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Paliare, Chris G., OO, LSM, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto - (416) 646-4318
chris.paliare@paliareroland.com -
One of Canada's premier litigators, both at trial and appellate levels; shareholder
disputes, securities litigation, admin law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and constitutional litigation, class
actions, employment law, pension litigation and white-collar criminal law. Fellow, IATL (Eastern Canadian
Chair); Fellow, ISB; Fellow, ACTL and former Ontario Provincial Chair; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of
America, honorary member COMBAR; certified by LSUC as a Specialist in Civil Litigation; Member, Char-
tered 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; Lexpert®
Bet-the-Company Litigators; e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada;
Chambers Global: World's Leading Lawyers for Business; Euromoney's Expert Guide to Global Labour and Em-
ployment Lawyers. LLB, Osgoode Hall (1970); LLM, University of Texas at Austin (1971). Called to Ontario
Bar (1973) with honors. Awarded the Order of Ontario & Law Society Medal. OBA Award in Excellence
in Civil Litigation (2016).
Osborne, Peter, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-3094 - posborne@litigate.com
Partner. One of Canada's leading litigators and a frequent lecturer, Peter Osborne has a broad civil litiga-
tion 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 litiga-
tion and disciplinary proceedings. He was counsel to the Government of Canada in the litigation and related
insolvency proceedings around 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.
Palter, Deborah E., Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Toronto - (416) 304-0148 - dpalter@tgf.ca
Deborah E. Palter is a partner practicing in the area of commercial litigation with an emphasis on disputes of
complex commercial agreements. She regularly acts for individuals, corporations and major financial institu-
tions providing creative advice and strategies for resolving complicated business disputes. Her significant
mandates include matters involving director and officer liability, private-equity transactions, commercial real
estate disputes and securities-related issues. She regularly appears in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
(Commercial List). Palter is a Director of e Advocates' Society and a member of the Commercial List
Users' Committee. She is recognized in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Litigation – Corporate
Commercial), e Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate and Commercial Litigation) and Benchmark Canada
(Litigation Star in Ontario). She is a frequent speaker at continuing professional development programs and is
active in mentoring young lawyers. Called to the Bar of Ontario (1996) and the Bar of New York (1997).
Pepall, William E., Lerners LLP Toronto - (416) 601-2352 - wpepall@lerners.ca
William Pepall has, for over 30 years, specialized in civil and commercial litigation, pleading cases before all
levels of court in Ontario and before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court. Special appearanc-
es 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 li-
ability and fraud claims, whether pursued in individual proceedings, 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.
