Blakes lawyers are at the forefront of providing context-specific advice to clients on complex Canadian corporate governance matters.
We regularly advise issuers and their boards of directors on a variety of foundational and strategic matters. Our exceptional cross-disciplinary, national practice is dedicated to understanding and shaping the requirements of corporate governance legislation and the rules and policies of Canadian securities regulatory authorities and stock exchanges. We also have best practices and views published by influential commentators such as proxy advisory firms, institutional investor governance groups and rankings of governance practices).
Our Corporate Governance group provides market-leading, tailored advice to public and private companies on establishing and improving corporate governance structures and practices, compliance with applicable regulatory reporting, disclosure requirements, restrictions and best practices, shareholder communications, directors' and officers' duties, insurance and indemnity matters, executive compensation, the voluntary adoption of measures such as say-on-pay and ESG reporting, board composition and diversity, climate change, cybersecurity, privacy, and other hot-button issues, as well as overall risk management.
In addition, our lawyers advise on contested corporate transactions (including preparedness for and defence against proxy contests), corporate and securities litigation, shareholder proposals and other stakeholder communications, and internal investigations (including whistleblower reports). They also act on our clients’ behalf in response to external investigations and regularly serve as special counsel to boards of directors and special committees on transformational transactions.
People
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Chris BarkerPartner | Toronto
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David BristowPartner | Toronto
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Robin BurnsPartner | Toronto
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Liam ChurchillPartner | Toronto
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Jill DavisPartner | Toronto
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Audra DowlessPartner | Toronto
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Michael ElderPartner | Toronto
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Shlomi FeinerPartner | Toronto
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Rory ffrenchPartner | Toronto
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Will FungPartner | Toronto
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Michael I. GansPartner | Toronto, New York
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Brock W. Gibson, KCPartner | Calgary, Toronto
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Jeff GlassPartner | Toronto
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Jacob GofmanPartner | Toronto
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Chris HewatPartner | Toronto
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Michael HickeyPartner | Toronto
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Christopher JonesPartner | Toronto
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Andrew LaheyPartner | Toronto
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Jeff LloydPartner | London, Toronto
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Stacy McLeanPartner | Toronto
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Matthew MerkleyPartner | Toronto
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Eric MoncikPartner | Toronto
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Alex MoorePartner | Toronto
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Jeremy OzierPartner | Toronto
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Paul SinghPartner | Toronto
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Marko TrivunPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Linda TuPartner | Toronto
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Richard TurnerPartner | Toronto
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Joshua WhitfordPartner | Toronto
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John WilkinPartner | Toronto
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Catherine YoudanPartner | Toronto
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Marcel BeaudoinAssociate | Toronto
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Madeleine CarswellAssociate | Toronto
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Tairroyn ChildsAssociate | Toronto
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Sarah DeGenovaAssociate | Toronto
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Jessie DewdneyAssociate | Toronto
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Marc Di PierdomenicoAssociate | Toronto
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Melissa EarlAssociate | Toronto
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Angela FengAssociate | Toronto
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Robert FrazerAssociate | Toronto
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Mitchell HamiltonAssociate | Toronto
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Michael HayesAssociate | Toronto
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Madeleine HerlinAssociate | Toronto
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William JelinekAssociate | Toronto
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Antoine KillinAssociate | Toronto
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Andrew KupferAssociate | Toronto
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Liz Litwack-LandsbergAssociate | Toronto
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Selena LucienAssociate | Toronto
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Mark MohamedAssociate | Toronto
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Alyssa MosesAssociate | Toronto
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Karam PutrosAssociate | Toronto
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Sabrina Radia-BramwellAssociate | Toronto
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Sondra RebenchukSenior Innovation Counsel | Toronto
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Douglas RobertsonCounsel, Knowledge Management | Toronto
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Josh RosenbaumAssociate | Toronto
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Naya SamaraAssociate | Toronto
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Brittany ShamessAssociate | Toronto
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Amrit ToorAssociate | Toronto
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David J. ToswellSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Rishi VermaAssociate | Toronto
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Jacob WebsterAssociate | Toronto
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Gabrielle WrightAssociate | Toronto
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Christopher YeretsianAssociate | Toronto
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Breanna YoungAssociate | Toronto
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Jeff BakkerPartner | Calgary
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Ross A. BentleyPartner | Calgary
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Scott W. N. ClarkePartner | Calgary
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Max EttingerPartner | Calgary
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Brock W. Gibson, KCPartner | Calgary, Toronto
