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One of Canada's premier litigators, both at trial and appellate levels; shareholder dis-
putes, securities litigation, administrative law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and consti-
tutional 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; Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, hon-
orary member of COMBAR; certifi ed by the LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation;
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Consistently listed in e Lexpert® Guide to
the Leading 100 Canada/US Cross-border Litigation Lawyers; e 2006 Lexpert® Guide to
the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: e World's Leading Lawyers for Busi-
ness; 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. 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.
Leader of Lerners' Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Extensive experience repre-
senting lawyers, accountants and other professionals in the defense of civil claims, includ-
ing administrative and class proceedings. Written and lectured on professional liability
and civil procedure topics.
Partner in Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Competition and Antitrust
practice groups. Member of fi rm'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 Securi-
ties Commission, a variety of other administrative tribunals and in commercial arbitra-
tions. Repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial litigation by
Woodward/White's e Best Lawyers in Canada. A recognized Canadian lawyer in com-
petition/antitrust in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook. Listed in Global Competition Re-
view's 100 Women in Antitrust 2009. Ontario Bar, 1996. LLB, 1994, University of To-
ronto. BA (Honors), 1990, Queen's University.
Chris G.
Paliare, OO,
LSM
Paliare Roland
Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP
Tel: (416) 646-4318
Fax: (416) 646-4301
Toronto
Peter
Osborne
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffi n LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3094
Fax: (416) 865-3974
Toronto
William
E. Pepall
Lerners LLP
Tel: (416) 601-2352
Fax: (416) 867-2415
Toronto
Linda M.
Plumpton
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-8193
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
chris.paliare@paliareroland.com
posborne@litigate.com
wpepall@lerners.ca
lplumpton@torys.com
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