Lawyers in Canada
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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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Annie Gagnon-Larocque
Partner in the Real Property and Planning Group in Montréal. Practice focuses on real estate acquisitions, real estate financings, property development, commercial leasing, and joint venture transactions. Regularly represents financial institutions and public and private companies in the multi-residential, retail and hotel industries, and for development work. Acting on major transactions for purchasers, lenders and developers of residential and mixed-use projects, including on projects involving vertical subdivisions and co-ownership.
McCarthy Tétrault
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Anthony J. Cole
Partner and national co-leader of Dentons’ Global Compliance and Investigations group
Dentons
Anthony V. Strawson, CPA, CMA KC
Co-managing Partner Areas of Practice Tax Planning Tax Representation & Litigation Corporate Tax Planning Audits & CRA Proposals Personal Tax Planning Objections Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Litigation International Tax Voluntary Disclosures Resource Tax
Felesky Flynn LLP
Anu Nijhawan
Partner and Co-Head of Tax Department
Bennett Jones LLP
April Kosten
Partner
Dentons
Arend Hoekstra
Arend Hoekstra, CPA, CA, is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Arend is also a Chartered Professional Accountant. Arend provides advice on the duty to consult, treaty negotiations, project-related environmental and regulatory matters, mining projects, legislative drafting, litigation matters including judicial review proceedings, use of Reserve lands including Section 53(1) easements, Section 28(2) tenures, and rights-of-way, drafting of Impact Benefit Agreements and Capacity Funding Agreements, and financing and acquisition of mineral resource properties. His previous experience includes acting as a Senior Advisor for one of Canada’s largest mines and acting as a controller for a large helicopter services company serving the mineral exploration and mining industry in the NWT. As a Chartered Professional Accountant, Arend worked with governments, including Indigenous governments and communities, across the NWT and Nunavut. Learn more.
Cassels
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Arianne Bouchard
Partner
Dentons
Arlan Gates
Arlan Gates practices commercial and regulatory law as a member of Baker McKenzie's Global International Commercial & Trade and Antitrust & Competition groups. He leads the Canadian Antitrust, Competition and Foreign Investment Practice, which has been ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers Canada. He is also ranked by Chambers Canada and by Best Lawyers in the area of advertising, marketing and data protection law and leads the Canadian Advertising, Marketing and Regulatory Practice, providing support to domestic and international businesses on regulatory aspects of market entry and ongoing commercial operations in Canada and abroad. Arlan joined Baker McKenzie as a summer associate in 1999 and has also worked in the Firm's Sydney office.
Baker McKenzie
Armen Khajetoorian
Armen Khajetoorian is a partner in the Real Estate & Development Group at Cassels and co-lead of the commercial leasing team. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial leasing transactions, including reviewing, drafting and negotiating retail, office, and industrial leases and subleases, and related documents such as termination and surrender agreements, non-disturbance agreements, and license agreements. Armen has extensive experience in representing both landlords and tenants using a practical approach, including representing international property managers and developers and prominent international luxury retailers in lease-related matters. Prior to joining Cassels, Armen practiced law in New York City and served as senior counsel in the New York office of Loeb & Loeb LLP. Armen is recognized as a leading leasing lawyer by numerous industry leading directories, including Best Lawyers and Lexpert. He is a frequent speaker and contributor at leasing conferences, seminars and workshops, including the Eight Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer and the ICSC Canadian Law Conference. Armen was called to the bar in New York in 2011 and in Ontario in 2019. Learn more.
Cassels
Arnon A. Dachner
Partner
Dentons
Arthur L. Hamilton
Partner
Dentons
Ashley White
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Audreanne Poulin
Associate
Dentons
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Barry Sookman
Senior counsel in the Technology Law Group. Former leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property group. One of Canada’s foremost authorities in information technology, Internet, copyright and privacy law. Acts in connection with complex IT/AI//IP transactions and defense procurements and in IT/IP litigation. Has argued numerous precedent-setting cases at all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Adjunct professor of IP law at Osgoode. Author’s blog at www.barrysookman.com
McCarthy Tétrault
Barry Zalmanowitz KC
Senior Counsel
Dentons
Belinda Bain
Partner National Lead – Insurance & Professional Liability Practice Group (Canada)
Gowling WLG
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.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP