Commercial Litigation

David is the Department Head of the Dentons Ottawa Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. David is also the principal contact of the National ADR Group for the Ottawa office. David’s practice includes a wide variety of business litigation disputes, with a focus on disputes arising from asset and share purchase transactions, employment related disputes, claims regarding intellectual property and confidential information, professional negligence and negligent misrepresentation, defamation, lease disputes, and insurance matters. He is certified as a specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada. He received his LLB from the University of New Brunswick in 1997 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1999. David is a member, Past Director, and Past President (Ottawa Chapter), of the ADR Institute of Ontario. He’s actively involved in the community and has been a judge of the Annual University of Ottawa Negotiation Competition and a coach, at the University of Ottawa Corporate Securities Moot Team.

Karen Perron is a Partner in the Ottawa office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and encompasses banking litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency litigation and directors’ and officers’ liability. She is fully bilingual and has appeared before numerous courts in Ontario including in complex commercial disputes before the Commercial List sittings in Toronto. Karen regularly volunteers at Pro Bono Ontario’s Law Help Centre in the Ottawa courthouse. She also enjoys being active in the legal community, including in her role as the 2nd Vice-President of the Ontario Bar Association.

Anne Tardif is a litigation partner in Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office. Fluently bilingual, she represents individuals, professionals, private companies and public entities in both English and French. Anne has a general litigation practice that cuts across practice areas including commercial and procurement matters, professional liability matters, shareholder disputes, and construction, tax, constitutional, public, agricultural and municipal law. Anne also represents health professionals in medical defence litigation and professional disciplinary proceedings. Anne has argued before all levels of court in Alberta and Ontario, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and the Tax Court of Canada. She has represented clients in arbitrations and before administrative and regulatory tribunals, including the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board and the Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tribunal. Originally from Montreal, Anne graduated from Dalhousie Law School where she obtained the gold medal for the highest overall mark. She started her career clerking for the Honourable Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. Anne has experience working in the private sector and for government as legal counsel for the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board. Anne teaches trial advocacy at the University of Ottawa and is a regular judge at the annual Laskin constitutional-administrative law moot court competition. Anne also regularly speaks on commercial law topics.