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Foglers Advantage.
Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West, Suite 2400
P.O. Box #215
Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2
2025 Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
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 diverse 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 aspects 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 of 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 allows 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 on 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.
Hailey is a Partner with the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group. She maintains a broad commercial litigation practice with areas of focus in real estate litigation, professional liability, and contractual disputes.
Hailey is a passionate advocate and a natural storyteller with a talent for distilling complex legal issues into simple terms. Hailey has acted as counsel for businesses and individuals in a wide range of matters before all levels of Court in Ontario, in administrative tribunals, and in private arbitrations. Clients appreciate her pragmatic and results-oriented approach.
Hailey summered and articled with Foglers and re-joined the firm as an Associate after working at a boutique litigation and land development firm in Toronto. She also has previous experience in commercial real estate, employment, and insurance defence law at boutique firms in Toronto and in her hometown of Kingston, Ontario. Hailey received her Juris Doctor from the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, where she served as the President of the Queen’s Law Cancer Society and the Communications Director for Juris Diction, the law school’s student-run newspaper. Prior to entering law school, Hailey earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from McGill University. Hailey regularly volunteers with Pro Bono Ontario, providing legal advice on civil litigation and landlord and tenant matters to low-income Ontarians.
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