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Mark A. Gelowitz is a partner in the litigation department of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
LLP. He is Chair of the fi rm's National Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation
Group and Co-chair of the fi rm's International Commercial Arbitration Group. Gelowitz
has a business-focused civil litigation, appellate litigation and international commercial
arbitration practice. His cases have covered a wide variety of issues in corporate and com-
mercial law, including mergers & acquisitions litigation, directors' & offi cers' liability, op-
pression remedy, libel and slander, product liability, mining litigation and class actions
procedure. He completed the BCL degree at Oxford University in 1989 between clerking
for the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan and the late Justice Sopinka of the Supreme Court
of Canada. Gelowitz has had a number of legal publications, including a book co-authored
with the late Justice Sopinka entitled e Conduct of an Appeal, ird Edition (LexisNexis
2012). Gelowitz maintains a blog on Canadian appellate law and practice at Conductofa-
nappeal.com.
Litigation partner. Broad commercial litigation practice, including class-action defense,
securities and competition litigation. Appeared before all levels of court in various Cana-
dian provinces, the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada and various tribunals
including Competition Tribunal, Ontario Securities Commission and Patented Medi-
cines Prices Review Board. Defense counsel in various class actions (including Vitamins,
Air Cargo, LCD Panels, Chocolate, Optical Disk Drives); counsel in various competition
proceedings (including United Grain Growers' acquisition of Agricore Cooperative, the
criminal prosecution relating to the chocolate confectionary industry, and Commission-
er's application against Toronto Real Estate Board). Fellow, American College of Trial
Lawyers. Past President, e Advocates' Society. Member, Editorial Board, Ontario Re-
ports. Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto Law School in Advanced Advocacy. LLB,
Osgoode Hall Law School. Law clerk to Justice Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Admitted to Ontario Bar (1992).
Founding partner. Peter Griffi n is recognized by his peers as one of the top litigators in
Canada. He has extensive experience in complex cross-border litigation, especially as it re-
lates to class proceedings and insolvency and restructuring. He regularly advises the boards
of national and multinational companies. He also represents clients in arbitration and al-
ternative dispute resolution proceedings and acts as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.
As a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he is constantly sought out as an
expert speaker on advocacy, shareholder disputes, class actions, professional liability and
insolvency and restructuring.
Senior counsel with a broad litigation practice including corporate/commercial, class
actions, defamation, securities, administrative/regulatory, intellectual property, profes-
sional negligence and general counsel work. Appeared before every level of Ontario court,
Federal Court of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, administrative tribunals and Inquiry
Commissions. Commission Counsel to Arbour Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison
for Women. Widely recognized as leading counsel including Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada, Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global: World's Leading Lawyers for Business;
Woodward White's e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 Toronto Class Action Litigation
Lawyer of the Year. Recipient, 2009 Law Society of Upper Canada Medal. Fellow, Ameri-
can College of Trial Lawyers. Director, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Former member, Ontario Judicial Council. Former
director, e Advocates' Society Legal Education and Action Fund Foundation. Senior
Chair, University of Toronto Tribunal. Lecturer at numerous law schools and professional
bodies. Ontario Bar 1979.
Mark A.
Gelowitz
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (416) 862-4743
Fax: (416) 862-6666
Toronto
Sandra A.
Forbes
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5574
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Peter Griffi n
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffi n LLP
Tel: (416) 865-2921
Fax: (416) 865-3558
Toronto
Patricia D.S.
Jackson
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7323
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
mgelowitz@osler.com
sforbes@dwpv.com
pgriffi n@litigate.com
tjackson@torys.com
