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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 extensive 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.
Hoaken, Eric R., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Toronto - (416) 645-5075 - ehoaken@counsel-toronto.com
Eric Hoaken's litigation practice is primarily focused on class proceedings but also includes health law
matters and complex commercial litigation such as shareholders' disputes, directors' and officers' liability
issues and contractual disputes. In class proceedings matters, he has appeared in Ontario, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia courts on behalf of parties to securities, price fixing, consumer services, tax, pension
and product liability class actions. He has published on a variety of subjects relating to class actions and has
served as an Adjunct Professor at Western University in London, Ontario, where he taught the class actions
course. He has appeared in all levels of court on a wide variety of complex commercial litigation cases and
before a broad array of administrative tribunals in health, energy and securities-related proceedings. He is a
Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and has been
recognized as a "Litigation Star" for class actions and litigation by Benchmark Canada and by Chambers
Global for class actions.
Jilesen, Monique, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-2926 - mjilesen@litigate.com
Partner. In her extensive litigation practice, Monique Jilesen acts as lead counsel in highly complex
proceedings from inception through to trial. Her commercial litigation practice includes class actions,
contract and shareholder disputes, civil fraud cases, injunctions, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and
securities and derivatives cases. She has an enviable record of success at trial in bet-the-company disputes.
Jilesen is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and is a recipient of e Advocates' Society
Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for Excellence in Advocacy.
Keefe, John A., Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4268 - jkeefe@goodmans.ca
Broad and eclectic cross-border international commercial litigation practice with emphasis on matters
involving some element of dishonesty or corporate misconduct, including white-collar crime, securities
fraud, corruption and competition law violations. He has acted as counsel to boards of directors, audit
committees and special committees investigating allegations of serious corporate misconduct. Recognized as
a creative and strategic problem solver. He has also acted as counsel and arbitrator in numerous domestic and
international arbitrations. He has appeared before all levels of court in Canada and numerous administrative
tribunals. Recognized in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Chambers, e Best Lawyers in Canada
and Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers and Experts in Commercial Arbitration.
Frequent lecturer on a broad range of issues and former part-time teacher at the University of Toronto,
Faculty of Law.
