The Best Lawyers in Canada 2015 Edition Published by Woodward White, Inc. August 2014 Osler is proud to announce that 136 of our lawyers have been identified in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada as leading lawyers in their respective specialty areas. With several of these lawyers earning recognition in multiple categories, Osler has a combined total of 206 rankings across 44 of the publisher s specialty areas. We congratulate the following individuals on their continued success and recognition in their specialty areas: * Lawyers who are listed for the first time in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Lawyer Osler Office Best Lawyers in Canada Specialty Area Mary Abbott * Toronto Sandra Abitan Montreal Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Firoz Ahmed Toronto Tax Law Robert Anderson Calgary Insolvency and Financial Restructuring François Auger * Montreal Tax Law Sean Aylward Toronto Tax Law Andrew Aziz Toronto Corporate Law Lyndon Barnes Toronto Laurie Barrett Toronto Robert Beaumont Toronto Construction Law Public Procurement Law Chris Bennett Toronto Project Finance Law Michel Benoit Montreal Employee Benefits Law Monica Biringer Toronto Tax Law Sonia Bjorkquist Toronto Product Liability Law Glen Bloom Ottawa Intellectual Property Law Richard Borins Toronto Donald Boykiw * Calgary Corporate Law Noralee Bradley Calgary Corporate Law 1
Mark Brender Montreal Tax Law Trusts and Estates Janice Buckingham Calgary Energy Terrence Burgoyne Toronto Corporate Law Lorne Carson Calgary Banking and Finance Equipment Finance Law Project Finance Law Oil & Gas Law Stephen Clark Toronto Richard Coleman Toronto Information Silvana Conte Montreal Class Action Litigation Jack Coop Toronto Environmental Law Suzanne Côté Montreal Class Action Litigation John Cotter Toronto Intellectual Property Law Jeremy Dacks Toronto Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Riyaz Dattu Toronto International Trade and Finance Law Vincent De Grandpré * Toronto Intellectual Property Law Shawn Denstedt, Q.C. Calgary Aboriginal Law Environmental Law Energy Regulatory Law Robert Desbarats, Q.C. Calgary Corporate Law Mark DesLauriers Toronto Corporate Law Private Funds Law Martin Desrosiers Montreal Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Anthony Devir Toronto Employee Benefits Law Jennifer Dolman Toronto Franchise Law Colin Feasby Calgary Director and Officer Liability Practice Michael Fekete Toronto Information Jeremy Fraiberg Toronto Peter Franklyn Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law 2
Jean Fraser Toronto Corporate Law Laura Fric Toronto Class Action Litigation Andraya Frith Toronto Franchise Law Rick Fullerton Toronto Structured Finance Law Mark Gelowitz Toronto Donald Gilchrist Toronto Corporate Law Roger Gillott Toronto Construction Law Deborah Glendinning Toronto Class Action Litigation Peter Glossop Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law Steven Golick Toronto Insolvency and Financial Restructuring John Groenewegen Toronto Corporate Law Wendy Gross Toronto Information Shahir Guindi Montreal Information Biotechnology Law Corporate Law Jason Hanson Toronto Labour and Employment Law Judith Harris Toronto Tax Law Michael Hart Toronto James Hassell Toronto Labour and Employment Law Amanda Heale * Toronto Tax Law George Hendy Montreal Bet-the-Company Litigation Class Action Litigation Clay Horner Toronto Corporate Law Scott Horner Toronto Equipment Finance Law Martin Ignasiak Calgary Environmental Law Aboriginal Law Thomas Isaac Calgary Aboriginal Law Paul Ivanoff Toronto Construction Law Mahmud Jamal Toronto Administrative and Public Law Christiane Jodoin Montreal Corporate Law Adam Kardash Toronto Advertising and Marketing Law 3
Maureen Killoran Calgary Richard King Toronto Environmental Law Daniel Kirby Toronto Environmental Law Michelle Lally Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law Brett Ledger Toronto Employee Benefits Law Desmond Lee Toronto Robert Lehodey, Q.C. Calgary Corporate Law Brian Levitt Montreal Corporate Law Eric Levy * Montreal Corporate Law Paul Litner Toronto Employee Benefits Law Larry Lowenstein Toronto Class Action Litigation Franchise Law Stephen Luff Toronto Real Estate Law Sylvain Lussier Montreal Administrative and Public Law Appellate Practice Legal Malpractice Law Class Action Litigation Bet-the-Company Litigation Aboriginal Law Tristram Mallett Calgary Director and Officer Liability Practice Patrick Marley Toronto Tax Law Douglas Marshall Toronto Corporate Law Étienne Massicotte Montreal Heather McKean Toronto Real Estate Law Ian McSweeney Toronto Employee Benefits Law Al Meghji Toronto Tax Law Peter Milligan Toronto Structured Finance Law Dominic Mochrie Toronto Franchise Law Kelly Moffatt Toronto Advertising and Marketing Law Paul Morassutti Toronto Real Estate Law Drew Morier Toronto Tax Law Kevin Morley Toronto Asset-Based Lending Practice 4
Equipment Finance Law David Morritt Toronto Personal Injury Litigation Product Liability Law Blake Murray Toronto Tax Law Christopher Naudie Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law Dale Ponder Toronto Corporate Law Christopher Portner Toronto Corporate Law Eric Préfontaine * Montreal Robert Raizenne Montreal Tax Law Trusts and Estates Joel Ramsey Toronto Information Graham Reynolds, Q.C. Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law Douglas Rienzo Toronto Employee Benefits Law Damian Rigolo Calgary Labour and Employment Law Shuli Rodal * Toronto Competition/Antitrust Law John Salloum Toronto Advertising and Marketing Law Tracy Sandler Toronto Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Vitale Santoro * Montreal Rocco Sebastiano Toronto Construction Law Public Finance Law Public Procurement Law Edward Sellers Toronto Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Janet Sim Toronto Trusts and Estates David Stamp Toronto Employee Benefits Law Jana Steele Toronto Employee Benefits Law Joseph Steiner Toronto Geoffrey Taber Toronto David Tetreault Toronto Tax Law Manon Thivierge Montreal Tax Law Jack (R.J.) Thrasher, Q.C. Calgary Corporate Law Hemant Tilak Toronto Tax Law Mark Trachuk Toronto Corporate Law Richard Tremblay Toronto Tax Law Constantine Troulis Montreal Real Estate Law 5
Frank Turner Calgary Edward Vandenburg Ottawa Corporate Law Private Funds Law Elizabeth Walker Ottawa Corporate Law Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Marc Wasserman Toronto Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Michael Watts Toronto Health Care Law W. Lee Webster Toronto Intellectual Property Law Allan Wells Toronto Labour and Employment Law Kimberley Wharram Toronto Tax Law Bradley White Ottawa Intellectual Property Law Patricia Wilson Ottawa Administrative and Public Law Richard Wong Toronto Construction Law Craig Wright Ottawa Corporate Law Robert Yalden Montreal Corporate Law 6