Contact: Lisa Borsook Phone: 416 947 5003 Email: lborsook@weirfoulds.com
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Profile
For over 150 years, WeirFoulds has been proud to serve its clients in their most difficult and complex matters. It is the firm of choice for discerning clients within its core areas of practice: Litigation; Corporate; Property; and Government Law. More than one-half of its lawyers practice before courts and tribunals in Canada and other jurisdictions and have acted in some of Canada’s most significant mandates and landmark cases. Its corporate and commercial practice provides comprehensive services, delivered efficiently to a wide range of clients, including multi-national corporations, public and private businesses, banks, and financial institutions. WeirFoulds is recognized as one of Canada’s premier real estate law firms in Toronto and Ontario and its practice covers all aspects involving property, from land development to commercial real estate, leasing, and financing. Its government practice meets diverse challenges involving all levels of government in Canada and other public bodies through an inherent understanding of the intersection of politics, public law, and private law. Reflecting the firm’s focus, its lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in their chosen areas of practice and in the profession at large.
Practice Areas
Aboriginal Law & Land Claims
Access to Information & Privacy
Administrative Law
Aggregate Resources & Extraction
Alcohol, Gaming & Racing
Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering & Regulatory Compliance
Appellate Litigation
Arbitration (Arbitrators)
Arbitration (Counsel)
Assessment (Property Tax – Commercial/Industrial)
Aviation
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Brownfields, Community Improvement, & Infill Projects
Capital Pool Companies (CPC)
Charitable & Non-Profit Organizations
Charter of Rights & Freedoms
Class Actions
Commercial Real Estate (Litigation)
Commercial Real Estate (Transactions)
Commercial Transactions
Competition Law
Computer & Information Technology
Consents, Severances & Minor Variances
Constitutional Law
Construction
Contract Remedies
Corporate & Commercial Litigation
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Dealer Registrations
Defamation
Design-Build Projects
Elections
Electronic Discovery
Employment Law
Energy
Entrepreneurial Services
Environmental Law
Expropriation
Family Businesses & Succession Planning
Financial Services
Foreign Judgments
Franchising & Distributorship
Going Public Transactions
Government Contracts
Healthcare Sector
Human Resources Management
Human Rights
Information Technology
Infrastructure & Public Projects
Injunctions
Insurance
Intellectual Property (Protection and Commercialization)
International Litigation
International Transactions
Internet
Judicial Review
Labour
Land Assembly & Development
Landfill Approvals
Leasing (Litigation)
Leasing (Transactions)
Legislative Drafting
Licensing
Mediation (Third Party Neutrals)
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mining
Mortgages
Municipal
Mutual Funds
Occupational Health & Safety
Oil & Gas
Partnerships
Planning & Development Approvals
Plans of Subdivision & Subdivision Agreements
Privacy Law
Private Equity
Private International Law
Procurement
Product Liability
Professional Discipline & Liability
Project Finance
Public Companies
Public Conflicts of Interest
Public Inquiries & Royal Commissions
Public-Private Partnership (P3s)
Regulatory Agencies
Securities (Litigation)
Securities (Transactions)
Shareholder Remedies
Shopping Centres
Site Plan Approval
Sports Law
Tax
Tax (Litigation)
Transportation
Trusts and Estates Litigation, Capacity & Guardianship
Universities & Colleges
Waterfront Development
Wills, Trusts & Estates Planning
Workers’ Compensation
Wrongful Dismissal