Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb (LOLG) is Canada’s premier counsel firm. The firm’s lawyers handle the most complex commercial disputes and public law cases. They carry a robust trial, arbitration, and appellate practice across the country and in the Supreme Court of Canada.
LOLG is regularly engaged as trial and appellate co-counsel by peer law firms, and as court officers in large and sensitive litigation mandates. The firm also acts as counsel in class actions, securities litigation and administrative law matters, as well as infrastructure, franchise, employment and health law disputes.
LOLG also has one of Canada’s leading restructuring & insolvency practices. The firm’s insolvency counsel are ranked among the top nationally and have material roles in Canada’s largest and most complex insolvency proceedings and restructurings.
LOLG’s practitioners are leaders at the bar, holding positions on the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism and the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, and fellowships in elite trial organizations. Its associates are of the highest caliber, recruited primarily from judicial clerkships at the Supreme Court of Canada, provincial Courts of Appeal, and the Commercial List of the Superior Court of Justice. LOLG’s partners are among the most consistently recommended counsel in Canada and represent clients in Canada, the United States, and from overseas.
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP is a Canadian law firm with offices in both Vancouver and Toronto. Since our beginnings, we have grown to a team of nearly 70 lawyers and over 100 employees. We have expanded into the Toronto market, merging our well-known and respected Vancouver practice with the practices of senior commercial litigation and senior construction and infrastructure lawyers in Toronto. This combination of geography and experience formed a powerful national platform from which to better serve our clients across the country.
We offer an extensive range of legal services in the areas of construction and infrastructure, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, corporate commercial, insurance defense, professional liability, product liability, workplace law, and business immigration.
Our core area of practice is construction and infrastructure law, with over half of the lawyers in the firm focused on this area. Our construction lawyers are recognized practitioners, litigators, solicitors, and engineers who have a wealth of experience to draw on.
We have a strong history of assisting clients with a variety of projects nationwide. We work on all matters in our space including large-scale infrastructure, institutional, industrial, and commercial projects such as highways, railways, tunnels, pipelines, mines, industrial facilities, schools and other education facilities, hospitals, manufacturing plants, commercial buildings, and condominiums.
A Client Focused Approach
At Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP we have developed our firm with a fundamental understanding that our clients deserve exceptional legal service that is delivered in a manner that is honest, creative, clear, relatable, flexible, and cost effective.
We provide solutions customized to our clients’ needs in various sectors including education, healthcare, government, and industry. We help our clients seize emerging opportunities and find solutions to complex legal problems.
Our lawyers have an impeccable sense of the challenges that can arise within their areas of expertise and are committed to working together collaboratively across disciplines to find the best solutions for our clients.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Canada is leading the world in terms of diversity, inclusion and pluralism. It is a strength that unifies our country and its people, and strengthens business relationships creating opportunities for success.
At Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP, we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion and pluralism in the workplace that embraces the unique backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and talents of individuals at all levels of the firm to ensure that we represent the communities we serve in Canada.
As the firm continues to grow, we are committed to consistently improving our diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they continue to reflect the culture and values of our employees and clients.
Community Involvement and Pro Bono Work
Beyond our commitment to our staff and our clients, our firm is also committed to the communities in which we have been able to grow and thrive. In that regard, we as a firm, and our individual members, are involved in a variety of community-oriented organizations.
We also encourage our lawyers to get involved with pro bono work by offering each lawyer credits every year for time spent providing legal services on pro bono files that reflect their individual interests and commitments.
Our lawyers have participated over the years as instructors of various courses taught at the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, the University of Melbourne, and Stanford University. We are keenly interested in education as it relates to our practices and the development of future experts in law.
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DMG Advocates offers clients top-tier litigation expertise with exceptional boutique service. DMG broke onto the Canadian litigation scene in 2018 and was quickly recognized as one of the top litigation boutiques in the country.
DMG partners bring decades of experience litigating at leading national firms. They are recognized by peers as among the best advocates in multiple categories. All of DMG’s lawyers have extensive expertise in complex commercial disputes across a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, transportation, securities, media, technology, real estate, franchising, energy, and construction.
The firm has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. DMG lawyers regularly act in domestic and international arbitrations, as well as before administrative and regulatory bodies. DMG Advocates also has an active public litigation practice, including acting as counsel at public inquiries and government commissions.
The DMG team is dedicated to delivering client-focused service that draws on the depth of our litigation expertise. The firm is large enough to take on the largest and most complex files, but small enough to ensure our clients receive boutique service delivered efficiently. DMG uses industry-leading experience in complex litigation, discovery planning and eDiscovery to deliver streamlined and cost-effective service, managing every file proportionately and strategically.
DMG is a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms and is the law firm for commercial litigation in the Toronto Chapter.
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Ross Nasseri LLP is a premier Canadian litigation boutique that specializes in civil and regulatory litigation. The firm and its lawyers have received various accolades and are recognized as leading trial and appeal lawyers in Ontario. Our firm’s lawyers are battle-tested and have built a reputation as fearless and tenacious advocates who fight for their clients’ interests inside and outside of the courtroom.
Ross Nasseri boasts a tight-knit and entrepreneurial team with lawyers and clerks who have top-level training and pedigree. The firm’s clientele includes entrepreneurs, professionals, government entities, and businesses of all sizes including closely held/family companies, publicly traded corporations, and institutions. Our lawyers are valued for their mature litigation instincts and their ability to either resolve cases on favourable terms or push them forward expeditiously to a hearing. Our areas of expertise include litigating corporate/commercial, property, estates, and construction disputes, and acting both as prosecution and defence counsel in administrative and regulatory proceedings. Our firm is also one of few with expertise in acting on and providing advice in situations where there are parallel or concurrent civil, criminal, and regulatory proceedings.
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