Overview

"Sandra is one of the top trial lawyers in Canada. She has superb judgment. She is incredibly experienced."

A leading litigator specializing in corporate, class action, competition and securities litigation, Sandra is known for her incisive counsel and her courtroom skills. She achieves successful results on diverse issues, including class actions alleging anti-competitive conduct or collusion, and competition matters such as cartel, merger and abuse of dominance cases, and appears before all levels of court and various administrative tribunals in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada and the Competition Tribunal. She is highly experienced in defending litigation for directors and audit committees. Clients describe her as “one of the best competition litigators in Canada”, who “combines intelligence, strategic thinking and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law with outstanding advocacy skills in court.” (Chambers)

Sandra is a Fellow and Member of the Executive Committee (Treasurer) of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and former president of the Advocates’ Society. She is also a member of our firm’s Management Committee.

Acting for McKesson Corporation and McKesson Canada Corporation in its defence of a class action brought by the Province of British Columbia on behalf of all Canadian provincial governments, as well as the Federal government, against manufacturers and distributors of opioids seeking to recover health care costs related to the opioid crisis. Also acting for McKesson in defence of additional opioid-related proposed class actions across Canada.

Defending Altria Group, Inc. in nationwide litigation relating to vaping products, including an action brought by the British Columbia government on behalf of Canadian governments.

Defending Choice Hotels International in proposed class actions filed in British Columbia and Québec that allege major hotel chains used AI-powered software to coordinate hotel room rates, amounting to algorithmic price-fixing.

Defending Ipex Inc. and its affiliates in a proposed multijurisdictional consumer class action alleging a North America-wide price-fixing conspiracy in PVC pipes industry.

Acting for the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) in its defence of a class action in the Federal Court alleging that CREA’s rule regarding broker commissions is anti-competitive.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Competition Law
• Criminal Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1992 (ON)