Biography
Paula Frederick has practiced exclusively in the area of business valuations and damages quantification since 1994. Paula is both a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario silver medalist) and a Chartered Business Valuator (Canadian silver medalist). She received the Fellow Chartered Business Valuator designation in 2019, recognizing her service and contribution to the CBV profession. Paula was formerly a Director/Principal at two major international consulting firms and prior to that was a Principal at a boutique firm specializing in business valuation and damages quantification. She is a Director and Past President of the Ontario Expropriation Association and a former Director of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.
Paula has been retained as an expert in assignments involving the quantification of damages resulting from breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, intellectual property disputes, oppression, expropriation, wrongful termination, and other financial disputes. Her past assignments have also involved business valuations for shareholder disputes, going-private transactions, dissent and oppression matters, expropriation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and tax matters.
Through the above-noted assignments Paula has gained knowledge in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceutical, real estate, mining, retail, farming, franchising, gas stations and convenience stores, industrial products, automotive, garment manufacturing, insurance, and many more. Paula has prepared numerous expert and valuation reports and has been qualified as an expert witness by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court of Canada and in arbitrations.
Education & Credentials
- FCBV | 2019, Fellow Chartered Business Valuator
- CFF | 2016, Certified in Financial Forensics
- CPA | 2012, Chartered Professional Accountant
- CBV | 1997, Chartered Business Valuator
- CA | 1992, Chartered Accountant
- B.Comm. | 1990, Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Queen's University
Related Expertise
Paula's Cases
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Disturbance Damages Related to Expropriation of Gas Station and Convenience Store
Matter involving the quantification of disturbance damages (i.e. business losses and out-of-pockets expenses) due to the expropriation of lands from which a gas station and convenience store operated.Learn More -
Quantification of Disturbance Damages Related to Expropriation of Farm
Matter involving the quantification of disturbance damages (i.e. business losses and out-of-pockets expenses) due to the expropriation and relocation of a cash crops farm.Learn More -
Teva Canada Limited / Apotex Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. et al (Ramipril)
2012 FC 552 / 2012 FC 553Quantification of generic pharmaceuticals’ lost profits under Section 8 of PM(NOC) Regulations involving pharmaceutical drug ALTACE (active pharmaceutical ingredient – ramipril).Learn More -
Alleged Breach of Gold and Silver Supply Agreement
Breach of contract matter in a private arbitration involving the quantification of damages incurred by the plaintiff due to the alleged breach of a gold and silver supply agreement.Learn More -
Quantifying Disturbance Damages Related to Expropriation of Plaza Lands
Matter involving the quantification of disturbance damages (i.e. rental losses and out-of-pockets expenses) due to the expropriation of lands from which a Plaza operates.Learn More -
Quantification of Damages in Breach of Fiduciary Case Involving an Industrial Products Company
Matter involving the quantification of damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by a former employee that left and started their own industrial products business.Learn More -
Oppression Case Involving Engineering Consulting Firm
Oppression matter involving valuation of shares of a privately held engineering consulting company at two different valuation dates and critique of an opposing expert’s valuations.Learn More -
Valuation of Mining Services Division for Call Option
Valuation of a public company's mining services division pursuant to a call-option agreement.Learn More -
The Dow Chemical Company et al v. Nova Chemicals Corporation
2017 FC 350; 2020 FCA 141; 2022 SCC 43Intellectual property dispute involving an accounting of profits earned by Nova Chemicals Corporation from the alleged infringement of a Dow patent related to production of polyethylene products.Learn More -
Quantification of Damages Due to Repudiation of Garment Manufacturing Contract
Matter involving the quantification of damages arising from the repudiation of a garment manufacturing contract.Learn More -
AstraZeneca Canada et al v. Apotex Inc. (LOSEC)
2017 FC 726Patent infringement and Section 8 matters involving the pharmaceutical drug LOSEC (active pharmaceutical ingredient – omeprazole) heard in the Federal Court of Canada.Learn More -
Post-Acquisition Dispute Involving an Insurance Brokerage
Post-Acquisition dispute related to the Adjusted Purchase Price owing to the vendors of an insurance brokerage pursuant to the terms of a Share Purchase Agreement.Learn More -
Franchisor’s Claim Under the Expropriations Act Related to Closure of Franchised Restaurant
Matter involving the quantification of losses of a franchisor due to the expropriation of the property from which a franchised restaurant operated and was therefore required to close.Learn More -
Expropriation of a Franchised Grocery Store for the Construction of a New Subway Line
Matter involving an estimate of franchisor’s disturbance damages due to the expected closure of a franchised grocery store resulting from expropriation of the property from which the store operates.Learn More
News & Insights
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CHS Principals recognized as Leading Experts in Who’s Who Legal for 2023-2024.
Cohen Hamilton Steger & Co. congratulates five CHS Principals who have been recognized in Who’s Who Legal for 2023-2024 as leading experts in damages quantification, business valuation and forensi... -
Paula Frederick will be co-presenting at a Chartered Business Valuators Institute seminar on "Masters, Mentors, and Role Models” on November 7th, 2023.
The presentation will explore topics including career best practices, building a book of business, thriving in the current environment, and tips for advancement to leadership positions. Aspiring ... -
Paula Frederick is co-presenting “Pursuing Profit: Unraveling the Supreme Court's Decision in Nova Chemicals Corp v Dow Chemical Co.” on April 18, 2023.
At an event hosted by the Toronto Intellectual Property Group, Paula and her co-presenter, Andrew Bernstein of Torys LLP, will be discussing the much anticipated decision by the Supreme Court in NOVA ... -
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Paula Frederick presented at the 2020 Ontario Expropriation Association Spring Conference
Paula Frederick presented at the 2020 Ontario Expropriation Association Spring Conference (virtual) on the topic of “Impact of COVID-19 on Business Value and Business Loss Assessments”. -
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Paula Frederick co-presented a webinar on the topic of “Remedies” as part of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s “Patent Case Law Review” series of webinars.
Paula Frederick and Nancy Pei, a Partner at Smart & Biggar, covered key issues to consider in quantifying damages and in an accounting of profits, as well as the related case law. Other topi... -
Paula Frederick was conferred the distinction of Fellow of the Chartered Business Valuators Institute (FCBV).
FCBV is the highest honour the CBV Institute can confer to a Member to recognize distinguished service to the business valuation profession, and which results from a rigorous nomination and review pro... -
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Paula Frederick and Prem Lobo join in panel discussion at the Ontario Expropriation Association’s Fall Conference 2012
Paula Frederick was a panel speaker on the topic: “Different Strokes for Different Folks: Claiming Business Value vs. Business Loss” at the Ontario Expropriation Association’s Fall Conference 2012. Th... -
Paula Frederick appointed to the CICBV Board of Directors. Farley Cohen becomes Past Chair ex-officio of the Board.
Paula Frederick was appointed to the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators Board of Directors for a three-year term. Paula has also served and continues to serve on several CICBV Bo... -
Paula Frederick co-authors “What is the current environment for accounting experts?” published in the Advocate’s Society E-Brief.
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Cohen Hamilton Steger & Co. Inc. grows with the additions of Principals Paula Frederick and Prem Lobo, and Associates Helen Norris, Joshua Epstein, Dan Ross and Debrana Das
Cohen Hamilton Steger & Co. Inc. is pleased to announce that Paula Frederick and Prem Lobo have joined the firm as Principals, and Helen Norris, Joshua Epstein, Dan R...