Lawyers in Canada
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Matthew L.O. Certosimo, C.S.
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Matthew Latella
Matthew Latella has over 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer and a track record of success in high-stakes matters, both acting for plaintiffs and defendants. He heads the Firm's Canadian international arbitration practice and has been lead counsel on several of the leading Canadian court cases involving international arbitration, successfully arguing precedent-setting cases up to the Supreme Court of Canada. He has been recognized by Legal 500 Canada as an "outstanding professional" and described by clients as "a brilliant advocate and cross-examiner." One client told Benchmark Legal: "Matthew is adept at identifying and nailing the core issues to successful conclusion. I’ve seen him simply out-work and out-strategize opposing counsel”, while another advised Legal 500: he “is an effective and calm presence in an arbitration hearing or in the courtroom.” Another client added: “He is always willing to help and positive, even after a long and exhausting day. He is always quick to respond and to the point.” Matthew has been named one of the 2025 Best Lawyers in Canada - Corporate Commercial Litigation, named a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Legal and was the recipient of the National Impact Case of the Year Award in 2024 by Benchmark Litigation. He frequently litigates and arbitrates multijurisdictional disputes, including ground-breaking asset recovery and enforcement matters. Matthew is a frequent author of multiple publications regarding commercial litigation and arbitration topics ranging from fraud and asset recovery to the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, as detailed below.
Baker McKenzie
Matthew Liben
With over 20 years’ experience, Matthew practises commercial litigation with a focus on insurance and reinsurance, construction and real estate, restructuring and insolvency, and class actions. He has appeared before the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Canada. Matthew represents insurance companies and syndicates in North America and Europe, all well as major policyholders, on matters ranging from complex insurance coverage disputes to liability defenc and subrogated actions. In the construction and real estate sector, Matthew represents developers and property owners with respect to alleged latent defects, construction defects, servitudes and other property issues. Regarding restructuring and insolvency, Matthew acts for debtors and creditors in major reorganizations and bankruptcy proceedings under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Matthew has also acted in numerous international commercial arbitration matters, pursuant to the ICC, UNCITRAL and AAA arbitration rules. Matthew is fluent in English and in French.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Matthew Literovich
Counsel
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Matthew Merkley
Matthew is the co-head of Blakes Toronto's Corporate Governance practice. He represents clients in a wide variety of capital markets transactions and securities regulatory matters. He has acted for issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings and other Canadian and cross-border public offerings of equity and debt. He also has expertise in advising public issuers and their boards on various matters, including with respect to: governance, compensation and disclosure; normal course, program share repurchase and substantial issuer bids; and dual-class share structures.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Matthew Swanson
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Matthew Williams
Partner
Thorsteinssons LLP
Maxwell Brunette
Partner, Employment & Labour Law Practice Group Leader (Calgary, Vancouver)
Gowling WLG
Meaghan Conroy
Partner
MLT Aikins LLP
Meaghan Parry
Meaghan’s practice focuses on large-scale complex public procurement, infrastructure and construction projects. She has over 8 years of experience providing advice to procuring entities on projects with various structures, including P3s, traditional construction contracts and collaborative contract models, as well as dealing with commercial issues and agreements. Meaghan has played a key role on a variety of matters, regularly advising clients on developing and administering procurement processes, complying with trade agreement and other legal requirements, including with respect to fairness and conflict of interest issues, and preparing and negotiating contract documents. She has also developed template procurement documents and related template commercial and construction agreements for multiple organizations, and has provided training and implementation guides with respect to the use of such documents. Meaghan acts for a diverse client base on projects across Canada and in multiple industries and sectors, including transit and transportation, civil infrastructure, water and wastewater, health-care services and information technology. While she works primarily for public-sector entities, she also has considerable experience advising the private sector. Meaghan has been at the forefront of 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 Metrolinx’s Hamilton LRT Project.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Megan Cornell
Partner and Ottawa Corporate Group Lead
Dentons
Megan Kaneen
Megan advises boards of trustees and plan sponsors on a variety of legal matters involving pension plans, employee life and health trusts and other benefit plans. Her clients include both single employer plans and trusteed multi-employer plans across a wide range of industries. Megan prepares and amends plan texts and trust agreements, advises on the application of provincial and federal pension legislation and regulator policy, and drafts supporting plan documentation such as participation agreements, third party reimbursement agreements and governance policies. She advises on issues that arise in day-to-day plan administration, assists her clients with specialized projects such as plan conversions, plan terminations and matters related to ownership of plan surplus, and assists the resolution of benefit disputes outside of court. She regularly works with the BC Financial Services Authority and other regulatory agencies through her practice. Megan also negotiates a variety of plan contracts for her clients, including investment management and subscription agreements, custodial or solvency reserve account trust agreements, letter of credit trust agreements, securities lending agreements, annuity contracts, disability insurance policies and other pension and benefit plan service provider agreements. Megan has significant experience reviewing and advising on pension and benefit plan investment agreements.
