Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Adam Ngan

Adam's practice covers all aspects of pensions, benefits and executive compensation law, including plan administration, governance, investment, design and taxation. Adam regularly advises jointly sponsored and single employer pension funds on their real estate, infrastructure, private equity and other investments in Canada and abroad. He also advises on the pensions and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions. Adam provides legal services to both public- and private-sector pension plan sponsors and administrators. · Pensions

Aimee Yee

Aimee's practice focuses primarily on domestic and cross-border financing and restructuring transactions. Aimee has advised lenders, borrowers, underwriters and issuers on asset-based financings, acquisition financings, equipment financings, inventory financings, warehouse financings, project financings, high yield offerings, debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings. Aimee has been involved in a number of financing and restructuring transactions and high-yield offerings in a variety of industry sectors, including forestry, telecommunications, transportation, manufacturing, aviation, construction and power and energy. A selection of Aimee's representative transactions includes acting for: the administrative agent for the DIP lenders in the Eastman Kodak Company restructuring proceedings; the administrative agent for the lenders in the exit credit facilities to Resolute Forest Products Inc. (formerly, Abitibibowater Inc.) and certain of its subsidiaries; and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), as agent, on its $400-million revolving credit facility to Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. · Banking & Finance

Alain Massicotte

In addition to general business law, Alain specializes in project financing, construction law, infrastructure and P3s projects. He has been involved in all major infrastructure projects, including P3 transactions in Quebec and heads Blakes' Montréal Infrastructure-P3 Group. He has acted as counsel for the governments or for agencies of Morocco, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Solomon Islands, Ivory Coast, Congo (Brazzaville), Chad, Cameroon, Senegal, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, India and Guinea. · Corporate / M&A

Alexandra Luchenko

At all times, Alexandra’s goal is to develop creative solutions and execute legal strategy with a view to advancing her client’s interests and objectives. Alexandra has expertise as lead counsel in complex commercial and transactional matters before all levels of Court in Canada, a number of administrative tribunals and arbitration proceedings. She leverages her litigation experience to lead internal investigations and to guide companies through crisis management situations, including data breach or cybersecurity incidents, with a view to proactively mitigate litigation risk. A considerable amount of this experience involves intricate issues that require coordination of numerous areas of specialization, including regulatory compliance, forensic investigation and media relations. Alexandra has significant experience working on behalf of private equity clients and financial institutions as well as mining, resource, health sciences and technology companies. Alexandra is the co-Chair of the Vancouver Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defence Association and sits on the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner. · Litigation

Alysha Sharma

Alysha has a broad employment and labour law practice. She provides practical advice to employers in all areas of employment and labour law, including pre-employment and hiring issues, employment standards, human rights, labour relations, workplace safety and insurance, privacy, occupational health and safety, and wrongful dismissal. She also frequently assists clients with the negotiation and drafting of employment, consulting and termination agreements, and coordinates employment law advice among lawyers in various Canadian jurisdictions for clients with employment law needs across Canada. Alysha regularly represents and advocates for clients in employment related litigation on matters of significant reputational importance, including wrongful dismissal actions and human rights applications. She also regularly speaks and provides client training sessions on various employment law topics. A large part of Alysha’s practice involves advising on the employment and labour aspects of complex corporate transactions, including the drafting and negotiation of purchase agreements and related executive employment, retention, transaction bonus, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. She also advises on post-closing human resources integration matters. · Employment & Labour

Alyssa Duke

Alyssa has a broad corporate commercial litigation practice and has experience in class actions, construction, and oil and gas litigation, as well as securities regulation and securities litigation. Prior to joining Blakes, Alyssa practised at an international law firm with an emphasis on professional liability and director and officer disputes. She gained experience in construction litigation over the course of representing engineers and architects named in multi-party commercial disputes. Alyssa has appeared in the Alberta provincial court, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the Alberta Court of Appeal and was second chair in a Supreme Court of Canada matter. She has also participated in regulatory interviews with the Alberta Securities Commission, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. Alyssa has extensive experience managing large-scale e-discovery for complex commercial matters and working with oil and gas, construction, and accounting experts. · Litigation

Alyssa Shivji

Alyssa has over 10 years of experience practicing exclusively in the areas of public procurement, infrastructure, and construction law. She regularly acts for procuring entities on complex procurements and provides advice on procurement planning and structuring, trade agreement compliance, best practices for conducting a successful procurement process, fairness issues and conflicts of interest and often leads the drafting of all procurement and contractual documentation. She has also helped numerous organizations with the development of template procurement documents, standardized commercial and construction agreements and the delivery of associated training and implementation tools. She also acts for bidders, providing advice on avoiding compliance issues and strategies for success. Alyssa acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including transit and transportation, civil infrastructure, roads and bridges, water and wastewater, health-care services, information technology, gaming, energy and mining. Alyssa has extensive expertise in the procurement of mega infrastructure development projects and alternative finance and procurement projects across multiple jurisdictions and has been at the forefront of many municipal PPP projects across Canada. Alyssa has played a key role on numerous high-profile procurement and infrastructure projects across Canada, including VIA Rail’s acquisition of a new fleet, the Toronto Transit Commission’s Bloor Yonge Capacity Improvements Project, and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Stations, Rail and Systems Project for Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx. · Public Procurement

