Linda Plumpton > Torys > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Offering substantial experience in the energy, healthcare, insurance and financial services segments, the group at Torys is noted for its advisory competition law offering. The practice is also frequently engaged in complex contentious matters and cross-border mandates. The department is co-directed by a trio of Toronto-based partners. Dany Assaf and Omar Wakil cover the range of competition law and foreign investment matters, while Linda Plumpton‘s practice is focused on litigation, and is well-versed in class action defence, corporate disputes, securities litigation, foreign investment reviews and investigations. Partner James Gotowiec is an additional name to note for litigation, while Rebecca Wagner is the key name to note at the senior associate level. All lawyers mentioned work in the Toronto office.

Torys‘ Toronto-based group routinely represents a range of domestic and international companies in shareholder litigation, breach of contract and corporate governance matters. The practice is co-led by Linda Plumpton, who is focused on competition litigation, securities litigation, class action defence, and corporate and commercial disputes. Alongside her, Gillian Dingle routinely supports leading capital market players in professional liability claims, securities class actions and regulatory investigations. Additional key figures include Sheila Block, who demonstrates expertise in IP, defamation and administrative law disputes, and Sarah Whitmore, who handles employment, media and public law disputes. Another key figure is seasoned litigator Andrew Bernstein.

‘A key firm for expert insurance counsel’, Torys is primarily recognized for its dominant position in transactional and regulatory insurance. That being said, the team also benefits from its ability to draw on the wider firm’s deep bench of dispute resolution specialists to resource complex contentious cases. Blair Keefe is widely considered as a leader in financial services regulation, including insurance; he acted as insurance regulatory counsel to Intact Financial on its £7.2bn acquisition, together with Tryg, of RSA Insurance Group. Other key regulatory and transactional names include Jill McCutcheon; senior counsel Kelly Morris; and talented counsel Melissa Prado. On the litigation side, Linda Plumpton is representing Manulife in an application discussing the proper interpretation of the ‘tax-exempt’ status of a subset of its universal life insurance contracts.