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Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is hiring two new lawyers for parts of the firm identified as key growth areas.
Steven Dvorak, a specialist in insolvency and related commercial litigation, joins the law firm as a partner. He will focus on commercial restructuring, receiverships and bankruptcy proceedings. Cassels hired him to work in its relatively new Vanvouver office, which opened about two years ago. He has 20 years of experience and formerly worked at Vancouver-based firm Bull Housser.
The Toronto office will see commercial litigator David Wingfield join its competition and antitrust group as a partner. He was previously on a on a three-year secondment from Toronto-based law firm WeirFoulds, working as executive director and senior general counsel at the Competition Bureau, responsible for enforcement of the Competition Act. Mr. Wingfield is also known for his cross-border work, and continues to work in London with Fountain Court Chambers.