The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Paul H. Le Vay Stockwoods LLP Tel: (416) 593-2493 Fax: (416) 593-9345 Toronto paullv@stockwoods.ca Practice includes corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, class proceedings, professional liability, claims against directors and officers, employment litigation and professional liability and regulation. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by The Law Society of Upper Canada. Bilingual, argues cases in English and French before all levels of court as well as tribunals, including the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). President of l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario. Member of OSC Securities Litigation Advisory Committee. Past director of The Advocates' Society. Frequent speaker and author in his areas of practice. Named in The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in categories of Corporate Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation. Ranked by Chambers Global, listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and recommended by Benchmark Canada in his principal areas of practice. Alan J. Lenczner, QC Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Tel: (416) 865-3090 Fax: (416) 865-2844 Toronto alenczner@litigate.com Founding partner. Widely acknowledged as one of Canada's leading litigators, Alan Lenczner has applied his advocacy skills to yield precedent-setting decisions in nearly every area of civil litigation. Drawing on four decades of experience in complex litigation matters, he appears regularly before courts at all levels across the country, as well as administrative tribunals. He has also appeared as counsel before the High Court and the Court of Appeal in the UK and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A frequent lecturer on a broad range of legal subjects, Lenczner has helped to guide a generation of lawyers. Jeffrey S. Leon Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-7472 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto leonj@bennettjones.com Larry P. Lowenstein Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6454 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto llowenstein@osler.com 82 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Co-head of Litigation. General domestic, international and cross-border litigation practice before courts and arbitration tribunals. Extensive trial and appellate experience. Has acted in securities, commercial, corporate, class proceedings, product liability, professional negligence and administrative law matters. Recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013); Catzman Award for Professionalism and Civility (2010); and the Law Society Medal (2005). Past President of TAS(O); Regent and Fellow of the ACTL (past Vice Chair of the Access to Justice Committee, past Chair of the Ontario Province and the Canada–United States Committees); Director and Fellow of the IATL; Member of ISOB; Past Chair of the Board of Directors of Pro Bono Law Ontario; Honorary Member of COMBAR; Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation by LSUC. Senior partner in Osler's Litigation Group and Chair, National Litigation Department, from 2005 to 2010. Practice focuses on complex litigation and arbitrations at trial and on appeal. Recent engagements have involved class actions, corporate governance matters, securities litigation and enforcement, fiduciary claims, contested mergers & acquisitions, franchising disputes and environmental liability. Listed in many leading legal publications, including The 2013 Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and profiled as a recommended leading practitioner in the 2013 Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory for Litigation (Corporate Commercial, Directors' & Officers' Liability, and Securities) Class Actions and Franchising Law. Frequent conference presenter and editor of Corporate Litigation, a quarterly publication. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983 and received law degrees from Oxford University (1979) and the University of Toronto (1981).