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Alex is a lawyer in the Business Law Group and the Financial Services Group and advises clients on a broad range of corporate, commercial and financing matters, including mergers and acquisitions, secured lending, corporate finance and general corporate/commercial matters. Prior to joining Gardiner Roberts, Alex articled and practiced as an associate at a preeminent national law firm spending time in both the Toronto and New York offices. Representative Work Acted for the vendors in a sale of...
Alexander is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Alexander has experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters, including with respect to professional liability for lawyers, real estate agents, title insurance, contractual disputes, and shareholder disputes. Alexander has successfully represented clients at various levels of court in Ontario. Representative Work CMT et al. v. Government of PEI et al., 2019 PESC 40 Estate of Robe...
Arlene has developed a broad range of expertise in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with a strong focus on merger and acquisition transactions, corporate governance and corporate finance. Arlene works extensively with technology based companies and assets including software, media and green technology. While Arlene maintains a mix of practice areas in commercial law, she has focused her practice on mergers and acquisitions and technology law. Arlene has also been a key advisor to va...
With extensive experience in not-for-profit and charitable organizations and corporate and commercial law Cliff provides his clients with the benefit of his broad range of legal knowledge. He counsels Boards of Directors on procedural matters, contracts, employment matters, business activities, grant applications, taxation and regulatory compliance and works with charitable donors and their advisors. He advises on governance and continuance issues under federal and provincial non-share capita...
Executive Summary Gavin Tighe is a senior partner with Gardiner Roberts LLP and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Tighe is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation and has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of Canadian Courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has significant experience successfully representing clients before securities industry tribunals in both Canada and the United States. Mr. Tighe also acts as counse...
Executive Summary Jim is a member of the Non-Profit and Charities and the Tax and Estate Planning Groups. He has extensive experience advising clients in areas of personal tax, corporate tax, estate planning, wills and trusts, estate administration, charities and not-for-profit organizations, including planning for charitable donations. He assists clients in resolving complex disputes with tax authorities at both federal and provincial levels. On behalf of the CBA, Jim has prepared numerous s...
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Ava Williams started with Thomson Rogers in 2018 as an articling student and joined the firm as an associate in 2019. Prior to joining Thomson Rogers, Ava spent some time working at a boutique insurance defence firm. Currently, her practice focuses on plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation, civil litigation of sexual assault and police accountability, and plaintiff-side class actions. She has experience with trial advocacy as well as assisting with an intervention at the Supreme Court o...
Mahsa Dabirian joined Bogoroch & Associates LLP in October 2012 as an Associate and was admitted to the Partnership in January 2018. Mahsa completed a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Masters in Sociology from McMaster University. She went on to complete her Juris Doctor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she was awarded the Harley D. Hallett Scholarship. In law school, Mahsa worked as a Division Leader at the Community & Legal Aid Services Programme. Prior to joining Bogoroch & A...
Aubin Calvert’s practice is focused on administrative and constitutional law. She received her a JD from the Peter A. Allard School of Law in 2016, where she now teaches conflict of laws as an adjunct professor. Aubin served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada before starting as an associate at Hunter Litigation Chambers in 2018. She is the regional session coordinator for the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute and a frequent contributor to contin...
Caitlin W. Ehman has a general civil litigation practice. She has appeared in Small Claims Court, the British Columbia Supreme Court, and the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and has acted as counsel in a broad variety of matters relating to labour and employment, contractual disputes, and personal injury. Caitlin received her JD from the University of Victoria in 2017. During law school, she participated in the Law Centre clinical program, competed in the Wilson Moot, and worked at the Mini...
Julia Roos maintains a general civil litigation practice with a focus on commercial and administrative law. She has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia. Julia received her JD in 2015 from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. During law school, she participated in competitive moots and was managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. Julia summered and articled at the firm before clerking for the Honourable Justice Robert Barnes at the...
Nicole C. Gilewicz is developing a diverse practice in criminal, civil and administrative litigation with a focus on forestry. Nicole was born and raised in Saskatchewan and obtained her juris doctor from the University of British Columbia. During law school, Nicole worked extensively with the UBC Innocence Project and interned with the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Before joining Hunter Litigation Chambers, Nicole articled at an international law firm in Vancouver and clerked at the ...
Genna Wood is an associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Her broad practice focuses on commercial litigation, including corporate/commercial disputes, product liability, class actions defence, securities litigation and oppression cases. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario as well as the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She also acts as counsel in private arbitrations.
Warren WhiteKnight is a partner at Bergeron Clifford LLP. He is based in the firm’s Kingston office but travels throughout Eastern Ontario each week as clients’ needs require. Warren grew up in Vermont but settled in Canada after marrying his lovely wife Dr. Holly WhiteKnight, who has a naturopathic practice. Warren understands that when you get injured the impact runs more than skin deep – the entire family is affected, and people lose their ability to work and play in the ...
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Mr. Fernandes practices transportation law (aviation, marine, trucking, rail, freight forwarding, logistics and warehousing). He also conducts mediations and arbitrations, holding certificates from the University of Windsor for its ADR Workshop and for its Advanced ADR Workshop and from Pepperdine University. Mr. Fernandes has appeared before the courts of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada....
As the Managing Partner and leader of the Insolvency and Restructuring practice at Duncan Craig LLP, Darren is a highly sought-after counsel for debtors, lenders, creditors, insolvency professionals, and other stakeholders involved in some of Alberta's most significant and intricate insolvencies. In addition to his insolvency and restructuring work, Darren is also experienced in handling complex corporate and commercial litigation cases, such as shareholder disputes, creditor remedy actions, ...
Randy J. Kaardal, K.C. is a senior litigator handling a wide range of commercial litigation for clients in the financial, mining, forestry, and manufacturing sectors. He has conducted hearings before all levels of Court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He also regularly appears before various administrative tribunals including the B.C. Securities Commission, the Federal and Provincial Human Rights...
David Christian is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia Law School and a partner of Thorsteinssons, Tax Lawyers. David’s practice covers all taxation matters, with a particular focus on corporate reorganizations and taxation of owner-managed businesses. David was for eight years an adjunct professor of corporate tax law at Allard Hall, the law school at the University of British Columbia. He was for many years a contributor to the tax materials fo...
Rick assists high net worth individuals with estate planning and individuals and corporations with their domestic and international tax planning. A significant portion of Rick’s clients are mining and exploration companies. Rick also represents clients who have disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency. In his civil litigation practice Rick advises and represents clients with respect to Canada Revenue Agency audits and appeals and has appeared in tax related cases before many courts, incl...
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Mr. Halt graduated as the gold medal recipient from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986 and in 1988-89 he had the honour of serving as a law clerk to Madam Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. Following his clerkship, Mr. Halt relocated to Calgary and has since practised civil litigation, including insurance with an emphasis on professional liability, corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, franchise litigation, insolvency, construc...
