Counsel to the management shareholders of Pareto Corporation with respect to its acquisition by private equity firm The Riverside Company for $125 million by way of plan of arrangement
Counsel to Sasol Petroleum International on its $1.05 billion agreement to acquire from Talisman Energy a 50% stake in their Farrell Creek shale gas assets located in B.C.’s Montney basin
Acted as counsel to a religious employer in a landmark human rights appeal dealing with the interpretation of the Ontario Human Rights Code and the rights of religious employers to engage in faith-based hiring, and to insist upon religious adherence as a condition of employment
Counsel to Industry Canada with respect to the Government of Canada's role as one of the lenders involved in Air Canada’s arrangements to raise $1.02 billion in additional liquidity through a series of financings and other transactions
Represented KPMG LLP in defence of an Ontario class action filed on behalf of former employees with respect to unpaid overtime (2009)
Appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal on ruling of the Tax Court of Canada regarding the distinction between employees and independent contractors
Counsel to Meridian Gold Inc. in connection with $3.5 billion take-over bid by Yamana Gold Inc., including "poison pill" hearing before the Ontario Securities Commission. Meridian Gold Inc., Re (2007), 30 O.S.C.B. 9307 (O.S.C.)
Obtained an injunction to prevent the use of intellectual property by departing employees and to obtain the return of employer’s property
Successfully defended an employer in a labour arbitration involving the contracting out of services
Advised on the termination of employment of a senior executive and the related employment contract and severance issues
Advised and represented a major trucking company in its successful resistance to and defeat of a certification drive and application by the Teamsters union
Drafted an executive employment agreement with complex change of control and non-competition provisions
Advised on drug testing policy in connection with safety sensitive work
Successfully defended an employer in a high profile human rights proceeding
Successfully defended an employer in a wrongful dismissal claim involving disability issues
Successfully defended a major courier company against an employee-status taxation claim in the Federal (Tax) Court of Canada (West Direct Express Ltd. v. M.N.R. and Farion, [2003] T.C.J. No. 73)
Advised an employer on a strike/lockout matter and in connection with the use of replacement workers
Assisted an employer with internal management seminars including harassment training and policy
Investigated a high profile sexual harassment complaint
Successfully defended a major Canadian bank in defence of an unjust dismissal claim (Ms. M. v. Royal Bank of Canada, Adjudication under Division XIV - Part III of the Canada Labour Code)
Advised on the labour, employment and privacy implications of a large complex commercial transaction