Andrea York

Andrea is the Practice Group Leader of the Blakes National Employment & Labour group and Co-Chair of the Firm's Privacy group. Andrea is an experienced advocate with over 25 years of practice devoted to advising corporations and other employers on employment and privacy law matters. With a practice that predominantly focuses on providing practical day-to-day advice and defending employers when employee disputes arise, she works with clients in a variety of sectors, including banking and financial services, retail, manufacturing, health sciences, technology, and marketing and advertising. Andrea also advises on the employment aspects of commercial transactions, reorganizations, insolvencies and outsourcing transactions. · Employment & Labour

Andrew Kolody

Andrew’s practice focuses on banking, financial services, asset-based finance, debt finance and lending and project finance. He regularly acts on secured and unsecured debt syndications, acquisitions financings, subscription-based credit facilities, note and bond deals, subordinated debt arrangements, and intercreditor arrangements. He also has experience in corporate and commercial acquisitions and regularly advises on cross-border financings. Andrew has experience in financing transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors, including energy, financial services, oil & gas, construction and agriculture. Andrew also regularly acts as agent counsel to international law firms in providing Canadian advice on various financing transactions. Andrew has been named a Rising Star in IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms and recognized in The Legal 500 Canada. · Banking & Finance

Andrew Spiro

Andrew regularly advises on complex transformational transactions for public and private companies, and is a trusted Canadian tax advisor to domestic and foreign clients alike. Andrew is particularly well known for his expertise in matters involving REITs and other real estate investment vehicles, linked notes and other structured products, mandatory disclosure and tax insurance. Andrew is a member of the legal personnel committee at Blakes and the Regional Vice-Chair, North America for the Lex Mundi Tax Practice Group. · Tax

Ankita Kapur

Ankita's practice covers a wide range of intellectual property and regulatory matters. Ankita provides strategic advice to clients on the protection of their intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, and trade secrets. She frequently assists with commercial and M&A transactions involving intellectual property assets, and drafts agreements relating to the development, licensing and transfer of intellectual property. Ankita also has experience litigating intellectual property disputes. As a Trademark Agent, Ankita advises on the registrability of trademarks, and files and prosecutes trademark applications in Canada. On the regulatory side, Ankita helps clients with marketing, advertising, contests, and other promotions, including arrangements involving social media influencers. In addition, she has experience with access-to-information and freedom-of-information requests, as well as compliance regimes in a variety of areas, such as food and health care. Ankita joined Blakes as a summer student in 2014 and articled with the Firm in 2015–2016. · Intellectual Property

Anne Drost

Anne Drost is a Partner in the Business Law Group with over 30 years of experience in working with clients in the railway and energy industries. Anne’s practice focuses on commercial transactions, project development and regulatory compliance matters and proceedings before administrative tribunals. She has been involved in significant and complex transactions including cross-border rail acquisitions and mergers. Anne provides legal and practical advice to clients at all stages of project development, including obtaining regulatory approvals and permits, and devising and implementing land acquisition strategies. She also advises clients on matters relating to Indigenous law, such as consultation requirements, as well drafting and negotiating agreements with Indigenous communities. Anne represents clients in regulatory proceedings before the Canadian Transportation Agency and the Canadian Energy Regulator. · Corporate / M&A

Anne Glover

Anne Glover is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and a member of the Litigation Group. Anne is known for her expertise in e-discovery and records retention and has led some of the most complex document review projects in Canada. As the founder and head of inSource, Anne has been at the forefront of integrating machine learning technology within the Firm, driving innovation and efficiency in legal processes. Her vast experience in utilizing AI in the legal sector has positioned her as a leader in exploring how AI can transform legal work, offering insights into both its advantages and challenges. Anne's expertise extends beyond internal operations; she is a trusted advisor to clients on the strategic use of AI, including the emerging field of Generative AI. Her guidance helps clients navigate the complexities of AI implementation, ensuring they leverage technology effectively while understanding potential risks. Through her leadership, Anne has not only advanced the Firm's technological capabilities but has also contributed significantly to the broader discourse on AI in law. · Litigation

Anthony Cayer

Anthony is a civil and commercial litigator with a focus on class actions, product liability, consumer contracts and complex commercial disputes. He represents national and international clients – including manufacturers, financial institutions, and pharmaceutical companies – before the Québec courts. Anthony regularly defends clients in leading class actions, particularly in matters involving product liability and consumer protection. His practice also includes extraordinary proceedings such as injunctions and seizures before judgment. He also advises clients on white-collar and regulatory matters, including internal investigations and proceedings initiated by public prosecutors, securities regulators, and self-regulatory organizations. He is fluent in English and French, with a working knowledge of Spanish. · Litigation

