Lawyers in Canada
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Rebecca Wagner
Rebecca’s practice involves all aspects of competition law and foreign investment review. She assists clients on matters requiring Competition Act compliance, including complex merger transactions, reviewable (civil) matters, criminal matters and related inquiries by the Competition Bureau. She also advises clients on compliance with and reviews under the Investment Canada Act. Rebecca’s recent experience includes work on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional merger transactions, matters involving the interface between competition and intellectual property law, advice on compliance with the marketing and advertising provisions of the Competition Act, and competition law compliance programs.
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Rebecca von Rüti
Rebecca von Rüti is Co-Chair of the DLA Piper (Canada) Class Action Defence group. Rebecca's practice is concentrated on the defence of class actions (national and cross-border) and individual claims brought against international airlines (baggage fees, cargo and passenger surcharges), motor vehicle manufacturers (diesel emissions and product liability), multinational technology companies (including a proposed class action related to various breach of privacy allegations involving Facebook), international pharmaceutical companies of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs (including nine proposed class proceedings relating to the opioid crisis), medical product and device manufacturers, global insurance companies (COVID-19 business interruption), forest products companies, international educational publishers, food manufacturers and specialty chemical and raw material manufacturers. She has extensive experience defending consumer protection claims, competition/restraint of trade claims, false and misleading advertising claims, data breach/privacy, secondary market misrepresentation claims, product liability claims and negligence claims. In addition, Rebecca acts for a global merchant payment processor in respect to various actions in BC and Ontario relating to the processing of credit and debit card transactions. Rebecca is also panel counsel for a number of global insurers.
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Reena Goyal
Reena is National Energy Regulatory Co-Lead with an energy law practice focusing on electricity markets, regulation and compliance. Her practice includes acting for generators, commercial and industrial loads, utilities, transmitters, distributors, demand response aggregators, traders, retailers and gas marketers. She provides strategic regulatory advice and advocacy to shareholders, acquirers, investors and developers of a variety of power assets. Reena has appeared before the Canada Energy Regulator, Ontario Energy Board, the Alberta Utilities Commission and all levels of courts in Ontario, regularly representing participants and stakeholders in electricity market compliance investigations and reliability standards audits.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Reinhold Krahn
Reinhold advises clients on both international and domestic income taxation matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations, and cross-border transactions. He regularly provides taxation and structuring advice to large institutions and pension funds as well as large public and private clients on multi-billion dollar transactions. Reinhold has extensive experience in structuring complex financial transactions relating to investments across Canada, the United States, South America, Europe and Asia in a variety of fields, including resources, real estate and large industry. Reinhold also has extensive experience in structuring tax efficient investment structures for foreign investors acquiring and making investments and acquisitions in Canada.
Lawson Lundell LLP
Renee Reichelt
Renee is a leading corporate commercial litigator whose practice areas include banking litigation, securities litigation, class action litigation, shareholder disputes and oppression actions, oil and gas litigation, negligence and contract disputes, employment matters, land development disputes, IP litigation, defamation and environmental litigation. She also routinely acts on matters involving fraud and reputational risk. Renee is counsel for clients experiencing a data breach or cybersecurity incident. Renee has extensive experience in litigating and advising clients in the oil and gas, energy and financial services industry, including major banks and investment dealers. Renee has been counsel at trial, chambers and on appeal in Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, appellate counsel at both the Alberta and British Columbia Courts of Appeal, has appeared as counsel before the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also represented parties before administrative, regulatory and disciplinary tribunals, including the Alberta Securities Commission, the British Columbia Securities Commission and CIRO, as well as at arbitrations and mediations. Renee successfully represented QMUNITY and the Skipping Stone Foundation as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada in an anti-SLAPP and the public interest in speech that counters discrimination against vulnerable groups case (reported at Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14).
