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About
Provided by Caroline Zayid
Practice Areas
Past National Leader of the Firm’s Litigation and Disputes Practice Group. Practice focuses on product liability and class actions, at the trial and appellate levels. Has litigated many significant product liability cases including on behalf of manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer products. Has also acted on numerous cross-border class actions in relation to health care, financial services, securities, and automotive products. Extensive experience in administrative and public law for public and private sector clients. Represents clients at all levels of courts including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the courts of appeal of Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
Career
Ontario Bar, 1990.
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Associate, The Advocates’ Society.
Personal
Named as one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017.
Chambers Review
Canada
Caroline Zayid leads the firm's litigation department nationally from her Toronto base. She operates a broad contentious practice that sees her act in complex and high-value product liability cases in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Caroline Zayid is well regarded for her experience defending companies facing class action lawsuits, particularly in the life sciences sector. She operates out of the firm's Toronto office.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Caroline analyses every angle of a matter and understands it at every level - she's a great litigation mind."
"Caroline is a deep subject matter expert."
"She's very pragmatic and delivers excellent results on complex litigation matters in Canada."
"Caroline Zayid is just outstanding - whatever question you bring her, she processes it lightning quick, integrates it into the strategy and provides a clear, efficient and enlightening answer."
"Caroline analyses every angle of a matter and understands it at every level - she's a great litigation mind."
"Caroline is a deep subject matter expert."
"She's very pragmatic and delivers excellent results on complex litigation matters in Canada."
"Caroline Zayid is just outstanding - whatever question you bring her, she processes it lightning quick, integrates it into the strategy and provides a clear, efficient and enlightening answer."
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