Ariane Bisaillon

Ariane's practice covers various aspects of civil and commercial law, with a particular focus on commercial litigation, class actions, product liability and consumer contracts. Her practice also covers shareholders' disputes, arbitration and extraordinary proceedings. She advises national and foreign clients, including pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, banks, transportation companies, and local businesses. Ariane is fluent in French and English. · Commercial Litigation

Ashton Menuz

Ashton's practice focuses primarily on advising clients within the energy industry on a diverse range of transactional, corporate and commercial matters. She has experience assisting clients with mergers and acquisitions, project development, joint ventures, complex commercial arrangement and cross-border transactions. Ashton advises strategic clients and private equity investors, with a particular emphasis on all aspects of the energy value chain, including upstream oil and gas, pipelines, midstream, downstream and marketing, power and renewables, and carbon capture, storage and utilization. In 2017, Ashton received the Horace Harvey Gold Medal for achieving the highest standing in her graduating class. In 2018–2019, Ashton worked as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Honourable Justice Russell Brown. In 2017–2018, Ashton completed articles of clerkship at the Court of Appeal of Alberta, where she articled to the Honourable Justice Brian K. O'Ferrall. · Energy & Natural Resources

Auriol Marasco

Auriol's expertise on aircraft finance, aviation commercial and aviation regulatory law matters has made her the "go-to" trusted counsel to the leading lessors and financiers who support the Canadian commercial aircraft and airline industry. She regularly advises on related matters including in respect of airline work-out and loan restructuring and insolvency and bankruptcy related matters. Auriol also has considerable experience with regulatory issues relating to UAV operations and is the Co-Chair of the Blakes Drone Group. Auriol gained industry experience while working for a Canadian airline and is heavily involved in the Canadian aviation industry, including as the past Chair and current Director of the Board of Directors for Hope Air, a Canadian charity which arranges free air transportation for Canadians travelling for medical reasons who have a financial need. · Aviation

Ben Rogers

Ben is a Partner in the Energy - Oil & Gas group, and acts for energy companies on all types of commercial matters across Canada and internationally. He has considerable experience in a diverse range of energy-related matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of joint venture agreements, midstream matters, project development, and the management of the legal aspects of day-to-day oil and gas and commercial matters. Ben also has considerable experience in both conventional and non-conventional oil and gas development, as well as in the East Coast offshore. · Oil & Gas

Birch Miller

Birch practises employment, privacy and cybersecurity law. She is the Calgary Office Managing Partner and the Practice Group Leader of the Blakes Employment and Labour group in Calgary, Alberta. Birch has established a known and respected profile among clients and peers through her extensive transactional experience; practical advisory work; civil and administrative (human rights, privacy and labour) litigation; executive positions with the Canadian Bar Association, including a four-year term as Chair of the Privacy and Access Law section; mentorship of junior lawyers in the employment, labour and privacy law sphere; involvement in the mentorship and support of women in private practice; and pro bono work with women's shelters and related organizations. Birch provides advice to clients in respect of all laws relating to workplace issues, including recruiting, hiring, discipline, terminations, employment and labour standards, human rights, disability and benefits, and alcohol and drug testing. She also advises on the collection, use and disclosure of personal, health, sensitive, technological and other types of information. Birch is a member of Blakes’ cybersecurity group and has extensive experience advising clients with respect to cybersecurity privacy guidelines. Birch has extensive transactional experience, regularly advising on the privacy, labour and employment aspects of high-profile transactions. · Employment

Bob Wooder

Bob practises in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance with a focus on the mining sector. He advises public and private companies and financial institutions. Bob has extensive expertise in advising on take-over and issuer bids, private equity financings and as independent counsel to board of directors. · Corporate / M&A

Bonny Murray

Bonny’s practice is focused on financial services regulation. She advises Canadian and foreign financial institutions and service providers on all aspects of their business. She specializes in banking and insurance, payments and payment technologies, and merchant acquiring Bonny has significant experience in advising clients, and liaising with federal and provincial regulators on behalf of clients, on regulatory approval applications, compliance issues and questions of statutory interpretation, including most recently advising many clients on the application and implementation of the new Retail Payment Activities Act and the updated Code of Conduct for the Payment Card Industry in Canada. She also advises on transactions involving financial services clients including corporate mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions and pension de-risking, including longevity insurance transactions. · Financial Services Regulation

Bradley Berg

Brad brings a broad perspective and practical approach for our clients. He is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading litigators with experience in courts and arbitrations across the country and appearing regularly at the Supreme Court of Canada. Brad's practice includes both complex commercial cases and precedent-setting public interest litigation. He was the practice group leader for Blakes Litigation in Toronto for 11 years (2010-21). · Litigation