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Renée Tousignant
Renée practises corporate and commercial law and advises clients on a variety of issues, including intellectual property, communications, consumer protection, product advertising and regulatory compliance across a wide range of industries. She also takes part in corporate transactions, especially as they involve technology and IP centered companies and highly regulated industries, notably assisting in due diligence, drafting transaction documents and transaction closing. Renée also assists in drafting and reviewing commercial agreements, licensing agreements and other technology-related agreements. Drawing on her prior experience working in the film industry, Renée advises on all aspects of development, production, financing, copyright protection, web/online content, licensing, corporate organization and distribution for feature films and television programs. She also guides telecommunications and broadcasting companies in connection with their Canadian regulatory obligations and interacts with the relevant communications regulators regarding annual filings and licensing matters. Renée is fluent in English and French.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Richard Burgos
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Richard Charney
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Richard Du
Richard’s litigation practice focuses on intellectual property (IP) matters, including patent, trademark and copyright disputes. Richard often litigates complex pharmaceutical patent matters, including those brought under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. He has expertise in proceedings before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. Richard also provides clients with strategic legal advice pertaining to IP. Before joining Blakes, Richard was an IP litigation associate and completed his articles at an international law firm.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Richard Higa
Practice focuses on all aspects of domestic and cross-border financings, including acquisition, asset-based, cash flow and recurring revenue based lending, bilateral and syndicated financings, Term B, second lien and mezzanine financings, as well as debtor-in-possession financings and high-yield notes. Recently acted on behalf of a variety of Canadian and US financial institutions including banks, insurance companies and specialty debt funds on asset-based financings and leveraged cash-flow financings and mezzanine financings provided to private equity funds in connection with acquisitions in the gaming, telecom, insurance, medical, technology and manufacturing sectors. Richard brings a pragmatic, solution oriented practical style to closing transactions. In addition to his finance practice, Richard is the Practice Group Leader for the firm’s business law group in Toronto.
McCarthy Tétrault
Richard Shaban
Senior Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Richard Swan
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Richard Vachon
Partner
Woods LLP
Richmond Bayes
Partner
MLT Aikins LLP
Rick Borden
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rick Da Costa
Partner and National Leader, Corporate and Regulatory Insurance & Reinsurance
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Rick Williams
Partner and National Business Leader, Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ricki Johnston
Partner Head of the Commercial Litigation Group - Calgary Calgary Lead - National Commercial Litigation Group
Gowling WLG
Rima Ramchandani
Rima advises on a wide range of clients’ strategic mandates, including financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, with a practical approach informed by a long history of corporate and capital markets experience. Co-head of the Capital Markets Practice, Rima focuses on corporate and securities law, including public and private financings, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Rima has represented both issuers and underwriters on numerous public offerings and private placements, with particular experience in cross-border transactions. Rima also regularly advises public company clients, including many cross-listed issuers, in a variety of industries on ongoing corporate governance and securities law matters. In her M&A practice, Rima is counsel on related party transactions, public take-over bids, and private acquisitions and divestitures.
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Rob Blackstein
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Robbie Liebel
With extensive securities regulation and corporate finance experience, Robbie helps clients in a wide range of industries in their significant transactions, financings and corporate governance matters. Robbie regularly acts for issuers and underwriting syndicates in public and private equity and debt financings, including numerous initial public offerings for both domestic and cross-border clients. Robbie’s robust knowledge in securities regulation and corporate finance works to guide Canadian reporting issuers and securities industry participants across the spectrum of their securities regulatory compliance matters, including stock exchange listings and governance, disclosure and reporting matters.
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Robert A. Neilson
Parnter Areas of Practice Estate Planning Tax Litigation Tax Representation & Litigation Voluntary Disclosure Audits & CRA Proposals Criminal Tax Deference Objections Contested Estate Matters
Felesky Flynn LLP
Robert Brant
Robert Brant is the Managing Partner of our London, England office where he has been based since 1998. He is an experienced corporate/commercial lawyer, focusing his practice on transatlantic M&A and capital markets work. Rob regularly advises a wide range of Canadian and international companies in connection with European M&A and corporate finance transactions (including new stock exchange listings) as well as significant commercial contracts. Mr. Brant’s experience extends to a number of different sectors with a focus on all forms of energy, natural resources, cannabis and technology. Clients which Mr. Brant has recently represented include Asanko Gold, CGI, CIBC, Dadco Group, Duke Royalty, Enbridge, First Quantum Minerals, Helios Investors, Heritage Oil, Mercuria Energy Trading, National Bank, Sundial Growers, TD Bank and Vitol.
McCarthy Tétrault
Robert Cooper
Partner Bob Cooper is a trial lawyer practicing with a focus on corporate, commercial, class action and securities litigation.
McEwan Partners