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Partner. One of Canada's leading litigators and a frequent lecturer, Peter Osborne has
a broad civil litigation and administrative law practice encompassing cross-border
commercial disputes, complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases, class
actions and securities matters, as well as professional malpractice litigation and disciplin-
ary proceedings. He was counsel to Government of Canada in the litigation and related
insolvency proceedings around the tobacco smuggling, which yielded the largest civil
settlement in Canadian history. Osborne also advises boards of directors of public and
private companies and special committees on governance, cross-border litigation and
insolvency proceedings. He has helped oversee the restructuring of some of Canada's
largest companies.
Terrence J. O'Sullivan was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973. His practice includes
civil and commercial litigation with an emphasis on business disputes, financial insti-
tution litigation, class actions, defense of regulatory charges and professional discipline
matters. He regularly appears in all levels of court in Ontario and other provinces,
including the Supreme Court of Canada. O'Sullivan is a Fellow of the American College
of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a past
president of e Advocates' Society of Ontario. He was a co-author of the Civil Justice
Review (volumes one and two) and is former Chair of the Joint Committee on Court
Reform of the province of Ontario. O'Sullivan writes and speaks extensively and is an
occasional lecturer and demonstrator for the Osgoode Hall Intensive Advocacy Program.
O'Sullivan also acts as a mediator and an arbitrator. He was awarded the Law Society
Medal for his contributions to the profession in 2010.
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; Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, honor-
ary member of COMBAR; certified by the LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation;
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Consistently listed in e Lexpert® Guide to
the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada; 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 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.
William Pepall has, for over 30 years, specialized in civil and commercial litigation, plead-
ing cases before all levels of court in Ontario and before the Supreme Court of Canada
and the Federal Court. Special appearances have been made before the SEC, the OSC,
the Estey Inquiry into Banking, and courts in Manitoba, South Carolina, California
and British Columbia. Pepall has developed particular expertise in the representation
of lawyers, accountants and directors and officers in professional negligence, securities,
director and officer liability and fraud claims, whether pursued in individual proceed-
ings, class actions or arbitrations. Consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate
and commercial litigation, securities litigation and professional liability in e Best
Lawyers in Canada (Woodward/White), the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada
Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, he is also designated as a Certified Specialist in Civil
Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Peter
Osborne
Lenczner Slaght
Royce Smith
Griffin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-3094
Fax: (416) 865-3974
Toronto
Terrence J.
O'Sullivan,
LSM
Lax O'Sullivan
Scott Lisus LLP
Tel: (416) 598-3556
Fax: (416) 598-3730
Toronto
Chris G.
Paliare, OO,
LSM
Paliare Roland
Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP
Tel: (416) 646-4318
Fax: (416) 646-4301
Toronto
William E.
Pepall
Lerners LLP
Tel: (416) 601-2352
Fax: (416) 867-2415
Toronto
posborne@litigate.com
tosullivan@counsel-toronto.com
chris.paliare@paliareroland.com
wpepall@lerners.ca
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