Twenty-two partners. Forty-eight lawyers.
We do not organize the firm into managing committees by department. The partners listed below chair our practices, but the firm is run by twenty-two partners who take work — and is staffed by associates and counsel who come to it from the same Canadian and U.S. law schools, by direct hire and lateral move.
Managing Partner · Mergers & Acquisitions
Hamish co-founded the firm in 1987 after a decade on Bay Street. He has acted as lead counsel on more than sixty contested or strategic Canadian public-company transactions, and is regularly retained by special committees in going-private and related-party transactions. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in M&A by Chambers Canada and Lexpert.
Partner · Capital Markets
Margaret leads the firm's capital markets group and is the firm's designated relationship counsel for several of the syndicate desks active on Canadian transactions. Her practice covers both equity and high-yield, with particular emphasis on cross-listed offerings. She is also active on continuous disclosure and take-over bid matters, and serves as a member of the firm's securities opinion committee.
Partner · Private Equity
David acts for Canadian and international financial sponsors on platform acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and exits. He has particular depth in pension-led infrastructure consortia, having advised on several of the largest such transactions concluded in the Canadian market over the past five years. He is a member of the firm's management committee.
Partner · Tax
Priya advises on the tax aspects of the firm's most complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Her practice covers corporate reorganizations, acquisition structuring, cross-border financing, and securities offerings. She speaks and writes regularly on the tax treatment of CCPC reorganizations and the application of the foreign affiliate rules to Canadian outbound investment.
Partner · Litigation
Robert is a trial and appellate litigator. He acts on the disputes that arise out of the firm's transactional work — post-closing M&A claims, oppression remedies, contested Plans of Arrangement, and securities class actions. He has argued six matters before the Supreme Court of Canada, three of which resulted in reported decisions.
Partner · Restructuring & Insolvency
Caroline acts on both the debtor and creditor sides of major Canadian insolvency proceedings, including CCAA filings, BIA receiverships, and cross-border Chapter 15 matters. She is regularly retained by court-appointed monitors and receivers, and has acted on several of the largest restructurings concluded in the Canadian retail and energy sectors.
Three senior counsel, retained on the matters their experience addresses. The firm does not maintain a counsel program in the broader Bay Street sense; the title here denotes long-tenured partners who have stepped back from a transactional caseload.
Senior Counsel · Securities
Former Vice-Chair, Ontario Securities Commission. Retained on regulatory matters and contested transactions.
Senior Counsel · Corporate
Founding partner of the firm. Continues to act on legacy mandates and on succession matters for long-standing clients.
Senior Counsel · Tax
Former Director, Income Tax Rulings Directorate (CRA). Retained on cross-border restructurings and advance income tax rulings.
The firm employs twenty associates across its two offices. Associates are not seconded to a single partner; they are staffed by practice group based on the matter and the team. The firm hires from Canadian and U.S. law schools, by direct recruitment and by lateral move.