Tania Wih
Akl, Wihl Lawyers L.L.P.Akl, Wihl Lawyers LLP is a law firm located in the heart of Mount Royal, more specifically in the Mile End district. Akl, Wihl Lawyers offers legal services in commercial and business law, civil law, litigation, and intellectual property. The small structure of the firm allows for personalized contact with all clients, timely and efficient work as well affordable legal services. Indeed, payment can be done at an hourly rate or fixed legal fee depending on clients’ needs and requests.
S. Zalman Haouzi
S. Zalman Haouzi, AvocatThe law offices of S. Zalman Haouzi are situated in the heart old Montreal, conveniently located directly across the Palais de Justice de Montreal. We offer legal services to a wide range of legal problems. Our primary areas of practice are criminal law, penal law, family law, youth protection, and matters before the Rental Board of Quebec (Regie du logement).
Mark Gelowitz
Mark’s areas of expertise are; Class Actions, Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation.
Geoffrey Taber
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6100, P.O.Box 50
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8
416-362-2111
Web Address: http://www.osler.com
gtaber@osler.com
Geoff’s areas of expertise are; Corporate Finance and Securities, Insolvency and Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions and Technology. Geoff’s practice focuses on private and public financings, M&A transactions and strategic commercial matters. He acts for a broad spectrum of life sciences and technology companies, including privately held high-growth companies, new businesses established to commercialise technology acquired from private or public research organizations and large cap public entities (in corporate finance and M&A matters). Geoff has been involved in over 100 venture capital financings and numerous public and private M&A transactions.
In addition, Geoff has extensive experience advising North American clients on transactions in the Asia-Pacific region, including India, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. With this expertise, he co-leads the firm’s Asia-Pacific initiative, with specific responsibility for India. Geoff is recognized in Lexpert, Best Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell.
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Canada-India Business Council
- Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
- New England-Canada Business Council
- Law Society of Upper Canada
Calgary, Montreal, New York, Ottawa and Toronto
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John Black
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6100, P.O.Box 50
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8
416-362-2111
Web Address: www.osler.com
jblack@osler.com
John's areas of expertise are; Corporate Finance and Securities, Investment Funds and Asset Management and Mergers and Acquisitions. John focuses on corporate finance and securities regulatory matters, investment funds, asset management and mergers and acquisitions. He has been involved in numerous acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, particularly in the financial services industry. John has assisted fund managers, pension funds and other institutional investors with various matters relating to exchange-traded funds, hedge funds and private equity funds, including fund formations, significant investments and investment management, trust and custodial agreements. He has acted for issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of matters, including domestic and cross-border initial public offerings and new issues. John has considerable experience advising portfolio managers, dealers and fund managers on the implications of Canada’s new national registration rule for their businesses. John served as counsel to the Canadian Bankers Association in the 2005/2006 review of the Bank Act.
Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Investment Funds Institute of Canada
- Portfolio Management Association of Canada
Calgary, Montreal, New York, Ottawa and Toronto
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Jeremy Fraiberg
Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLPJeremy is Co-Chair of Osler’s Mining Group. His practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.
David Hanick
Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6100, P.O. Box 50
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8416.862.5979
Web Address: David Hanick, Corporate Mining, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Email: dhanick@osler.com
David is Co-Chair of Osler’s Mining Group and practises primarily in public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.David is Co-Chair of Osler’s Mining Group and practises primarily in public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He acts for both public and private international and domestic clients in a wide variety of sectors including mining, energy, cleantech, media, manufacturing and telecommunications. His experience in the corporate finance area includes advising issuers and underwriters on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, both domestically and cross-border, with an emphasis on offerings in the mining and precious metals sector as well as offerings in the income trust sector. He is also advising project developers, landowners, equipment suppliers, mezzanine financiers, banks, private equity funds and angel investors on the myriad of legal issues around renewable energy developments, specifically in relation to the Ontario Power Authority’s Feed-In Tariff Program.
Mr. Hanick is also affiliated with the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Law Society of Upper Canada, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law FoundationCorporate, Mining, Mergers, Acquisitions, Toronto, Canada, Lawyer, Lawyers, Law, FinanceCanada, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Montreal, Calgary
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Paul Litner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6100, P.O. Box 50
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8416-362-2111
Web Address: Paul Litner, Canada Lawyer – Pensions and Benefits Law
Email: plitner@osler.com
Paul is Chair of the Pensions & Benefits Department. His practice relates exclusively to pensions, benefits and compensation plans and their related investment arrangements.He advises both private and public sector clients on the legal and regulatory aspects of pension and employee benefits plans including: governance, fiduciary responsibilities, plan administration and compliance, pension fund investment, pension committees, plan wind up, surplus strategies, and the negotiation and drafting of plan and trust documents.
Paul deals extensively with pension and benefits issues arising in corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and has advised on many large Canadian and international transactions. Paul regularly advises on pension litigation matters, and has appeared before and made submissions to federal and provincial regulators on various pension compliance and surplus matters. He has also assisted several clients in successfully implementing pension plan mergers and conversions.
Affiliations
- Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM)
- International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
- Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), Pension Section
- Ontario Financial Services Tribunal, Member from 2002-2010
Executive Compensation, Insolvency and Restructuring, Pensions and BenefitsToronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, New York
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Deborah Glendinning
100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Suite 6100, P.O. Box 50
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B8
416-362-2111
Web Address: Deborah Glendinning, Litigation
Contact Email: dglendinning@osler.com
Deborah is Chair of the firm’s National Litigation Department, member of the firm’s Executive Committee and co-Chair of the international subcommittee on class actions of the ABA.Over the past 16 years, Deborah Glendinning’s practice has focused almost exclusively on the defence of class actions, and other large aggregate claims, particularly corporate, commercial and banking disputes, product liability and negligence claims. She has had several recent successes in having certification denied in multiple jurisdictions. Her practice is national in scope and she is lead counsel in multi-jurisdictional cases in virtually every province in the country. Her experience includes acting as national coordinating counsel for a major consumer product company which requires management and coordination of litigation internationally. She has acted on cases which have produced ground-breaking decisions dealing with procedural and evidentiary aspects of certification, acting as coordinating counsel in cross border cases and providing advice and assistance to corporations seeking to implement measures to avoid class action litigation. She has published numerous articles on class proceedings in both Canada and the US, and has developed and taught advocacy training programs.
- Class Actions
- Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation
- Litigation
Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, New York
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