Lawyers in Canada
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John Lawless
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
John Mercury
Executive Chair & Chair of the Board
Bennett Jones LLP
John Olynyk
John is a member of the firm’s Indigenous, Environmental, and Project Development practice groups. His practice includes advising private sector and government clients throughout Canada on Indigenous, environmental, regulatory and natural resources matters. John advises oil sands developers, conventional oil and gas companies, railways, mining companies, utilities and other resource developers on environmental regulatory matters and on Indigenous law matters, including Indigenous consultation issues and negotiation of cooperation protocols and impact benefit agreements related to natural resource project development. John previously acted as Lawson Lundell’s General Counsel and was a member of the firm’s management team.
Lawson Lundell LLP
John Pirie
John Pirie leads the Firm's Litigation and Government Enforcement Group in Canada. He acts for clients in complex business disputes and white collar matters. John is widely recognized as a leading trial, arbitration and appellate lawyer. He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, and ranked by Chambers as a leading individual in both the Corporate Litigation and White Collar categories. Clients interviewed by Chambers have said: "John Pirie has a sterling reputation in the legal community and is regarded as a powerful litigator" and "He is a recognized expert when it comes to handling cases involving allegations of corporate fraud or corruption." John has a long record of success acting for a range of clients. He has acted for corporations, banks, officers and directors, a securities regulator, a stock exchange, investors, public officials, members of the judiciary and a variety of professionals.
Baker McKenzie
John R. Sandrelli
Partner
Dentons
John R. Singleton
Alternative Dispute Resolution Construction and Infrastructure Law Commercial and Business Litigation Domestic and International Arbitration Insurance Professional Liability
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
John S. Haythorne
Senior Counsel
Dentons
John Singleton KC
Alternative Dispute Resolution Construction and Infrastructure Law Commercial and Business Litigation Domestic and International Arbitration Insurance Professional Liability
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
John Terry
A leading lawyer in his field and a strategic partner to clients on high-profile international matters, John is recognized for his long track record of work on trade disputes, arbitrations and Indigenous consultation. John’s civil litigation practice focuses on public, business and international trade and investment law. He regularly advises corporations and federal, provincial and municipal governments on NAFTA and WTO matters, and has represented major Canadian and multinational corporations in respect of investor-state arbitrations under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA. John also has a significant practice in Indigenous matters, with extensive experience advising project developers and lenders on issues respecting the duty to consult with Indigenous communities and representing parties and negotiating in disputes regarding Indigenous issues, often on high-stakes or sensitive matters. He also routinely provides guidance to natural resource and energy companies on corporate social responsibility issues. John has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, at the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, before the Supreme Court of Canada, in commercial and investment arbitrations and before a variety of administrative tribunals.
Torys
John Vellone
Partner and National Co-leader, Energy and Power Group
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
John Wilkin
John's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions for public companies, and advising Canadian and international companies on a wide range of corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. He is regularly engaged by special committees of public companies to advise on complex change of control transactions and also advises on alternative forms of financings including royalty and streaming transactions. John has deep experience in the mining and power and utilities industries, and an active international practice advising clients in Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
John van Gent
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
John-Paul Bogden
John-Paul (J-P) is a partner in the Blakes Corporate group and focuses on M&A and private equity transactions. He serves as regular M&A counsel to leading financial sponsors and strategic buyers and sellers in Canada, the US and abroad, and is also frequently engaged as special sellside M&A counsel in competitive auction processes. J-P currently serves as co-head of the national Private Equity group and co-head of the Vancouver corporate group, and has served as a member of the Firm’s compensation and partnership committees.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jon M. Ponath
Associate Areas of Practice Tax Planning Personal Tax Planning Corporate Tax Planning Resource Tax
Felesky Flynn LLP
Jonathan Bitran
