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Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
nst.bc.ca
Paliare Roland Rothstein LLP, Toronto
paliareroland.com
Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP has a team of lawyers at every level to manage the largest and most compli-
cated commercial disputes, resolving them to advantage — or litigating them to conclusion. In addition to the firm's five
Queen's counsel, the firm includes several former law clerks, including two former clerks to the chief justice of British
Columbia. NST regularly acts in the full range of commercial disputes, including contract disputes, shareholders' dis-
putes, securities and oppression claims, hostile takeover bids and derivative actions, class actions and representative pro-
ceedings, mining claims, pension litigation, actions for professional negligence, administrative proceedings, defamation
actions and employment disputes. The firm has also acted for the successful plaintiffs in two of Canada's most significant
mining cases, Minera Aquiline Argentina SA v. IMA Exploration Inc. and Inmet Mining Corp. v. Homestake Canada Inc.
Founded in 2001, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP has doubled in size to 36 current lawyers from 18 original
litigators. It handles a broad range of cases from complex commercial litigation and class actions to professional discipline
and labour relations. It also represents other law firms and acts as appellate counsel. Recent cases include acting for the
Financial Services Commission of Ontario on the insolvency of Nortel Inc. and Sears Canada, representing the plaintiffs
on the Sino-Forest class action, disputes in the mining sector, Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, Daniels v. Canada and for
the individual in Catalyst v. Moyse and West Face. The firm regularly acts for the Power Workers' Union, United Steel-
workers, the University of Toronto, Morgan Stanley and Honeywell Ltd. Paliare Roland was counsel to the independent
reviewer of the Hospital for Sick Children's Motherisk drug and alcohol hair-testing program. The firm also commits to
pro bono advocacy and its lawyers often appear for interveners at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.
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