Brady Gordon

Brady is a disputes and international trade lawyer serving Canada’s leading businesses. Brady represents clients before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, federal ministries and departments, and all levels of court in British Columbia. His practice focuses on cross-border disputes, commercial arbitration, cross-border regulatory controversy, customs and import/export compliance, trade remedies, sanctions, public and administrative law, and complex international trade and investment treaty issues. Brady has a PhD and LL.M in International Business Law from Trinity College, the University of Dublin, and is a former Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Constitutional Boundaries of European Fiscal Federalism (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and has written on international topics for leading publications in his field, including the European Law Review and the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. Brady currently sits on the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association International Law Section, and the Export Committee of the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters. He is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. · International Trade

Brendan MacArthur-Stevens

Brendan specializes in complex commercial disputes, deal litigation, and public law matters. He has significant trial, appellate litigation, and arbitration experience across a variety of industries and practice areas, including transportation (air and rail), large infrastructure projects and construction, energy, insurance, procurement, administrative law, and constitutional law. Brendan has appeared before the Alberta Court of King's Bench, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as many arbitral tribunals in both international and domestic arbitrations. He also teaches Administrative Law at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and is part of Avenue Calgary Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. In 2025, Brendan was named one of the 20 “Changemakers” in Canada by The Globe and Mail and was recognized as an Emerging Talent Litigator of the Year by a leading lawyer ranking agency. Before joining Blakes, Brendan clerked for the judges of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and then the Honourable Justice Andromache Karakatsanis of the Supreme Court of Canada. · Litigation

Brian Facey

Brian is one of the world's most highly regarded lawyers and a trusted advisor to senior counsel, management and CEOs. He is sought after for his judgment, experience, connections and ability to execute on complex matters. Recognized at the top of all the major ranking services, including as one of Canada‘s 25 most influential lawyers and repeatedly as Competition Lawyer of the Year, Canada. Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competition Collaborations; Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and the United States; Investment Canada Act: Commentary and Annotation; Competition Act: Commentary and Annotation. Repeatedly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and other leading Courts. · Competition / Antitrust

Bryson Stokes

Bryson is the Practice Group Leader of the Firm’s national Gaming group and also serves as the Firm’s National Managing Partner. Bryson has been advising clients in the Canadian gaming sector for 30 years and has extensive industry experience and knowledge. He regularly advises gaming operators, governmental organizations/crown corporations and other businesses operating in or servicing the gaming industry (such as payment processors, financial institutions and suppliers) in both land based and online markets on a wide range of commercial, operational, and transactional matters. Bryson has extensive experience dealing with gaming regulatory matters, including gaming registration, licensing and compliance issues, responsible gaming programs and advising on the application and interpretation of federal and provincial legislation affecting the gaming sector. In the energy sector Bryson’s work includes power M&A, JVs, development work PPAs, and providing regulatory and strategic advice. He also has specialized expertise in the area of district energy and cogeneration, having advised district energy companies and customers in respect of all aspects of district energy developments, projects, operations and energy supply agreements. He has acted for key stakeholders across the country, including power producers and investors and has also advised government on transformative legislation and is at the forefront of legal developments in the power industry. · Gaming

Caitlin McIntyre

Caitlin regularly acts on complex mandates involving insolvency litigation, financial restructurings and debt enforcement, in addition to providing more general insolvency advice. She focuses on cross-border insolvencies and acts for debtors, creditors, monitors, receivers and DIP lenders in some of Canada's most significant insolvency files. Caitlin developed her specialized expertise in cross-border restructurings through regularly advising clients in multi-jurisdictional mandates which demand practical, results-driven solutions. Whether working on formal insolvency proceedings or out-of-court restructurings, Caitlin offers a creative, client-focused approach, drawing on her extensive experience in high-stakes international restructurings. Caitlin has acted across industries from retail to mining, navigating complex stakeholder dynamics and coordinating with counsel in multiple jurisdictions. With a track record on headline-making restructurings, she is known for her sharp judgment and pragmatic approach, delivering clear, decisive strategies in high-pressure situations. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Caroline Biron, Ad. E.

