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Based in London, Ontario with law offices in Toronto, Windsor and an affiliate law firm in Quebec City, Siskinds law offices offer both regional and national reach. As one of Southwestern Ontario's largest law firms with over 70 lawyers and 25 practice areas such as Business law, Class Actions, Franchise Law, Medical Malpractice, and Personal Injury, we offer a full service law firm with over 100+ years of combined experience to serve you.
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Siskinds is very pleased to be recognized as a member of the St. Joseph’s Cornerstone Society which honours generous donors to St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. The term “cornerstone” represents the fundamental and vital role donors play in achieving excellence in care, teaching and research.
Mike Peerless of Siskinds comments in Financial Post's article "Environmental cases spin wheels". Click here to link to full article
Dimitri Lascaris, Partner at Siskinds is the focus of an interesting Globe and Mail and AMLAW Daily article detailing Dimitri's work as one of Canada's top Securities lawyers as well as his former career as an ex-card shark. Click here for a link to the AMLAW Daily article
For further information on the Canada Life Financial Corporation and Great-West Lifeco Inc. Class Action Settlement click this link http://www.classaction.ca/content/actions/GreatWestCanadaLife.asp
Siskinds is pleased to sponsor the Big Brothers Big Sisters of London & Area Bowl for Kids Sake 2010 on April 18, 2010. For further information visit www.bbbsola.org.
Siskinds is pleased to be a Silver Level Sponsor for the upcoming Fanshawe College 2010 Golf Classic scheduled to take place August 17. With it's inaugural year in 2003, the Fanshawe College Golf Classic continues to be a successful event and provides an opportunity for the community to show it's support. For further information visit www.fanshawec.ca
Siskinds is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Scott Ritchie, Claude Desmeules, Michael Eizenga, Andre Michael and Michael Peerless to the Best Lawyers List 2010. In addition, Jim Caskey has been named Best Lawyer of the Year 2010 for Insurance Law the London/Windsor Area. Click here for full details.
Siskinds is the Reception Sponsor for the upcoming Fanshawe College "An Evening in Tuscany" event to be held Saturday February 6, 2010. Established in 1967, Fanshawe College is now host to over 15,000 full-time students and 40,000 part-time registrants each year. We are pleased to offer our continued support.
Siskinds is a Gold Sponsor for Hope's Garden Eating Disorder Awareness Week Breakfast being held Wednesday February 3rd, 2010. For more information contact Hope's Garden at 519-434-7721.
Siskinds is a major sponsor for the Unity Project's A Christmas Carol, December 11th at Centennial Hall at 7:00 p.m. A rare opportunity to enjoy Orchestra London playing all your favourite Christmas Carols along with a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol featuring Siskinds own Jim Caskey and Mike Eizenga.
With the Season of Giving upon us, Siskinds was pleased to recently assist the Boys & Girls Club of London on Friday December 4th by making a donation to support Christmas dinners and gifts for 400 members of the Club as part of their annual Christmas program.
Michael Eizenga and Sabrina Lombardi of Siskinds LLP represent the Advocates' Society at the Court of Appeal in the case Legroulx v. Pitre and Labrecque. The case involved the issue of whether or not there was a constitutional right to a civil jury trial.
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Glenn Matthews and Barry Cleaver meet with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in Beijing to discuss opportunities for Chinese companies to invest and expand into North America (article in Chinese character). Siskinds has formed a strategic affiliation with Dacheng Law Firm, China's second largest law firm. Siskinds is now uniquely positioned to assist Chinese companies with North American expansion or investment plans and similarly, the firm is now able to counsel North American companies on their Chinese market requirements:
http://www.apec-ecba.org/www/info/Article.jsp?siteid=www&a_no=6923&col_no=5&dir=200909&siteid=www
Barry Cleaver and Glenn Matthews, both partners at Siskinds, recently traveled to Beijing, China to speak at a seminar for Chinese companies and individuals looking to invest in North America. The seminar, hosted by Dacheng Law Firm, focused on direct foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, due dilligence and business immigration considerations. Siskinds LLP has formed a strategic affiliation with Dacheng Law Firm, China's second largest law firm with offices located in 22 Chinese cities. For a link to the Beijing Daily newspaper coverage of this event, please click here:
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=56270652
Our firm is reviewing corporate governance issues as it relates to a formerly listed TSX company, Allen-Vanguard Corp. If you owned shares of Allen-Vanguard (TSX: VRS) prior to the delisting we kindly request that you complete the online information form.
Your information will be held in strict confidence. By completing the form, you are not retaining Siskinds, nor do you incur any obligations in connection with this investigation. For further information concerning this investigation, please contact Scott Selig at 1 (800) 461-6166 ext. 7824 or email scott.selig@siskinds.com. Updates concerning this investigation will be posted above.
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010 recognizes 6 Siskinds Lawyers.
The Best Lawyers in Canada has named six of the firm's lawyers as experts in numerous areas of practice: James R. Caskey QC; Mike Eizenga; Andre Michael; Michael J. Peerless; Scott Ritchie QC and Claude Desmeules for Quebec City.
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding lawyers by conducting peer review surveys with thousands of leading lawyers in order to evaluate their peers.
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Siskinds is pleased to introduce the newest leaders in our field: Curtis Cleaver, Anna Szczurko (Fluent in Ukrainian), Stephanie Dickson (Fluent in French) and Dagmara Wozniak (Fluent in Polish). Click here for link to advertisement.

Siskinds is pleased to announce our membership with the Better Business Bureau of South Western Ontario.

Siskinds is pleased to be participating in the Law Society of Upper Canada's Justicia Project. This new, innovative initiative is designed to support the retention and advancement of women lawyers in private practice. The first of its kind in Canada, the three-year pilot project is a core component of the Law Society's multi-faceted initiative called, "The Retention of Women in Private Practice."

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Have you been injured? Siskinds Personal Injury Lawyers are on your side with expert advice and experience. Serving injured people and their families for over 40 years. Call today to arrange for a free consultation.

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Our lawyers, based in London Ontario, have extensive experience and expertise in virtually every area of business law and corporate law, acting for a diverse range of clients, from sole proprietors and family businesses to multinational companies, in a variety of sectors.

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