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Chelsea HunterPartner | Calgary
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Olga KaryPartner | Calgary
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Daniel McLeodPartner | Calgary
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Cameron ProctorPartner | Calgary
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Chad C. SchneiderPartner | Calgary
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Kristopher SimardPartner | Calgary
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Michael BarrettAssociate | Calgary
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Sean CahillAssociate | Calgary
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Ivana DokicAssociate | Calgary
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Lindsay HoferAssociate | Calgary
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Peter HoworunAssociate | Calgary
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Cole OllisAssociate | Calgary
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Bharbara ParkenAssociate | Calgary
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Matthew SantilloAssociate | Calgary
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Mercer TimmisAssociate | Calgary
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Kathleen KeiltyPartner | Vancouver
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Steven McKoen, KCPartner | Vancouver
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Michelle Noorani (née Audet)Partner | Vancouver
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Peter J. O'CallaghanRetired Partner | Vancouver
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Trisha RobertsonPartner | Vancouver
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Evan StraightPartner | Vancouver
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Amelia CookAssociate | Vancouver
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Alessandra DavoliAssociate | Vancouver
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Glen HarrisonAssociate | Vancouver
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Ilia KatiraeeAssociate | Vancouver
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Seb LloydAssociate | Vancouver
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Hayley NellesAssociate | Vancouver
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Jamie OleksiewAssociate | Vancouver
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Arina PolyachekAssociate | Vancouver
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David RennieAssociate | Vancouver
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Jeremy RogersAssociate | Vancouver
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Ziyao SunAssociate | Vancouver
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Christina SutcliffeAssociate | Vancouver
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Justin TiessenAssociate | Vancouver
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Darren WhitehouseAssociate | Vancouver
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Edmond YanAssociate | Vancouver
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Caroline Biron, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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Pascal de GuisePartner | Montréal
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Howard LevinePartner | Montréal
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Julien MichaudPartner | Montréal
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Jenny RossPartner | Montréal
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Philippe BerthiaumeAssociate | Montréal
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Émile ForcioneAssociate | Montréal
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Louis-Philippe LacasseAssociate | Montréal
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Hubert T. LacroixStrategic Counsel | Montréal
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Élykia MakwandaAssociate | Montréal
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Anne Sophie MassicotteAssociate | Montréal
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Louis MorissetStrategic Counsel | Montréal
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Siobhan MullanAssociate | Montréal
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Stefan VrinceanuAssociate | Montréal
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Marko TrivunPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Michael I. GansPartner | Toronto, New York
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Kai DuchnyczAssociate | New York
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Jeff LloydPartner | London, Toronto
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Jennifer MaxwellPartner | London
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Michelle PeriniAssociate | London
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Jeff BakkerPartner | Calgary
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Chris BarkerPartner | Toronto
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Ross A. BentleyPartner | Calgary
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Caroline Biron, Ad. E.Partner | Montréal
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David BristowPartner | Toronto
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Robin BurnsPartner | Toronto
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Liam ChurchillPartner | Toronto
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Scott W. N. ClarkePartner | Calgary
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Jill DavisPartner | Toronto
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Pascal de GuisePartner | Montréal
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Audra DowlessPartner | Toronto
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Michael ElderPartner | Toronto
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Max EttingerPartner | Calgary
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Shlomi FeinerPartner | Toronto
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Rory ffrenchPartner | Toronto
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Will FungPartner | Toronto
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Michael I. GansPartner | Toronto, New York
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Brock W. Gibson, KCPartner | Calgary, Toronto
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Jeff GlassPartner | Toronto
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Jacob GofmanPartner | Toronto
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Chris HewatPartner | Toronto
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Michael HickeyPartner | Toronto
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Chelsea HunterPartner | Calgary
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Christopher JonesPartner | Toronto
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Olga KaryPartner | Calgary
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Kathleen KeiltyPartner | Vancouver
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Andrew LaheyPartner | Toronto
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Howard LevinePartner | Montréal
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Jeff LloydPartner | London, Toronto
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Jennifer MaxwellPartner | London
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Steven McKoen, KCPartner | Vancouver
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Stacy McLeanPartner | Toronto
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Daniel McLeodPartner | Calgary