Caroline is a leading litigator with over 30 years of practice in commercial law, corporate law, employment law, civil litigation (including defamation issues), privacy and professional liability law. Her experience as a litigator covers a wide range of fields and she has handled complex legal matters involving fraud and cybersecurity issues, shareholder disputes, administrative and estate law. She also has significant experience defending class actions in the fields of contractual and extra-contractual liability, product liability, competition law, consumer law, privacy and personal data protection law and regularly intervenes in seizures and injunctions. She has appeared before all levels of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court, as well as before several administrative tribunals and arbitration boards. Caroline frequently handles governance cases, including human resources issues and those involving internal investigations. Furthermore, Caroline advises companies and their boards of directors on risk management, ethics and corporate governance. She provides strategic advice in critical situations such as whistleblowing, security breaches, Privacy Commissioner investigations, Public Sector Integrity Commissioner investigations and class actions. In addition to her work as a lawyer, she works closely with her clients’ communications teams and public relations agencies. Before joining Blakes, Caroline was the managing partner of a boutique litigation law firm. Caroline is fluent in English and French. · Litigation

Cassandra Brown

Cassandra is a Partner in the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group at Blakes. She advises on all aspects of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution practices, criminal and civil investigations, compliance, as well as foreign investment transactions under the Investment Canada Act. Her clients span a variety of industries, including energy, mining, technology, pharmaceutical, consumer products, agricultural, telecommunications, transportation, aviation, financial services, manufacturing, automotive and real estate. She has completed secondments to Coca-Cola Limited, a major international law firm based in London and the Blakes New York office. Cassandra is co-author of leading treatises including Competition Act: Commentary and Annotation; Competition and Antitrust Laws in Canada: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations, and The Foreign Investment Regulation Review (Canada Chapter), Third Edition. Cassandra is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business 2022; Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2021 (Future Leaders – Partners) and The Legal 500 Canada 2021 (Next Generation Partner). · Competition / Antitrust

Catherine Beagan Flood

Cathy is the co-Practice Group Leader of the Toronto Litigation group and also leads Blakes National Cybersecurity Working Group. Cathy has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in 20 appeals. Her national litigation practice has involved arguing before the trial courts of every province, in addition to appellate courts across Canada and a wide range of administrative and arbitration tribunals. She litigates complex commercial and regulatory cases and defends class actions with a regulatory component. In particular, she is currently defending clients in multiple privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions. Cathy has also represented the House of Commons before Commissions of Inquiry and has been counsel to and given evidence to provincial and federal legislative committees. · Litigation

Catherine Youdan

Catherine is the Practice Group Leader of the Capital Markets group in Toronto. Catherine’s practice focuses on equity and debt capital market transactions, and mergers & acquisitions. She has acted for issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private placements, and for purchasers and target companies in public company acquisitions and purchasers and vendors in asset and share purchase transactions. Catherine also has experience representing special committees in connection with M&A transactions. Catherine has experience in industries such as financial services, healthcare, consumer/retail, and real estate. Catherine also provides ongoing advice to public issuers in various industry sectors with respect to corporate governance requirements, continuous disclosure obligations and stock exchange matters. · Capital Markets

Chad Schneider

Chad’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity investments, joint ventures, corporate governance, restructurings and continuous disclosure compliance. Chad has assisted buyers, sellers and acquired companies in M&A transactions involving both public and private domestic and foreign parties. He has extensive experience in representing publicly traded issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange, as well as private companies and private equity investors and their portfolio companies. He has acted on behalf of underwriters and dealers in domestic and foreign public and private offerings of equity and debt. Chad also assists clients with general corporate and commercial matters and his practice involves a variety of industry sectors, in particular the energy industry. · Corporate / M&A

Charles Kazaz

Charles specializes in mining law and practices all aspects of environmental law. He is based in both Montréal and Toronto. Charles advises mining companies in day-to-day legal matters related to their operations and commercial transactions, including earn-in, joint venture, royalty, and off-take agreements, mine acquisitions and divestitures, mine reclamation and closure issues and mineral rights concerns, as well as in respect of indigenous matters. He has extensive expertise in environmental aspects of corporate, commercial and property transactions, project development, regulatory compliance, and liability issues. Charles advises on contaminated property, permitting, environmental impact assessments, investigations, enforcement under and defending prosecutions under environmental legislation, waste management issues, environmental audits, officer/director/parent company liability. Charles is also experienced in negotiating agreements with Indigenous groups. · Mining

Cheryl Satin

Cheryl's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments and commercial arrangements, with a particular focus on the financial services and life sciences industries. She has substantial experience in negotiating and advising in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of businesses and product lines in the banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer health sectors. She also routinely acts for private equity and strategic investors in connection with minority investments and joint ventures in each of these sectors, and assists businesses in connection with material licensing, supply, distribution arrangements. · Corporate / M&A

Chris Burr

Chris is a seasoned corporate restructuring and insolvency lawyer, trusted by clients for his ability to navigate complex multi-party insolvency matters and high-stakes debt restructurings. He regularly advises secured creditors, court-appointed officers and debtor companies, offering strategic guidance on both domestic and cross-border matters, including distressed M&A, debt enforcement, and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings. In addition to his insolvency practice, Chris has extensive experience in managing construction lien litigation and advises lenders, contractors, property owners and other industry participants in resolving construction disputes. Having served as general counsel at a venture capital company, Chris offers a unique perspective on the legal challenges faced by businesses, with firsthand insight into the client's viewpoint. His time as general counsel included structuring start-up acquisitions, bridge financing, and advising on regulatory, marketing and privacy matters. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Chris Harris

