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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Peter J. Osborne Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Tel: (416) 865-3094 Fax: (416) 865-3974 Toronto posborne@litigate.com Chris G. Paliare, OO, LSM Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Tel: (416) 646-4318 Fax: (416) 646-4301 Toronto chris.paliare@paliareroland.com Linda M. Plumpton Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8193 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto lplumpton@torys.com Joel Richler, FCIArb Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-2735 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto jr@blakes.com 84 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Partner. One of Canada's leading litigators and a frequent lecturer, Peter Osborne has a broad civil litigation and administrative law practice encompassing commercial disputes, complex restructuring and insolvency cases, class actions and securities matters, as well as professional malpractice litigation and disciplinary proceedings. He was counsel to the Government of Canada in the litigation and related insolvency proceedings around the issue of tobacco smuggling, which yielded the largest civil settlement in Canadian history. Osborne also advises boards of directors of public and private companies on cross-border litigation and insolvency proceedings. He has helped oversee the restructuring of some of Canada's largest companies. One of Canada's premier litigators both at trial and appellate levels; shareholder disputes, securities litigation, administrative law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and constitutional litigation, class actions, employment law, labor law, pension litigation and white-collar criminal law. Fellow, IATL (Eastern Canadian Chair); Fellow, ISB; Fellow, ACTL and former Ontario Provincial Chair; honorary member of COMBAR; certified by the LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation; Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Consistently listed in the Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Crossborder Litigation Lawyers; The 2006 Lexpert ® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; Mondaq's Employment Lawyers; Euromoney's Expert Guide to Global Labour and Employment Lawyers. LLB, Osgoode Hall (1970); LLM, University of Texas at Austin (1971). Called to the Ontario Bar (1973), with honors. Partner in Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Competition and Antitrust practice groups. Member of firm's Executive Committee. Practice focuses on competition litigation, class-action defense, corporate/commercial disputes, professional negligence and securities litigation. Also practices in the areas of public law and constitutional law. Has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, in all levels of court in Ontario, and in the Federal Court, as well as before the Competition Tribunal, the Ontario Securities Commission, a variety of other administrative tribunals and in commercial arbitrations. Repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial litigation by Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in Canada. A recognized Canadian lawyer in competition/antitrust in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook. Listed in Global Competition Review's 100 Women in Antitrust 2009. Ontario Bar, 1996. LLB, 1994, University of Toronto. BA (Honors), 1990, Queen's University. Partner and past Co-chair, Litigation Group, Toronto. Broad commercial litigation and arbitration (domestic and international) practice emphasizing contract disputes, corporate and shareholders' remedies, professional liability, construction law, commercial real estate and insurance. Practiced before all levels of courts in Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia, including trial and appellate courts and the SCC. Has also appeared before many administrative tribunals and international/domestic arbitration panels. Acts as arbitrator and mediator. Published in several areas of his practice. Speaker at professional conferences, The Advocates' Society, Ontario Centre for Advocacy Training. Member of CBA, ABA, and The Advocates' Society. Certified by LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and Litigation Counsel of America. Users' Council Member of London Court of Commercial Arbitration. Past Chair, Canadian Jewish Congress (Ontario). Admitted to Ontario Bar in 1980.