As a Partner in Blakes’ Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group, Jonathan is known for his expertise in advising clients on competition, antitrust and Investment Canada Act review clearances for their mergers and acquisitions. He has advised on some of the most complex and high-stakes domestic and global mergers across a diverse array of industries, including retail, energy, communications, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Jonathan is also a trusted advisor to those seeking advice regarding compliance with the Competition Act (such as trade practices, advertising, competitor collaborations) and the Investment Canada Act, including national security. Additionally, he acts for clients in investigations and litigation relating to the Competition Act. He recently completed a two-year secondment at the Canadian Competition Bureau with the Competition Bureau Legal Services of the Department of Justice. While there, he litigated major merger cases in the telecommunications sector and waste management industry on behalf of the Commissioner of Competition. This is experience is invaluable in helping clients navigate the regulatory landscape.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jonathan Bourchier
Partner
MLT Aikins LLP
Jonathan Freeman
Jonathan Freeman is a partner at Cassels, serving as Chair of the Real Estate & Development Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Jonathan’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate law, including real estate lending transactions and acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties. He routinely represents traditional bank and non-bank lenders in complex real estate financing transactions, including those relating to term, acquisition, mezzanine and construction loan facilities. Jonathan also has extensive experience with CMHC insured loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other types of securitized debt. He has financed all real estate asset classes, including many of Canada’s largest seniors housing projects, hotels, office buildings, shopping centres and multi-family residential apartment complexes. Jonathan also advises issuers and underwriters in capital market offerings, as well as some of Canada’s largest REITs, private equity funds, developers and real estate investment companies on mergers and acquisitions, cross border real estate transactions, joint venture structuring, asset management and insolvency related matters. Learn more.
Cassels
Jonathan Kahn
Jonathan is widely regarded as one of Canada's leading environmental lawyers and Chaired Blakes’ national Environmental group for more than 10 years. He has, for more than 30 years, provided representation and advice on a broad range of environmental and natural resources law issues. Jonathan represents clients on the purchase, sale, and remediation of contaminated land, mining and energy regulation and permitting; management of natural resources; the transportation, chemicals management; handling and disposal of hazardous substances; environmental permitting; air, water and waste regulation; lender liability; ESG and sustainability and other environmental matters. He has represented corporations in significant environmental prosecutions, acted for proponents in major mining, renewable energy and infrastructure projects and provided environmental law advice on significant transactions. Jonathan served as Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Law (the first non-American to serve on the Executive Committee) in 2022-23, and is also a former Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Environment, Energy and Resources Law Section.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jonathan Lisus
Described by his peers as ‘the gold standard in this space, a phenomenal litigator’, for more than 30 years Jonathan has won landmark decisions across a broad variety of subject matter including competition law, constitutional law, liability of public authorities, professional liability, criminal law, financial services, franchise law and contract disputes. He has tried over 90 cases to judgment and argued over 60 appeals in provincial appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. Jonathan regularly appears as Special Counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in challenges to government action. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism, and a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, a select group of appointed advocates who provide pro bono peer review to counsel appearing in the Supreme Court of Canada. He maintains an active trial and appellate practice across Canada.
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Jonathan Liteplo
Partner, Commercial Litigation Group
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jonathan Mor
Partner
Dentons
Jonathan See
Jonathan See is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Group in Toronto and Co-Head of the national M&A Group and Private Equity Group. Recognized for his client-centric approach, Jonathan is one of Canada’s most well-known M&A lawyers acting for sponsors, private equity, alternative investment funds, strategics, and investment banks on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide range of industries. Jonathan is also recognized by Legal 500 and IFLR as a leading lawyer in Corporate M&A, and by a number of noteworthy publications in the areas of infrastructure & energy, private equity, corporate/commercial, and investment funds and banking.
McCarthy Tétrault
Jonathan Sherman
Jonathan Sherman serves as Executive Co-Chair, is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels and Chair of the Cannabis Group. Jonathan’s practice focuses on emerging and high-growth industries, including cannabis, technology, natural resources, beverage alcohol, gaming, blockchain, cryptocurrency and psychedelic medicines. In his role as Co-Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Group, Jonathan is at the forefront of many of the largest industry transactions in this evolving sector, providing strategic and legal advice to a range of leading industry players on complex and innovative transactions. Learn more.
Cassels
Jordan Crone
Partner
Gowling WLG