Chris is a corporate lawyer with a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex commercial arrangements. He primarily advises strategic clients and private equity investors, with a particular emphasis on all aspects of the energy value chain, including upstream oil and gas, pipelines, midstream, downstream and marketing, power and renewables, and carbon capture, storage and utilization. A substantial portion of Chris's work involves cross-border transactions. He also has significant experience in other industries and markets including technology investment, agribusiness and industrial services. · Corporate / M&A

Chris Hewat

Chris practises securities and business law, with focus on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity transactions. He also advises on securities regulatory and corporate governance matters. He has particular expertise in advising issuers, investment dealers and investors in the technology sector. Chris has also been involved in the development of securities regulation in Canada, having advised the Ontario Securities Commission in connection with its rules reformulation project, and the Toronto Stock Exchange in its review of rules governing listed companies. · Securities

Chris Hunter

Chris is the Practice Group Leader of the Intellectual Property group. He represents clients in the acquisition, enforcement and exploitation of all forms of intellectual property. His practice focuses on providing strategic advice to clients concerning their intellectual property portfolios and providing litigation support for infringement and misappropriation actions. He devotes a significant part of his practice to negotiating the intellectual property aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic licensing. Chris is also a registered patent and trademark agent. He drafts and prosecutes patent applications for electrical, mechanical (including medical devices), financial services (fintech), software and information-technology-related inventions and, more recently, AI. Chris also provides strategic branding advice to both local and global clients. · Intellectual Property

Christine Milliken

Christine's practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and project development within the oil and gas and renewable energy industries. She has been involved in a broad range of transactions for private and public entities, including domestic and cross border M&A transactions, share and asset purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, pipeline and midstream facility development and commercial arrangements and corporate reorganizations. Christine has significant experience advising clients with general corporate and commercial matters and all aspects of conventional and unconventional oil and gas matters, including liquefied natural gas (including all project development agreements and LNG offtake arrangements). She also advises on pipeline and other midstream project matters, share and asset purchase and sale transactions and reorganizations. Christine also has an active technology practice, assisting start-up technology companies (in various stages) with various commercial transactions (including mergers, acquisition and divestitures), private equity and venture capital investments, licensing and general commercial matters. She has a strong working knowledge of French, Cantonese and Mandarin. Christine is co-head of the Firm's Corporate Commercial group in Calgary. · Corporate / M&A

Christopher DiMatteo

Christopher's practice includes complex commercial litigation and class action defence, with a focus on cybersecurity. He also practices public law, with expertise in administrative, constitutional and regulatory law. Christopher's experience includes a wide range of business disputes, contract cases, media and defamation cases, insurance law, and procurement matters. In addition, he has experience in pension matters before both the Financial Services Tribunal and the courts. Christopher has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. Before joining Blakes, Christopher was a law clerk for the Honourable Justice (now Chief Justice) Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada and for judges of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. · Litigation

Christopher Jones

Chris’ practice focuses on advising emerging and high-growth companies and their investors, including with respect to financing, mergers and acquisitions, governance and general corporate and securities law matters. His clients include companies ranging from early-stage ventures to publicly-traded multinationals, private equity and venture capital funds and research institutions. Many of Chris's clients are in the life sciences and technology industries, and he leads Blakes Ventures, Blakes’ national emerging company and venture capital practice group. Prior to joining Blakes, Chris spent five years practising law in the United States. · Corporate / M&A

Claude Marseille

Claude's practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, class actions, and product liability. He has appeared before the courts of all levels in Québec, the Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is involved in commercial arbitrations and has appeared before various administrative tribunals. He represents a wide range of clients including pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, franchisors, telecommunications companies, and public bodies. · Litigation

Claudie Imbleau-Chagnon

Claudie has more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure and is the Co-Practice Group Leader of the Infrastructure group. She has worked for major law firms and with institutional investors and a public body, including as vice-president of legal affairs (investments) at a Canadian-based global real estate leader. Claudie has represented government, contractors, sponsors and lenders on project developments in a broad range of areas, including collaborative partnerships, procurement, joint-ventures, concession contracts and construction. She has experience with the life cycle of projects and has been instrumental in the delivery of an array of growth-generating projects. Examples include hospitals, power projects, transportation, maintenance of train facility centres, correctional centres, water and wastewater systems, entertainment venues, professional sports facilities, life science buildings, retail redevelopments, mixed-use projects and affordable housing. Claudie also has extensive experience in cross-border transactions in the United States, Brazil, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. · Infrastructure

