Our Team

Lexpert's Special Law Inserts appearing in The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine 2011—Most frequently recommended lawyer in corporate commercial, and corporate finance and securities

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010 and 2011—Most frequently recommended practitioner in corporate finance and securities, and investment funds and asset management; repeatedly recommended in corporate commercial law and M&A

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2011—Highly recommended Canadian lawyer in investment funds

Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate finance and securities

Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2009, 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in corporate finance and securities, and investment funds and asset management

Lexpert's Cross-Border Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2009 and 2010—Leading cross-border practitioner in corporate finance and securities

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate, mutual funds and securities

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in private funds

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 and 2010—Highly 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 2010—Leading lawyer in corporate/M&A and climate change (global) 

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in private funds

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2008, 2009 and 2010—Leading lawyer in derivatives, mutual funds, corporate and securities

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009—Most frequently recommended practitioner in investment funds and asset management; repeatedly recommended in corporate commercial law, corporate finance and securities and M&A

Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000 The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2009—Leading lawyer in M&A

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers 2009—Leading lawyer in private funds

Real Time News' LawDay 2009—Leading lawyer in climate change

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2008 and 2009—Leading lawyer in corporate and M&A

Practical Law Company's Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook 2008 and 2009—Recommended lawyer in capital markets

Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000 The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2008—Leading lawyer in M&A

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

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

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

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

Pat frequently participates in domestic and international business conferences and legal education programs focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, directors’ responsibilities and climate change. She is the author of numerous articles in these areas.

Pat promotes legal education in a number of areas through her academic and teaching involvements. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, she teaches a course on takeover bids and proxy contests. She is also a member of the University’s Centre for Environment, where she sits on the Environmental Finance Advisory Committee, and teaches in the Centre's programs. At Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Pat is the Co-Director of the LLM in Business Law for International Students and she is a member of the South Asian Advisory Council.

Pat was a member for three years 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. More recently, Pat was a member of the Environmental Reporting Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission, which advised Canadian securities regulators in connection with their October, 2010 publication of disclosure guidance to reporting issuers.

Pat is the immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, and is both Counsel and a continuing member of the Governance Committee, of World Wildlife Fund (Canada). She is also a director and Chair of the Legal Committee of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and a director of the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre. She is also a member of the Greening Greater Toronto Task Force, an initiative of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance.