Lawyer Profile
Nicole Mantini
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
A litigator practising in life sciences, Nicole’s fluency with scientific subject matter makes her particularly skilled at working with expert witnesses and transforming complex scientific concepts into persuasive advocacy.
Nicole’s commercial litigation practice focuses on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences sectors. Her experience extends across patent and trademark litigation, product liability and class actions, and regulatory and judicial review proceedings.
Nicole frequently represents international and North American pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement, impeachment and related proceedings, including under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulation. She also represents life sciences clients in regulatory matters, including in proceedings for judicial review, and has assisted Canadian and international companies in defending and enforcing trademark rights in Canada.
Nicole’s litigation work also includes defending health product, medical device and agricultural product manufacturers in product liability actions across Canada, including in class proceedings. She has appeared as counsel in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, at the trial and appellate level in the courts of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia and in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Torys is acting as counsel to an international pharmaceutical company in multiple product liability class actions—including proposed actions in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and three class actions at trial in Québec and Ontario—concerning two prescription combined oral contraceptives
Torys acted as counsel to Pfizer Canada in proceedings before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal under the PM(NOC) Regulations concerning patents for PRISTIQ® (desvenlafaxine), used in the treatment of depression
a fire protection manufacturer as one of several defendants in proposed class actions brought in Québec, Ontario, British Columbia on behalf of Canadians alleging environmental and water system contamination by PFAS-containing products
a fire protection manufacturer as one of several defendants in a proposed class action brought by the Province of British Columbia on behalf of Canadian provincial, territorial and municipal governments alleging drinking water contamination by PFAS-containing products
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2010 (ON)