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Foglers Advantage.
77 King Street West
Suite 3000, P.O. Box 95
TD Centre North Tower
Toronto, ON M5K 1G8
2024 Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Tammy Anklewicz has been practicing in the fields of estates, trusts and charities law for over 20 years. She advises clients in the estate and succession planning context drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney and other related documents.
Tammy also prepares domestic contracts and has a particular interest in both incapacity and elder law. Tammy also assists her clients to give effect to their philanthropic intent, whether through creating private charitable foundations or structuring gifts to existing charities.
In the trust and estate administration areas, Tammy advises executors and trustees in matters ranging from applications for certificates of appointment, fiduciary obligations, passings of accounts and contested trust and estate matters.
Tammy is active in the Estates and Trusts bar and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Canadian Tax Foundation and Estate Planning Council, Toronto. She has been recognized, as well, as the 2013 recipient of the Professional Advisory Committee Award of Excellence by the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto.
Kathryn’s practice is focused on helping clients achieve their estate-planning goals by providing advice on wills, trusts, the transfer of assets, powers of attorney, and estate administration.
She works in partnership with her clients to help them navigate complex matters and to protect and plan for the transfer of their personal assets.
Kathryn is active in the estates and trusts bar and is a member of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Executive for Trusts and Estates law. While on the Executive Committee for the OBA Trusts and Estates Law section, Kathryn spearheaded the Make a Will Month initiative that has provided hundreds of public information sessions across Ontario, partnering with the Toronto Public Library, and actively participated in the development of emergency legislation to address the Covid-19 pandemic in Ontario relating to the execution of Wills and Powers of Attorney.
Kathryn is also a member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP). Kathryn has contributed to the OBA Trusts and Estates Law newsletter and to the firm’s publications. She speaks at various professional and public programs on the topic of wills, estates and substitute decision making.
Bruce was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1989, and has practiced civil and commercial litigation since.
Bruce has particular experience and expertise in the following areas: shareholder and partnership disputes; commercial contract disputes; commercial landlord and tenant litigation and enforcement; real estate litigation including condominium disputes and title insurance defence; negligence and breach of fiduciary duty; secured and unsecured loan and mortgage enforcement and defence; estate and trust litigation; construction; fraud; creditors’ rights and bankruptcy and insolvency litigation. Bruce represents individuals as well as businesses of all sizes in a broad range of industries involved in complex commercial disputes.
Bruce has appeared as lead counsel and before administrative and arbitral tribunals. He has successfully litigated before the trial and appellate levels of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, and the Court of Appeal of Ontario and on applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
In addition to his significant commercial litigation experience, Bruce has successfully resolved disputes through negotiation and mediation. Bruce is also trained as a certified mediator and is available to mediate a variety of civil and commercial disputes and to conduct civil and commercial arbitrations.
Bill has a wide ranging business law practice focusing on commercial transactions and general corporate matters.
His practice covers all aspects of commercial transactions, including financings, commercial contracts, asset management and development agreements, joint ventures, acquisitions, operating contracts, leasing, and licensing.
Furthermore, Bill acts as corporate counsel to many private companies. He is respected as trusted counsel because he provides strategic advice and creative solutions in almost every aspect of their business, across a wide range of industries such as staffing, building products, hospitality, sports, manufacturing and retail. Bill also provides compliance advice on competition law and the application of the Investment Canada Act.
Stephen represents companies in all facets of labour relations and employment law.
He has conducted extensive collective bargaining, conciliation and mediation. Stephen has vast and valuable experience at hearings at the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Boards of Arbitration, the Federal Court of Canada and the Ontario Courts, including the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal.
A significant part of his practice includes the representation of management in wrongful dismissal actions and providing sound and practical legal and business advice to companies and their management team in all areas of employment law including negotiating and drafting employment agreements, employment standards, human rights, workplace safety and insurance and occupational health and safety. Often Stephen is required to provide advice on employment and labour matters involving substantial Ontario and cross-border business transactions. He continues to conduct client seminars and has participated as a speaker at many conferences with emphasis on labour relations and employment law.
