Our Team

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2008/2009—Derivatives law and mutual funds law

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008—Leading lawyer in private funds

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008—Consistently recommended lawyer in corporate finance, and in investment funds and asset management; repeatedly recommended in corporate commercial law and in M&A

Practical Law Company's Cross-border Investment Funds 2007/2008—Recommended lawyer in investment funds

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008—Recommended Canadian lawyer in investment funds, and recognized in capital markets: debt and equity

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2008—Leading practitioner in corporate and M&A

Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2008—Leading practitioner in corporate finance, investment funds and in asset management; repeatedly recommended in corporate/commercial law and in M&A

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2006—Securities law

Pat frequently participates in domestic and international business conferences and legal education programs focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, directors’ responsibilities, climate change and derivatives. She is the author of numerous articles in these areas. Pat is also an Adjunct Professor, teaching a course on takeover bids and proxy contests, at the University of Toronto Law School. She is also a member of the Environmental Finance Advisory Committee and the Carbon Finance Advisory Committee of the Centre for Environment, at the University of Toronto.

For three years, Pat was a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Securities Advisory Committee, a group of lawyers appointed by the government of Ontario to provide assistance in developing and drafting amendments to Canadian securities legislation and policy statements. In 1994 and 1995, she acted as counsel for a task force appointed by the government of Ontario to advise on the feasibility of granting rule-making authority to the Ontario Securities Commission. Subsequently, Pat was retained by the Government of Ontario to advise in the finalization of the rule-making legislation, which was implemented January 1, 1995.

Pat is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive and Audit committees of World Wildlife Fund (Canada).