Céline Poitras

Céline practices regulatory and commercial law with a focus on the technology, communications and media sectors. She helps telecommunications, data service, satellite, broadcasting and digital media companies navigate Canada’s communications regulatory regimes, and routinely advises in connection with licensing matters, regulatory proceedings, annual filings and other compliance obligations. She also provides strategic advice to clients seeking to anticipate and respond to changes in the Canadian communications regulatory landscape. As part of her commercial practice, Céline handles complex commercial drafting work involving telecommunications, broadcasting and technology-related products and services. She also provides support to clients in the context of corporate transactions involving significant technology and communications assets. In addition to her communications expertise, Céline advises clients in respect of a range of other regulatory matters, including in relation to privacy, consumer protection, accessibility and language requirements. Quebec, 2012. Recognized by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 Canada. Céline regulatory contributes to publications relating to communications, technology and privacy law, and has co-authored several Blakes publications on key Canadian legislative developments in these fields. · Telecommunications

Dan Jankovic

Dan has a combined tax planning and tax disputes/litigation practice. Dan practises corporate income tax law and advises on domestic and international tax planning matters, with a particular focus on M&A, corporate reorganizations, financings, debt restructurings, resource taxation and investments by private equity and pension funds. He also advises international clients looking to invest, commence or acquire business operations in Canada, especially in the oil and gas, renewable and emerging energy, technology, infrastructure and service industry sectors. He has provided structuring advice in respect of numerous complex and customized joint venture and partnership arrangements. Dan frequently represents domestic and international clients in tax disputes with Canadian revenue authorities. His practice encompasses all stages of tax dispute resolution, from dealing with tax audits to litigating in court. · Tax

Daniel Ferreira

Daniel's practice covers all aspects of real estate transactions, with emphasis on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing and development, involving major commercial real estate properties of various classes. He is also experienced in commercial leasing, having acted for both tenants and landlords in leasing transactions, in the pharmaceutical, banking services, food and retail industries. He regularly speaks at conferences and has authored and co-authored several articles on a variety of real estate topics. · Real Estate

Daniel Kofman

Daniel's practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development and financing. He is regularly consulted by both foreign and domestic real estate investors and represents several banks/financial institutions and borrowers on real estate financing transactions. Daniel also acts for clients in the renewable energy and hospitality industries and has experience with developing, buying, selling and financing renewable energy projects (including solar and wind farms) and hotels. · Real Estate

David Feldman

David is a Partner at Blakes, based in Toronto. David specializes in negotiating complex commercial arrangements relating to payments / credit cards, loyalty programs, other financial products and services, software, cloud services, technology, digital transformation, outsourcing, and strategic partnerships. David has experience working with clients in a variety of different industries, including banking and financial services, insurance, power, oil and gas, mining, and retail. · Technology

David Kruse

David's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate law, providing strategic advice on many of Canada's largest and most complex transactions. He also regularly advises private equity sponsors on cross-border mid-market acquisitions and dispositions. In addition, David advises foreign companies on establishing and structuring their Canadian investments and operations. His experience includes structuring and negotiating various domestic and cross-border commercial arrangements, including joint venture, shareholder, partnership and commercial agreements. David formerly served as the Practice Group Leader of the Blakes Corporate & Commercial group in Toronto. David’s recent representative M&A transactions include advising GMS on its US$5.5-billion sale to The Home Depot, Smucker subsidiary Hostess on its US$305-million divestiture of the Voortman brand to Second Nature Brands, a CapVest Partners portfolio company, Atlantic Street Capital’s portfolio company CyberGuard on its acquisition of Control Gap, Gauge Capital on its strategic investment in AGT Robotics, and The Walter Group on its acquisition of assets and formation of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. · Corporate / M&A

David Tupper

David's practice involves all aspects of corporate/commercial litigation with an emphasis on securities law, construction law, arbitration, insurance law, environmental law, and energy law. He regularly appears before all levels of courts in Alberta as well as in the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. He also has a considerable advisory practice in the insurance and reinsurance area. He acts as counsel in an array of high-value and high-profile matters. · Litigation

Diane Hwang

Diane practices intellectual property law, with a focus on patent and trademark litigation. She frequently assists clients with all aspects and stages of their intellectual property disputes, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and has expertise in proceedings before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. Diane provides strategic advice to clients on the protection of their intellectual property and drafts agreements related to the development, licensing, and transfer of their intellectual property assets. Diane also assists with all aspects of regulatory and compliance matters, including issues related to pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, and healthcare. Before joining Blakes, Diane was an intellectual property associate and completed her articles at a global law firm. · Intellectual Property