Stephen is often consulted with respect to companies that have made proposals under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act or have made a proposal in bankruptcy and the effect on employees, officers and directors.
Monica’s practice focuses on all aspect of commercial real estate with a particular emphasis on acquisitions, dispositions, financings and property project development.
Monica has acted for a broad range of clients including REITs, private corporations, individuals, developers, governmental organizations and trustees appointed by the Court to dispose of real property. Monica’s project experience includes mixed-use developments and condominium developments including acting for developers in the preparation of condominium documents, disclosure documents, construction and development documents, condominium registration and completing interim and final closings. She has also represented insurers for deposit insurance.
Leonard Bosschart’s practice focuses in the areas of trusts and estates as well as charities and not-for-profit law.
As counsel to entrepreneurs, private companies, high net worth individuals and family offices, Leonard provides advice on tax planning, cross-border estate and tax planning, succession planning, and on wills and trusts. He also advises on post mortem planning, working with trustees on administration of estates as well as acting for beneficiaries on passings of accounts and other estate and trust matters.
Many of Leonard’s clients are private or family business enterprises, and as a result he is well aware of the needs of the owner-entrepreneur and works closely with his clients to achieve their objectives. Leonard also advises clients on the establishment and administration of charities and not-for-profit corporations.
Leonard is a member of the Society of Estates and Trust Practitioners (STEP), and the Ontario Bar Association – Estates and Trusts and Charities sections.
He is a frequent speaker and author on the topic of trusts and estates including, co-presenting Complex Issues in Estate Planning: Mutual Wills and Domestic Contracts for Osgoode Law School’s Professional Development program.
Leonard is currently Co-Chair of Foglers’ Tax, Wills and Estates Department.
Blair is a trial lawyer specializing in corporate and commercial litigation.
Blair has conducted numerous trials, commercial arbitrations and appeals for more than 30 years. Clients appreciate his experienced approach to dispute resolution with strategies that balance advocacy and pragmatism.
Blair has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario as well as in the Superior Courts of, British Columbia and Nova Scotia, the Court of Appeal and British Columbia, the Federal Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada and in leave applications to the Supreme Court of Canada. Blair has argued matters before tribunals such as the Ontario Securities Commission and the Law Society Tribunal. Blair is a strong advocate on behalf of his clients and his extensive trial experience allow him to help clients both in and out of the courtroom.
A representative sample of Blair’s experience includes:
- Defending product liability claims on behalf of a manufacturer of heavy duty commercial vehicles
- Acting for shareholders of corporations in prosecuting and defending oppression remedy and related claims
- Representing employers in breach of fiduciary duty and breach of confidence actions against departing executives
- Acting for manufacturers in contractual disputes with distributors and sales agents
- Resolving disputes between franchisors and franchisees
- Acting for lawyers and paralegals who are facing disciplinary proceedings before the Law Society Tribunal
Harriette is a partner in the firm’s business law group, with a focus in mergers and acquisitions.
She has experience working on both domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, private equity offerings, and corporate reorganizations. Harriette is also a member of the firm’s banking and financial services group, and has worked with both lenders and borrowers on secured lending transactions, acquisition and project financings, securitizations and participations.
In addition to her transactional practice, Harriette enjoys working with entrepreneurial clients starting or looking to grow their businesses, providing advice relating to structure and organization, financing considerations, shareholder and partnership arrangements, and key operating contracts.
Steven practices exclusively in the area of commercial leasing. He acts for landlords, tenants, developers, lenders and property managers in respect of industrial, commercial and office leases.
Steven has been a guest lecturer for the Law Society of Ontario, The Canadian Bar Association, The Institute for International Research, The International Council of Shopping Centres and CIPREC. He is listed annually in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory in the “Consistently Recommended” category for leading Toronto property leasing lawyers and in The Best Lawyers™ in Canada for commercial leasing and real estate law.
