People

Representative Work

• Insolvency and Restructuring - Algoma Steel, Ontario Hydro, Air Canada, Ivaco, Stelco, HSB, ABCP, Collins & Aikman, Fraser Paper, Nortel, Indalex, Sino Forest, Lac Megantic, informal restructuring of Ontario Hydro and the Bruce Nuclear plants;
• Administrative law — Counsel to the Ontario Energy Board since the late 80s, privatization of Ontario's Bruce Nuclear facility, 1996/97 Independent Chair of a task force advising the Ontario government on the deregulation of the natural gas distribution business, funeral and cemetery law.
• Corporate/Commercial Litigation - RXE proxy dispute, GCGC v. Kepinski, Cohen v. Zagdanski;
• Class Actions — Prendiville v. 407 (re: late penalty fees), Spina et al. v. Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM Franchisees v. SDM re: Professional Allowances, etc.), Macdonald et al. v. BMO Investorline et al. (re: foreign exchange trading in registered trust accounts);
• Mediation/Arbitration — as part of his advocacy practice, Ken regularly acts as a mediator and sometimes as an arbitrator in commercial and regulatory disputes. He has conducted well over a hundred mediations; from one day bilateral cases to multi-month cases involving 20 or more parties and dollar amounts exceeding many billions of dollars.

Awards and Honours

• Ranked by Chambers Canada 2019 in Band 3 of Litigation: General Commercial practice area in Ontario

• Listed in Best Lawyers® 10th Edition, 2015 

• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Repeatedly Recommended in Litigation – Insolvency and Restructuring, 2012

• The Best Lawyers in Canada in administrative and public law, corporate and commercial litigation, 2008 - present

• Ranked by Chambers Canada 2019 in Band 3 of Litigation: General Commercial practice area

Community Involvement