Dufferin Harper

Duff practises in all areas of environmental law, including environmental civil litigation, defending clients charged with environmental infractions, regulatory law, and drafting environmental provisions and indemnities in commercial agreements. He routinely acts on the purchase and sale of clean fuel compliance-credits, greenhouse gas emissions offsets and credits, and other environmental attributes in regulated and voluntary markets both within Canada and internationally. He also advises on environmental due diligence and liability matters, especially pertaining to brownfield redevelopment, contaminant releases, regulatory approvals, environmental audits and transportation of dangerous goods. Duff provides strategic regulatory environmental compliance and environmental impact assessment advice to industrial clients, such as conventional oil and gas companies, mining companies, companies operating in the oil sands, and liquefied natural gas proponents. Duff has acted as lead counsel in several litigation cases involving contaminated sites and has appeared before numerous levels of courts, regulators and assessment tribunals. · Environmental Law

Emma Costante

Emma is a corporate lawyer advising domestic and international clients on a range of business matters, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, go-public events, complex shareholder negotiations, corporate governance, commercial transactions, joint ventures and partnerships. Emma's practice covers a broad range of sectors and industries, including life sciences, health care, SaaS, AI and quantum computing, clean tech, and natural resources. A large part of Emma’s practice focuses on supporting innovative growth companies and particularly in the life science industry. She helps create negotiated solutions among stakeholders, including founder exits, government contracts and complex shareholder agreements. · Corporate / M&A

Eric Goneau

Eric's aviation practice focuses on a broad range of matters related to aviation finance, leasing and regulatory compliance. Eric also acts as Secretary for the Canadian Bar Association’s Air & Space Law Section. Eric is a member of the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario, and co-teaches an intensive business law class in the Law Practice Program (French) at the University of Ottawa. · Aviation

Eric Moncik

Eric's practice focuses primarily on public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice on general securities and corporate law matters to a variety of issuer clients. Eric has acted as counsel to issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in a significant number of public financings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He has also acted for purchasers and vendors in a wide range of asset and share purchase transactions, and for many issuers in connection with statutory arrangements, take-over bids and reorganizations. These transactions have primarily involved REITs as well as issuers in the financial services, communications and media and technology sectors. · Capital Markets

Fiona Legere

Fiona is a dynamic and strategic litigator specializing in intellectual property (IP) law, with a strong focus on the life sciences, telecommunications, and technology sectors. She provides expert counsel on IP strategy, patent and Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) proceedings, as well as regulatory, trademark, and copyright matters. Fiona’s practice is centered on complex commercial intellectual property litigation, where she has built a robust trial and appellate record. Recognized as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and technology companies, Fiona has successfully managed multi-jurisdictional patent enforcement actions and played a pivotal role in landmark patent cases, including Canada’s first biologics and non-practising entity (NPE) cases. Fiona’s proven track record of success spans significant rulings at the Ontario Superior Court, Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Federal Court of Appeal, reflecting her deep expertise and commitment to achieving favorable outcomes for her clients. · Intellectual Property

Gabriel Lavery Lepage

Gabriel’s practice primarily focuses on insolvency and restructuring law, as well as commercial litigation. He advises clients on all aspects of insolvency and restructuring proceedings and represents major financial institutions, insolvency professionals, private equity firms and distressed businesses in various sectors, among others. In his commercial litigation practice, Gabriel is recognized for handling complex contractual disputes. Throughout his career, he has successfully represented public-sector and private-sector clients before courts at all levels throughout Canada. · Restructuring & Insolvency

Garth Anderson

Garth focuses on the acquisition, development and financing of commercial real estate and infrastructure projects. He advises numerous Canadian and foreign-based institutional clients, including banks, pension funds, life insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, utility companies and Crown corporations, in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing of their commercial and industrial properties. Garth is qualified as an expert witness in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta regarding solicitors’ standard of conduct in real estate transactions. For his infrastructure practice, Garth assists clients in structuring major design-build-finance-operate projects in the transportation sector as public-private partnerships, and on the real estate and construction aspects of various energy-related infrastructure projects. · Commercial Real Estate

Geoff Adair

Geoff specializes in corporate and commercial litigation. He has experience advising clients from a wide range of industries, with a special focus on complex construction disputes, negligent design and manufacture litigation, financial services litigation, and oil and gas litigation. Geoff has significant trial, appellate, and arbitration experience. He has served as counsel before the Alberta Court of Justice, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal. Geoff also has experience in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, and judicial dispute resolution. · Corporate / Commercial Litigation

Geoffrey Belsher

Geoff is Chair of Blakes and one of Canada’s leading M&A, corporate governance, and corporate finance lawyers. As Chair, he is responsible for the Firm’s overall strategic vision, market strategies and significant client relationships. In his practice, Geoff advises Canadian, U.S. and international public and private companies, investment dealers, private equity, venture capital and alternative investment funds, and family offices with respect to Canadian law matters. Geoff frequently acts as special counsel to boards of directors and special committees in M&A, governance, shareholder activism and internal investigation matters. He advises clients operating in a range of industries, including financial services, mining, energy, media, life sciences, technology and gaming. Geoff has worked in the Firm’s Toronto, Vancouver and New York offices. · Corporate / M&A