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Matthew MerkleyPartner | Toronto
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Julien MichaudPartner | Montréal
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Eric MoncikPartner | Toronto
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Alex MoorePartner | Toronto
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Michelle Noorani (née Audet)Partner | Vancouver
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Peter J. O'CallaghanRetired Partner | Vancouver
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Jeremy OzierPartner | Toronto
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Cameron ProctorPartner | Calgary
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Trisha RobertsonPartner | Vancouver
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Jenny RossPartner | Montréal
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Chad C. SchneiderPartner | Calgary
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Kristopher SimardPartner | Calgary
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Paul SinghPartner | Toronto
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Evan StraightPartner | Vancouver
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Marko TrivunPartner | Toronto, Ottawa
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Linda TuPartner | Toronto
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Richard TurnerPartner | Toronto
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Joshua WhitfordPartner | Toronto
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John WilkinPartner | Toronto
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Catherine YoudanPartner | Toronto
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Michael BarrettAssociate | Calgary
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Marcel BeaudoinAssociate | Toronto
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Philippe BerthiaumeAssociate | Montréal
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Sean CahillAssociate | Calgary
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Madeleine CarswellAssociate | Toronto
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Tairroyn ChildsAssociate | Toronto
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Amelia CookAssociate | Vancouver
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Alessandra DavoliAssociate | Vancouver
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Sarah DeGenovaAssociate | Toronto
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Jessie DewdneyAssociate | Toronto
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Marc Di PierdomenicoAssociate | Toronto
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Ivana DokicAssociate | Calgary
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Kai DuchnyczAssociate | New York
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Melissa EarlAssociate | Toronto
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Angela FengAssociate | Toronto
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Émile ForcioneAssociate | Montréal
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Robert FrazerAssociate | Toronto
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Mitchell HamiltonAssociate | Toronto
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Glen HarrisonAssociate | Vancouver
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Michael HayesAssociate | Toronto
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Madeleine HerlinAssociate | Toronto
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Lindsay HoferAssociate | Calgary
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Peter HoworunAssociate | Calgary
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William JelinekAssociate | Toronto
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Ilia KatiraeeAssociate | Vancouver
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Antoine KillinAssociate | Toronto
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Andrew KupferAssociate | Toronto
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Louis-Philippe LacasseAssociate | Montréal
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Hubert T. LacroixStrategic Counsel | Montréal
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Liz Litwack-LandsbergAssociate | Toronto
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Seb LloydAssociate | Vancouver
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Selena LucienAssociate | Toronto
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Élykia MakwandaAssociate | Montréal
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Anne Sophie MassicotteAssociate | Montréal
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Mark MohamedAssociate | Toronto
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Louis MorissetStrategic Counsel | Montréal
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Alyssa MosesAssociate | Toronto
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Siobhan MullanAssociate | Montréal
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Hayley NellesAssociate | Vancouver
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Jamie OleksiewAssociate | Vancouver
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Cole OllisAssociate | Calgary
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Bharbara ParkenAssociate | Calgary
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Michelle PeriniAssociate | London
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Arina PolyachekAssociate | Vancouver
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Karam PutrosAssociate | Toronto
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Sabrina Radia-BramwellAssociate | Toronto
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Sondra RebenchukSenior Innovation Counsel | Toronto
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David RennieAssociate | Vancouver
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Douglas RobertsonCounsel, Knowledge Management | Toronto
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Jeremy RogersAssociate | Vancouver
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Josh RosenbaumAssociate | Toronto
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Naya SamaraAssociate | Toronto
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Matthew SantilloAssociate | Calgary
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Brittany ShamessAssociate | Toronto
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Ziyao SunAssociate | Vancouver
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Christina SutcliffeAssociate | Vancouver
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Justin TiessenAssociate | Vancouver
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Mercer TimmisAssociate | Calgary
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Amrit ToorAssociate | Toronto
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David J. ToswellSenior Counsel | Toronto
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Rishi VermaAssociate | Toronto
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Stefan VrinceanuAssociate | Montréal
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Jacob WebsterAssociate | Toronto
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Darren WhitehouseAssociate | Vancouver
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Gabrielle WrightAssociate | Toronto
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Edmond YanAssociate | Vancouver
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Christopher YeretsianAssociate | Toronto
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Breanna YoungAssociate | Toronto