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Leonard Rodness is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Torkin Manes LLP in Toronto, Ontario. His Real Estate Law practice encompasses a wide range of commercial real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, development projects , secured lending transactions , leasing arrangements, and cost-sharing matters. He advises clients on complex real estate transactions with a practical and business-focused approach. Len works closely with developers, property owners, borr...

David R. Schlesinger is a top lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. David R., who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. David has extensive experience advising clients on taxation matters in: corporate reorganizations, mergers a...

Chris Foulon is a Founding Partner and the Managing Partner of Israel Foulon Wong LLP. He represents both employers and employees in a wide range of employment and labour matters including: wrongful dismissals, injunctions, Employment Standards Hearings, disputes before the Ministry of Labour, workplace safety matters, Occupational Health and Safety charges and matters before the Human Rights Tribunal. Chris also advises employers with respect to union organization drives and responding to ap...

Richard Arezes is a Partner in and the Co-Chair of WeirFoulds' Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including land acquisitions and dispositions, development and financing. Richard has acted for many different clients (including lenders, private and publicly traded corporations and municipalities) on a multitude of complex real estate transactions. Richard also specializes in corporate structuring for his clients including joi...

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 ...

Randall Kahgee is Senior Counsel to Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP and specializes in Indigenous rights law, with an emphasis on community-based processes and government-to-government negotiations. Randall has worked with Indigenous governments across Canada and participated in significant agreements between Indigenous communities and provincial and federal governments on energy matters, including issues relating to the development of nuclear facilities, transmission lines, renewable energy proj...

Matt works throughout Ontario in expropriation law and related claims litigation. He has been involved in all aspects of infrastructure projects, including hydro corridors, regional road widening, transit, major municipal capital works, and most highway projects in the province, such as Highways 7, 11, 26, 400, 401, 404, 407 East, 410, 427 and the QEW. Matt has extensive experience acting for parties before various levels of the courts and administrative tribunals such as the Ontario Municipa...

Wills, Estates and Trusts Group Head Craig Ross specializes in complex and high conflict wills and estates, representing business owners, professionals, high-net-worth individuals, blended families, families with children with disabilities, and individuals and families dealing with discord. In complex estate planning cases, he works closely with clients and other professional advisors to develop customized estate plans that give maximal effect to his clients’ intentions. These could be ...

Practice Profile Larry practices commercial litigation, insurance and product liability (including class proceedings), and has appeared before all levels of the Ontario and Federal courts, as well as the superior courts of Manitoba and Alberta. He is honoured to have been selected again by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers 2016 for Insurance, as well as Expert Guides in the areas of Litigation, Product Liability, Insurance and Reinsurance. Larry has acted as lead counsel in over 70 tria...

Alex graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 2006, and obtained his Juris Doctor from Queen’s University in 2010. He was called to the Bar in 2011. Alex’s clients rely on his detail-oriented, creative and practical solutions to their legal problems. With a broad and varied insurance litigation practice, Alex has a breadth of knowledge in a number of practice areas. He defends a wide range of personal injury claims on behalf of insurers and self...