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Co-head of Litigation. General domestic, international and cross-border litigation prac-
tice 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 OBA Award of Excellence in
Civil Litigation (2014); 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); Past 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; Certi-
fi ed Specialist in Civil Litigation by LSUC; Chair, Sopinka Cup Society; Director, Cana-
dian Hunger Foundation.
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 ad-
ministrative tribunals. He has also appeared as counsel before the High Court and the
Court of Appeal in the U.K. 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 gen-
eration of lawyers.
Jonathan Lisus was called to the Ontario Bar in 1992. His practice focuses on complex
commercial disputes. He has a broad trial and appellate practice across the country and
regularly appears in the Supreme Court of Canada. He is an elected Fellow of the Ameri-
can College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is an
appointed member at large of the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Pro-
fessionalism. He regularly appears as Special Counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties As-
sociation in all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is recognized
by e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Chambers
Global, Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark and e Legal 500.
Former Chair, National Litigation Department. 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, fi duciary claims, con-
tested mergers & acquisitions, franchising disputes and environmental liability. Listed in
many leading legal publications, including e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to
the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and profi led as a recommended leading practitioner
in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Franchising Law, Litigation – Corporate
Commercial, Litigation – Securities, Class Actions and Litigation – Directors' & Offi cers'
Liability. 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).
Jeff rey S.
Leon
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-7472
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Alan J.
Lenczner, QC
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffi n LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3090
Fax: (416) 865-2844
Toronto
Jonathan
C. Lisus
Lax O'Sullivan
Scott Lisus LLP
Tel: (416) 598-7873
Fax: (416) 598-3730
Toronto
Larry P.
Lowenstein
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-6454
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
leonj@bennettjones.com
alenczner@litigate.com
jlisus@counsel-toronto.com
llowenstein@osler.com
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