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Lapierre, Stéphanie Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3029 slapierre@stikeman.com
Ms. Lapierre is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group.
Her practice focuses on corporate and securities law where she represents
reporting issuers in connection with contested transactions and internal
investigations and enforcement proceedings instituted in response to
allegations made by whistleblowers and with investigations instituted
by securities regulators.
Laing, Andrea Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(416) 863-4159 andrea.laing@blakes.com
Ms. Laing is recognized for her expertise in securities litigation, including
cross-border disputes and class actions, enforcement and compliance
matters and investigations. She has successfully argued cases at all levels of
court as a versatile and creative lawyer with an ability to synthesize complex
aspects of securities regulation for the courts and to grapple with novel
issues and claims.
Kwinter, Alfred Singer Kwinter
(416) 961-2882 akwinter@singerkwinter.com
Mr. Kwinter founded the firm Singer Kwinter in 1974 with Morris Singer.
He has appeared as counsel at all court levels, including the Supreme
Court of Canada, and has achieved some of Canada's largest jury awards for
punitive damages against an insurer. He is certified by the LSO as a Specialist
in Civil Litigation, and is a past director of The Advocates' Society and
Medico-Legal Society.
Kuehl, Cynthia B. Lerners LLP
(416) 601-2363 ckuehl@lerners.ca
Ms. Kuehl is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer, and has appeared at
all levels of court. Her commercial litigation and arbitration practice focuses
on land development and municipal litigation, and complex shareholder and
contractual disputes. She is a past recipient of the Lexpert Zenith Award
recognizing women in law and is a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.
Kryworuk, Peter W. Lerners LLP
(519) 640-6317 pkryworuk@lerners.ca
Mr. Kryworuk has extensive trial and appellate experience in medical and
professional liability, class action, commercial litigation, and personal injury
and insurance litigation. He is a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation and a
Fellow of the ACTL. He is a member of the Board of The Advocates' Society.
Kroft, QC, Edwin G. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
(416) 863-2500 ed.kroft@blakes.com
Mr. Kroft is a leading tax litigation and transfer pricing lawyer acting for major
Canadian and multinational companies on their most complex disputes.
He appears before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada,
the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
IN THE WAKE OF THE SCC TRILOGY
THAT LAID OUT A ROBUST INTERPRETATION
OF THE LEAVE STANDARD, THERE'S BEEN
A SLOWDOWN IN THE NUMBER OF
CANADIAN SECURITIES CLASS ACTIONS
By Julius Melnitzer
ere was no shortage of doubters aer the Su-
preme Court of Canada (SCC) released its land-
mark 2015 trilogy setting the standard that plain-
tiffs must meet to satisfy the leave threshold for
filing secondary market securities class actions.
"One plaintiff 's lawyer I was facing called it
nothing but a speed bump," says Matthew Milne-
Smith of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in
Toronto. "But it was a speed bump that wrecked
his case."
From all appearances, the trilogy — Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green, Silver v.
Imax Corporation and Trustees of the Millwright
