The Ontario disputes group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP works with its offices across the country to provide clients with nationwide strength in class actions defence, competition litigation and financial institution litigation. Leadership of the group is split between five partners: Patricia Morrison KC in Calgary, Kathleen McDormand in Ottawa, and David Di Paolo, Nadia Effendi and Brendan Wong in Toronto. Di Paolo has a high level of experience in securities litigation, class actions and shareholder disputes, Effendi regularly appears before all levels of federal and provincial courts, and Wong has a particular interest in fraud law.
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Key clients
- Cormark Securities Inc.
- Amazon
- Samsung
- AIC Ltd.
- Canadian National Railway Company
- Joey Drew Studios and Karman Interactive Ltd.
- BMO Investments and BMO Investorline Inc.
- Mackenzie Financial Corporation
- Peoples Trust Company
- M3 Group and the Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences
- HNR Properties Ltd.
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Leading partners
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Practice head
David Di Paolo; Patricia Morrison KC; Nadia Effendi; Brendan Wong; Kathleen McDormand