Linda Plumpton > Torys > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

According to satisfied clients, the insurance team at Torys draws on ‘some of the best experts in financial services corporate and litigation work in the country’. The practice is particularly dominant on the corporate and regulatory front, where it is a popular choice to advise insurance corporations on high-profile M&A deals, joint ventures and other highly regulated transactions and compliance matters. Financial services expert Blair Keefe co-heads the insurance regulatory practice and is a first port of call for insurance companies undertaking corporate transactions. Other advisory specialists include Jill McCutcheon; senior counsel Kelly Morris; and Melissa Prado, who was recently promoted to partner. Litigation and dispute resolution chair Linda Plumpton is the key contact for contentious insurance work and contributes significant experience in precedent-setting regulatory and coverage disputes. Litigator David Outerbridge is also noted for insurance disputes, including product liability claims, environmental claims and class actions. Named lawyers are based in Toronto.

The practice group at Torys is well-versed in providing financial, retail, energy and healthcare-sector clients with strategic competition advice for M&A transactions, as well as representing them in competition law disputes. Dany Assaf, Omar Wakil and Linda Plumpton co-lead the practice from Toronto. Assaf and Wakil take care of the range of competition law and foreign investment matters; Plumpton majors on class action defence and competition and securities litigation. Litigator James Gotowiec and senior associate Rebecca Wagner, who handles Competition Act compliance, including complex merger transactions, are additional key contacts. All lawyers mentioned are based at the Toronto office.

The team at Torys‘ Ontario disputes department is well-versed in shareholder litigation and corporate-commercial litigation. The group’s client roster frequently features domestic and multinational companies in the financial services, insurance, tech, retail and manufacturing sectors. Practice co-head Linda Plumpton specializes in competition litigation, securities litigation, class action defence and corporate and commercial disputes. Also co-leading, Sarah Whitmore handles class actions, commercial litigation, employment law and media law. Also noted are Sheila Block (commercial and securities litigation, IP, defamation and administrative law cases); Gillian Dingle (corporate and securities litigation); and Andrew Bernstein (public law and appellate work).