has a particular interest in civil litigation, education law, privacy and human rights. She has represented clients before all levels of court, at labour arbitration and numerous administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Huma...

Jonathan Lin is a partner in the Corporate, M&A and Securities Group at Miller Thomson. His practice focuses on corporate, commercial and transactional matters, in particular relating to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and growth capital investments, joint ventures and partnerships, complex shareholder arrangements, securities, corporate finance and other corporate and commercial matters.

Maureen has a large and diverse litigation practice which includes commercial litigation, competition law litigation, property disputes, employment disputes, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. She appears regularly before all levels of court in Ontario as well as in mediations, arbitrations and before a number of tribunals. In addition, Maureen has significant experience in injunction proceedings and has both written and spoken at conferences on Mareva injunctions. Maureen ha...

Douglas Klaassen is a partner in the Real Estate Group of the Toronto office. His practice focuses on commercial real property and leasing, commercial mortgage lending, securitization, structured finance, and private equity funds. Doug acts for commercial property owners, landlords, commercial and residential mortgage lenders, aggregators, servicers, CMBS and ABS issuers, investors, underwriters, and rating agencies based in Canada and the United States.

Lara Fitzgerald-Husek is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation. Lara, who practices law in Barrie, Ontario, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lara is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Neil is the Chair of Torkin Manes' Litigation Department and a member of the Torkin Manes Advisory Committee. He also chairs the firm's Health Professionals Group. Neil acts for both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of legal disputes including contracts, torts, employment law and personal injury.He is particularly experienced in providing counsel to and litigating on behalf of not-for-profit and charitable corporations.Neil has a large number of reported decisions to his credit; however...

Valarie Matthews is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Valarie, 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 Valarie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Martin Denyes serves as Fasken’s Chair, with responsibility for engagement with clients and in markets in Canada, the United States and internationally. Prior to being named Firm Chair, Martin served as Managing Partner in Ontario and as Firm Managing Partner over the course of 15 years. In practice, his focus has been on supporting employers and executives in solving their day-to-day issues in the workplace and the mission critical issues that drive their workplace strategies. Througho...

Christopher Steeves is the Leader of the firm’s Tax group. Frequently advising Canadian businesses in corporate restructurings and acquisitions, Christopher also assists with income tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border financings, and financial instruments including derivatives, securities lending and collective investment funds. With expertise in transfer pricing and the resolution of disputes with Canadian tax authorities, Christopher has worked with clients and advisors o...

Jonathan Lancaster’s litigation practice is focused on corporate commercial litigation, commercial real estate litigation, lease arbitrations, banking law, product liability litigation, professional negligence and estate litigation. Jonathan has a broad commercial real estate and estate litigation practice. Acting successfully as counsel in Ontario cases, Jonathan has advised on a broad array of real estate litigation issues, including mortgagee and tenant rights/priorities, rights of f...