TGF is a specialty firm that occupies a unique space in the high-end legal services market in Canada. TGF specializes in finding creative, efficient and persuasive solutions to the most complex business disputes, consistently achieving precedent-setting results.
TGF lawyers have deep experience as trial and appellate counsel and in the negotiation, mediation and private arbitration of complex business disputes. The firm is nationally recognized for its expertise in complex commercial litigation, restructuring, insolvency litigation, public-private partnership disputes, securities related matters, director & officer liability and M&A litigation across a wide variety of industries. Many of the firm’s cases have a cross-border component, and TGF plays a leading role in many of the highest profile cross-border and multi-jurisdictional insolvencies. The number and significance of the mandates that TGF has acted on is extraordinary for a firm of its size (34 lawyers operating out of one Toronto office).
TGF has noteworthy experience successfully litigating infrastructure and engineering disputes. The firm’s mandates have involved LRTs, subways and railway signaling projects, controlled access highways (involving bridge design disputes), combined stormwater sewage tunnels, hospitals, and above-ground and submerged power transmission lines. In those projects TGF has dealt with design, engineering, construction, insurance and surety disputes.
Clients include Canadian banks (some of whom the firm has represented for more than 25 years), accounting firms, regulatory bodies such as the Ontario Securities Commission, public and private companies, individuals involved in significant and often high-profile D&O litigation, and all types of stakeholders in restructuring and insolvency litigation proceedings.
TGF partners have leading roles in the most influential litigation organizations. Leanne Williams is Past-President of the Toronto Chapter of Turnaround Management Association (“TMA”). Deborah E. Palter is a Past-President of The Advocates’ Society, which is the leading organization for advocates across Canada. Robert I. Thornton is immediate Past-President of the Insolvency Institute of Canada. D.J. Miller is on the Executive Committee and Board of the International Insolvency Institute, Past-President of the Toronto Chapter of TMA and previously served on the Executive Board of TMA Global.
More than 55% of the firm’s restructuring partners are women. This is particularly noteworthy in view of the fact that the areas in which TGF practices consistently have the lowest representation of women in national ranking publications. TGF’s percentages refer to full equity partners, whereas many other firms’ partnership statistics include income partners and other categories.
TGF is listed in the Top 100 Restructuring Firms worldwide in the annual ranking compiled by Global Restructuring Review (GRR) and has been included since the creation of the list. It is one of only a handful of Canadian-based firms (as compared to international firms that happen to have a Canadian office) to be included.
