Richard J. Nixon

Lainie Michelle is an immigration lawyer with Guberman Appleby Immigration Lawyers in Toronto, Ontario. She practices exclusively in Immigration Law and advises clients on a wide range of matters involving Canadian immigration law and U.S. consular and port of entry matters . Her clients include executives, individuals, entertainers, athletes, multinational organizations, educational institutions, entrepreneurs, and privately and family-owned businesses. Lainie Michelle assists clients with t...

Brian is a management-side labour, employment and human rights lawyer in Fasken’s Toronto office. Brian advises Canadian businesses (operating both inside and outside of Canada) on how best to identify, prevent and monitor the human rights impact of their operations and activities, including supply chains, as well as guiding them on corporate reporting obligations under Canada’s new Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act . Over the last few years, Bri...

Biography David Gadsden represents global clients in complex commercial disputes. He is the Chair of Baker McKenzie's Canadian Class Actions Group and is known for his sound advice on commercial class actions, competition and antitrust matters, arbitration, fraud cases and product liability matters. Clients value David's pragmatic and determined approach to disputes and have described him as "absolutely terrific at bringing across the finish line the most complex and multidimensional issues"....

Zain routinely acts in complex, high-profile cases with extensive experience in corporate/commercial disputes, shareholder and employment litigation, regulatory prosecutions, negligence and environmental claims, and aboriginal law. He has developed expertise in highly regulated industries, including telecommunications, infrastructure, health care, financial services, food processing, and transportation. He also maintains a robust public law practice, helping municipalities, indigenous groups,...

Kobi Bessin is a partner in the Corporate/Commercial Group at Torkin Manes LLP and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he maintains a Corporate Law practice focused on corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity transactions and cross-border deals. Kobi advises a broad range of clients across multiple industries, including entrepreneurs, owner-managers, developers, manufacturers, distributors...

Grant is a leading practitioner in the areas of insolvency, restructuring and banking law, with a particular emphasis on the exercise of creditors’ rights. He frequently acts for chartered banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions and as independent counsel to court officers, such as receivers, bankruptcy trustees and monitors in CCAA proceedings. Representative Mandates Acting as counsel to counsel to PwC as Court-appointed receiver and manager of Bridging Finance Inc...

John is a partner at Sotos LLP. He is dean of the franchising, licensing and distributing bar – a recognition that caps a 40-year career acting for franchisors regionally, nationally and globally. Today, he continues to provide counsel to franchisors in all aspects of their businesses, including in franchise system or distribution chain design and implementation, system restructuring, international and domestic transactions, and franchise disclosure. He offers strategic support to franc...

Andrew has a varied practice that includes particular experience in media and defamation law, aviation law and administrative law. He has appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court, and Court of Appeal; the Supreme Court of Canada; the Federal Court; and administrative tribunals including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the Canadian Transportation Agency. Andrew has also acted in proceedings before several other courts, tribunals and inq...

Matthew Tevlin is a partner at Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto, Ontario, and Chair of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity & Venture Capital Groups. His practice focuses on Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law, with additional experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, cross-border matters, and corporate finance . Matt advises private equity firms, venture capital funds, merchant banks, founders, and established businesses across a range of industries, includ...

Kate McGrann provides her clients with pragmatic and strategic representation on matters including complex corporate/commercial, securities, and administrative and public law issues. She has represented clients at all levels of the Court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and before regulatory tribunals including the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) (formerly, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and ...