Headquarters:
Toronto, ON
Year founded:
1982
Number of partners and employees:
127 lawyers
Phone:
416 864 9700
Email:
info@foglers.com
Website:
foglers.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/fogler-rubinoff-llp
“Everything we do as an organization is to serve our agents in a meaningful way, which is to provide industry-leading insurance solutions when they need them the most”
Mark Maher, Jencap
FOGLER, RUBINOFF LLP
Eric Roblin
Chair
Leneo E. Sdao
Managing Partner
Samantha Prasad
Partner and Executive Committee Member
Leadership
Shawn Wolfson is a commercial real estate lawyer involved in some of Ontario’s leading real estate projects, acting for local, national and international developers, investors, lenders, retailers, lessors and lessees.
He is ranked in Chambers and Partners Canada in Real Estate (Ontario) and recognized by Best Lawyers® in Canada for Real Estate Law.
Managing Partner
Shawn Wolfson
Irvin Schein is a senior partner and chair in Minden Gross LLP’s Litigation Group. He also serves in management on the firm’s Executive Committee. An experienced mediator and arbitrator, Schein has represented clients in litigation, mediation, and arbitration in a vast number of dispute types and for clients in various industries. He has substantial experience with litigation for international clients. He routinely handles matters for companies based in the United States and the United Kingdom. An expert litigator, his advocacy and courtroom skills are highly developed after over 40 years of practice.
Senior Partner and Executive Committee Member
Irvin Schein
Samantha Prasad is a partner in the Tax Group and also serves in management on the firm’s Executive Committee. Her practice focuses primarily on corporate, international, and high-net-worth tax planning with expertise in designing and implementing complex tax plans and corporate reorganizations. Prasad is a prolific writer and speaker, as well as a recognized lawyer in both Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Her clients vary from multinational corporations to family business owners and managers. As such, her practice is varied to include tax aspects of corporate finance, corporate reorganizations, and M&As, alongside comprehensive business succession planning and international structures.
Partner and Executive Committee Member
Samantha Prasad
Roger G. Rosemin
Chief Operating Officer
Roger G. Rosemin is Minden Gross LLP’s chief operating officer. Recognized as a results-driven strategist, he develops and oversees innovative initiatives to advance exceptional client-focused service. He has extensive experience leading high-performing teams and has a proven track record in building and transforming businesses to achieve a competitive advantage. Harnessing a positive organizational culture, Rosemin leads large-scale projects to grow the engagement of firm members and bring value to clients.
Chief Operating Officer
Roger G. Rosemin
Brandon Wiener
Partner, Member of the Management Committee
Brandon Wiener’s practice focuses on personal, corporate and trust planning for high-net-worth individuals, professionals, executives, owner-managers and their businesses, both domestic and international, including corporate reorganizations, structuring of investments and businesses including professional incorporations, purchases and sales of businesses and real estate, estate planning, immigration and emigration, and non-profit organizations and charities including private foundations. He also advises investment funds and their managers and advisors in connection with structuring and other fund-related tax issues.
Prior to joining Thorsteinssons LLP in 2010, Wiener worked in the litigation and tax departments of the Montreal office of a large national law firm. He also worked as a law clerk for the Honourable Mr. Justice Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. Having a strong background in tax litigation, Wiener also assists and represents clients in their dealings with the taxation authorities in the context of an audit or assessment or voluntary disclosure.
Partner, Member of the Management Committee
Brandon Wiener
At Fogler, Rubinoff LLP, clients benefit from the tailored approach that their lawyers bring to every matter.
The firm prides itself on its entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional client service, and the ability to provide creative and cost-effective solutions to meet the evolving business and legal needs of their clients.
With over 125 lawyers and expertise in over 20 areas of practice, Fogler, Rubinoff sees itself as a centralized resource for clients. The firm’s clients include financial institutions, publicly traded and private corporations, securities dealers, emerging companies, real estate developers and lenders, First Nations, and family-owned enterprises and individuals.
“Our team has successfully executed on an aggressive acquisition and integration plan over the last few years, which has contributed greatly to our strong market position”
John Jennings, Jencap
Kin Lee-Yow
Chief Information Officer
Catherine Sieniewicz
AVP of Travel and Retail
Rhonda English
Chief Marketing Officer
Evelyn Peng
Chief Risk Officer
Kin Lee-Yow’s combination of banking, payment, retail, e-commerce, and insurance technology experience has enabled him to contribute to the success and leadership positions in three large organizations in Canada, culminating in his current role as the CIO of CM Club Group. Kin is a graduate of Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Waterloo. He also holds a Kellogg-Schulich master’s degree in Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Chief Information Officer
Kin Lee-Yow
With decades of experience, Catherine Sieniewicz has always been devoted to growing within the travel and retail industry. Catherine became director of retail and travel at CCG in May 2019. In February 2020, she was promoted to AVP of travel and retail where she continues to guide all her decisions by what she has learned in member, associate, and business experience.
AVP of Travel and Retail
Catherine Sieniewicz
Rhonda English is a CPA, CMA and obtained her Honors Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and her MBA from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. Rhonda joined CM Club Group as vice president of insurance, then took the role of vice president corporate marketing, overseeing business insights & analytics and the acquisition and retention of the CM lines of business. In 2016, she was named chief marketing officer, taking on additional responsibility for travel and membership product, digital, and the government & community relations advocacy team.
Chief Marketing Officer
Rhonda English
Evelyn Peng started at CCG in 2017 as director of risk management and now serves as the chief risk officer for the organization. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. She has extensive experience with enterprise risk management, specializing in operational risk management, and financial risk management. Evelyn is a Chartered Accountant and a Financial Risk Manager.
Chief Risk Officer
Evelyn Peng
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Melissa Abramowitz has been practicing corporate and commercial law for over 20 years, with an emphasis on the financial services industry. She joined CAA Club Group in 2014, and currently serves as the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer of CCG and its affiliated companies. At CCG, Melissa provides strategic legal advice on a broad range of matters including corporate governance, licensing, distribution, marketing and advertising, commercial contracts and regulatory compliance. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.CL) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from McGill University and a Certificate in Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions from Osgoode.
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer
Melissa Abramowitz
Earlene Huntley joined CAA in 2014 as director, tax and was promoted to AVP, tax in 2016, and to her current role as group chief financial officer of CAA Club Group in February 2017. In her role, she is responsible for all aspects of finance. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies where she earned her BSc. Accounting (Hons) and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.
Group Chief Financial Officer
Earlene Huntley
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