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Griffin, Peter, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2921 - pgriffin@litigate.com
Founding partner. Peter Griffin is recognized by his peers as one of the top litigators in Canada. He has exten-
sive experience in complex cross-border litigation, especially as it relates to class proceedings and insolvency
and restructuring. He regularly advises the boards of national and multinational companies. He also represents
clients in arbitration and alternative 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.
Gottlieb, Matthew P., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Toronto - (416) 644-5353
mgottlieb@counsel-toronto.com
- Matthew Gottlieb practices business litigation, including corporate and commer-
cial disputes, insolvency and restructuring mandates, libel law, securities litigation and administrative law. He
has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Courts, Federal Court
of Canada, New Brunswick Courts, Supreme Court of British Columbia, e Law Society of Upper Canada,
Ontario Securities Commission and Toronto Stock Exchange. Has acted as counsel in many major court
proceedings, including those on behalf of Nortel (UK), Duff & Phelps, Aon and Hollinger Inc. Recognized
as a leading litigation lawyer in Chambers Global: e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, e Best Lawyers
in Canada, Benchmark Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Harrison, Robert S., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-4384 - rharrison@fasken.com
Ranked as one of Canada's leading corporate and commercial litigators. He has extensive trial, appellate and
arbitration experience. Robert Harrison has litigated cases in many areas of substantive law, including in rela-
tion to securities, financial institutions, shareholders' remedies, insurance coverage, directors' & officers' liabil-
ity, environmental litigation, intellectual property, professional negligence, injunctions, class actions, profes-
sional conflicts of interest and insolvencies and restructurings. Harrison's high-profile cases include Waxman
v. Waxman, Gold Reserve Inc. v. Rusoro Mining Limited, Sabre Inc. v. International Air Transport Association,
Angelica Choc et al. v. HudBay Minerals Inc., and Canadian National Railway Company v. Canadian Pacific
Railway Company. Harrison is very highly ranked by Martindale Hubbell, Chambers Global, e Canadian
Legal Lexpert® Directory, Benchmark Canada, Legal 500 and e Best Lawyers in Canada. Harrison is a Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Litigation Counsel of America.
Horvat, Jacqueline A., Spark LLP Toronto - (416) 639-2152 - jacqueline@spark.law
Jacqueline Horvat is a founding partner of the innovative and client-focused law firm Spark LLP. She has a
broad and varied litigation practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial disputes includ-
ing complex contractual disputes, oppression remedies, breaches of fiduciary duties, competition litigation,
franchise disputes, intellectual property disputes, product liability claims, directors' and officers' liability
claims, securities litigation and both plaintiff- and defendant-side national and cross-border class-action
litigation. Horvat is experienced in trials, mediations, arbitrations and in matters before the Court of Appeal
for Ontario and the Federal Court of Appeal. She also teaches Legal Profession and Ethics at the University
of Windsor Law School and has acted as counsel in a provincial commission of inquiry. Horvat has been an
elected Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 2011 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2002.
