Expertise

Our expertise is diverse. At all levels of court, in all manner of transactions and across all industries, we make law work for clients.

Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Business is not always certain. When faced with uncertainty, our clients trust us to deliver creative, practical, results-driven solutions, designed to unlock and maximize value in distressed scenario...

Sub Practices

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Creditors' & Debtors' Rights

Cross-Border Insolvencies

Directors’ Liability

Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions

Restructuring

Security Enforcement and Receivership
Banking & Financial Services
Our Banking & Financial Services group currently acts for over 40 domestic and foreign lenders, including all six Schedule I banks, numerous credit unions, insurance companies, trust companies, mo...

Sub Practices

Asset Based Lending

Construction Financing

Equipment Leasing & Financing

Mezzanine Financing

Real Estate Financing

Syndicated Lending

Media & Entertainment Financing
Business Law
Business moves fast. We do too. In the boardroom, in the field, online and around the world, we pride ourselves on being a strategic partner to our clients and delivering tailored legal solutions to m...

Sub Practices

Competition Law

Corporate Immigration

Corporate Governance

Estate Planning and Wealth Management

Healthcare

International and Cross Border Business

Mergers and Acquisition

Not-for-Profit & Charities

Private Equity

Securities

Sports Law

Tax
Employment & Labour
Managing work, for Management. Employees make business work. We work with management to navigate Canada’s ever-changing labour and employment landscape, ensuring the best possible result in every...

Sub Practices

Human Resource Management

Human Rights

Labour Law

Start-Up Employment Kit

Workplace Audits and Investigations

Workplace Policies
Franchising Law
We provide a broad range of legal services for franchisors, individual franchisees, groups of franchisees and franchise associations. Our seasoned lawyers draw on many years of experience in franchise...

Sub Practices

Franchisors

Franchisees

Franchisee Groups and Franchisee Associations
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
We advocate to win. Every time. Legal disputes have many angles. We balance the issues, the costs and the benefits, to provide our clients with real-time options and secure the best outcome in ev...

Sub Practices

Commercial Litigation

Construction Litigation

Financial Fraud

Mortgage Enforcement

Professional Liability

Shareholder Disputes
Municipal, Land Use Planning & Development Law
There is no substitute for experience. Our long tenure as a leading firm for municipal, land use planning and development law stems from a combination of our experience in government law as well as co...

Sub Practices

Condominiums, Subdivisions & Site Plans

Development Charges

Expropriation

Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy

Land Development

Land Owner Groups

Land Use and Planning

Municipal Law

Municipal Litigation & Tribunal Advocacy

Renewable Energy

Zoning By-laws and Building Code
Municipal & Insurance Litigation
Unique Issues. One-of-a-Kind Advocacy. With a quarter century of experience serving municipalities and litigating insurance matters, we get public law and insurance disputes like no one else.

Sub Practices

Judicial Review

Insurance and Insurance Coverage Litigation

Municipal Law Litigation

Municipal Liability and Risk Management

By-law Enforcement and Injunctions
Real Estate
A cornerstone of business. From the ground up. Legal issues concerning real property can make or break a business, and those issues are diverse. In any sector – commercial, industrial, retail or vacan...

Sub Practices

Commercial Leasing

Condominium Law

Landlord & Tenant

Real Property

Residential Real Estate
Technology & Intellectual Property
In an ever-evolving industry, we deliver a constant: real-time legal solutions. From technology M&A and licensing, to managing patent, trademark and copyright portfolios, to enforcing IP rights, t...

Sub Practices

Data Security

Intellectual Property

IP Litigation

Privacy

Technology
Wills, Trusts & Estates
The planning and administration of wills, estates, and trusts is an increasingly complex area and a comprehensive estate plan is essential in order to ensure that assets and business interests are pro...

Sub Practices

Estate Planning and Wealth Management

Estate Litigation

Expertise

Head Office

Downtown Toronto

Vaughan

Newmarket

Ottawa

Kingston

Buffalo

New York City