Lauren maintains a general civil and commercial litigation practice, with an emphasis on corporate and securities litigation, class action defence and commercial arbitration.
Lauren has significant trial and arbitration experience, including domestic, international, institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. She has experience defending privacy, securities, consumer, and product liability class actions. Her practice also includes a wide variety of corporate and commercial litigation, including, shareholder disputes, corporate governance and oppression claims. Lauren has represented clients in a broad range of industries including, financial institutions and mining, technology, automotive and pharmaceutical companies.
Prior to joining Osler as an articling student, Lauren obtained her J.D. at the University of Toronto.
Representative Work
- Trilogy
Trilogy in its take-private of Indigo Books & Music
- Q4
Q4 in its acquisition by Sumeru Equity Partners
- Aimia Inc.
Lead investor in its strategic placement in Aimia
- Facebook Inc.
Facebook Inc. in the successful dismissal of the plaintiff’s appeal from an order denying certification of a proposed class action
- GitHub Inc.
GitHub Inc. in its class proceeding concerning an alleged data breach involving the information of credit card applicants
- Facebook, Inc.
Facebook, Inc. in the successful dismissal of certification of a proposed class action
- BP p.l.c.
BP p.l.c. in Kaynes v BP
- Husky Energy Inc.
Husky Energy Inc. in its $23.6 billion agreement with Cenovus Energy Inc. to create a new integrated energy leader
- A global mining company in a successful International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Tokyo, Japan, against a Japanese company seeking to rely on a force majeure clause in relation to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, with nearly $1 billion in dispute.
- Dundee Kilmer Developments Limited Partnership, Dundee Realty Corporation and related companies in a high-stakes dispute with Catalyst.
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC in defending proposed product liability class actions and other litigation across Canada.
- Teva Canada in defending proposed product liability class actions and other litigation across Canada.
- Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. in its defence of a franchise class action brought by two of its Associate-owners representing all Associates in Shoppers Drug Mart stores outside of Quebec.
Trilogy in its take-private of Indigo Books & Music
Q4 in its acquisition by Sumeru Equity Partners
Lead investor in its strategic placement in Aimia
Facebook Inc. in the successful dismissal of the plaintiff’s appeal from an order denying certification of a proposed class action
GitHub Inc. in its class proceeding concerning an alleged data breach involving the information of credit card applicants
- Facebook, Inc.
Facebook, Inc. in the successful dismissal of certification of a proposed class action
- BP p.l.c.
BP p.l.c. in Kaynes v BP
- Husky Energy Inc.
Husky Energy Inc. in its $23.6 billion agreement with Cenovus Energy Inc. to create a new integrated energy leader
- A global mining company in a successful International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Tokyo, Japan, against a Japanese company seeking to rely on a force majeure clause in relation to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, with nearly $1 billion in dispute.
- Dundee Kilmer Developments Limited Partnership, Dundee Realty Corporation and related companies in a high-stakes dispute with Catalyst.
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC in defending proposed product liability class actions and other litigation across Canada.
- Teva Canada in defending proposed product liability class actions and other litigation across Canada.
- Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. in its defence of a franchise class action brought by two of its Associate-owners representing all Associates in Shoppers Drug Mart stores outside of Quebec.
Latest Insights
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Blog Mar 28, 2024
Court of Appeal upholds certification denial and dismissal of drug recall class action
A recent Court of Appeal for Ontario decision has affirmed the denial of certification and dismissal of a proposed class action arising from the 2018...
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Blog Feb 15, 2024
Del Giudice dismissed: Court of Appeal shows how the certification ‘cause of action’ component can be used to end meritless claims
In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario reaffirmed that the cause of action component of the certification test is intended to be a...
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Osler Update Mar 4, 2022
Ontario appellate court affirms denial of certification in Cambridge Analytica class action
Ontario’s Divisional Court dismissed an appeal from an order denying certification of a putative privacy class action against Facebook, joining a...
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Osler Update Mar 1, 2022
Supreme Court of British Columbia denies certification in Facebook privacy class action
The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an application for class certification, finding a “fatal flaw” in the plaintiffs’ evidence.
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Awards and Recognition
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Stephanie Fleur Couzin Medal in Mooting (2015)
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Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award (2015)
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First Place Factums & Second Place Team Overall, Canadian Corporate Securities Moot (2014)
Media Mentions
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Osler News Dec 4, 2020
Osler advises on three of Lexpert’s Top 10 Cases of 2019-2020
Osler is pleased to announce it has been recognized in three of Lexpert’s Top 10 Cases of 2019–2020 and has also received an honorable mention.
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Media Mentions Jul 6, 2018
Sixties Scoop settlement sheds light on class action fee calculations – Law Times
A recent article in Law Times looks at a landmark settlement in Brown v. Canada (Attorney General) 2018 ONSC 3429 involving Indigenous Canadians...
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Community Involvement
- University of Toronto Moot Court Committee, Executive Member (2014–2015)
- University of Toronto Students’ Law Society, Vice President (2014–2015)
- Advocates for Injured Workers, Caseworker (2012–2014)
Credentials
Education
- University of Toronto, J.D.
- Queen’s University, B.Sc. (Honours) Life Sciences
Languages
- English
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