Lawson Lundell LLP
Melanie Aitken
Managing Principal, Bennett Jones (US)
Bennett Jones LLP
Melanie Teetaert
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Melissa Prado
Melissa’s experience in the financial services and insurance sectors allows her to provide 360-degree counsel to clients—from consumer protection and the formation and licensing of insurers and intermediaries, to significant transactions and governance matters. Melissa’s practice focuses on corporate matters and regulatory compliance in the financial services and payments industry, with an emphasis on consumer protection and insurance corporate and regulatory law. She has also advised clients on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions, as well as on general corporate and governance matters. Melissa is fluent in Spanish.
Torys
Mena Bellofiore
Mena is a partner in Blakes Financial Services Regulatory group. Mena’s practice spans all aspects of regulatory compliance in the retail financial services and payments industry at both the federal and provincial levels, with a particular focus on consumer protection issues relating to financial products and services. She regularly provides advice to regulated financial institutions, non-bank institutions, payment networks, payment processors, payment service providers, commercial and consumer lenders, and participants in the payment card industry, including issuers, distributors as well as fintechs. She has extensive experience in legislative compliance areas that affect her clients and specializes in a wide range of regulatory issues, including federal financial institutions legislation and guidelines, cost of borrowing legislation, provincial regulation of consumer contracts, credit reporting and debt collection legislation, mortgage broker and loan broker legislation, e-commerce matters, as well as legislation affecting both commercial and consumer lenders. Mena is a member of the board of the Canadian Lenders Association and sits on four committees of the Canadian Lenders Association, including the Policy Committee, Crypto Roundtable, Buy Now Pay Later Roundtable and Non-Prime Consumer Roundtable. Mena has been seconded to four different financial institutions, including two of the largest banks in Canada where she directly advised the businesses on regulatory compliance matters, including in connection with the development and launch of credit products.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Micah Wood
Micah is a senior member of Blakes’ Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group, widely regarded as the leading competition law practice in Canada. Micah has more than 20 years of experience advising on and completing strategic transactions, working with government agencies on regulatory matters, and providing practical, business-focused advice to clients on pricing and contracting practices, marketing initiatives, and arrangements with competitors and customers. He is an advisor to companies in a wide range of sectors, including advertising, consumer products, energy, investment, financial services, media, technology, and telecommunications. Micah has written numerous articles on merger law, abuse of dominance, and legal and economic analyses of network industries. Previously, Micah was an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he taught regulation of competition for seven years.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Michael (Mike) Beairsto
Partner
Dentons
Michael A. Hurst
Counsel
Dentons
Michael Amm
Across domestic and international corporate and capital markets transactions, Mike’s deep deal experience, technical insights and strategic acumen guide organizations through their most significant and complex transactions. Mike is co-head of Torys’ M&A practice and regularly leads complex transactions, both international and domestic, combining broad experience with creativity and a practical approach to solving problems and effectively closing deals. Mike’s extensive experience across corporate transactions includes mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, securities offerings and IPOs, private equity transactions, joint ventures and royalty and streaming transactions. He also regularly advises on corporate governance and securities law matters. With over 20 years of M&A and capital markets experience, Mike has played key roles in significant transactions involving leading companies such as CN Rail, NFI Group, Bombardier, Stelco Holdings, the Aditya Birla Group, China Investment Corp. and many of the leading domestic and international investment banks. As a Canadian and U.S. qualified lawyer having practiced for a number of years in the firm’s New York office, Mike also brings broad international experience to his practice. He is also one of the key partners involved in Torys’ work with Chinese clients. With deep industry experience in mining and metals, Michael has acted on a wide variety of matters for clients including Franco-Nevada, Inmet Mining, Pala Investments, Nevada Copper, Americas Gold & Silver, Imperial Metals, McEwen Mining, Zijin Mining, CPP Investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, BaseCore Metals and many of the leading domestic and international investment banks.
Torys
Michael Barrack
Michael is one of the leading senior litigators in Canada. In recent years, he has acted on some of the most significant litigation disputes in Canada for clients in various industries. Michael has appeared at all levels of court in Canada, as well as at proceedings in the U.S., England, and Netherlands. He has successfully led trials and appeals in virtually every area of Canadian law including commercial, constitutional, tax, criminal, regulatory, administrative, and professional regulation. He was lead litigation counsel for U.K. pension claimants in successfully obtaining a landmark "modified pro rata" allocation of US$7.3 billion raised from the sale of the Nortel Networks global business units and patent portfolio. This was a landmark case involving two judges and simultaneous video linked trials in Delaware and Ontario.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Michael Beeforth
Partner
Dentons
Michael Collinge
Partner
Deloitte Legal Canada LLP
Michael Crichton
Partner, Patent Agent
Gowling WLG