Sheldon Hamilton is a principal in Smart & Biggar's Toronto office. For more than 30 years, he has acted as counsel for many of the world’s most innovative pharmaceutical companies in relation to commercially significant products. He has extensive trial experience focusing on issues of patent infringement and validity and damage quantification. He has appeared as trial and appellate counsel, including in proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. He is annually listed in the Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation, Benchmark Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal: Canada, Who's Who Legal:Patents, Who's Who Legal:Life Sciences,LMG Life Sciences, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Patent Litigation 250, IAM Life Sciences 250, and Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars Handbook: Patents. He is a member and former director of The Advocates' Society, former vice chairman of the finance and audit committee, fellow of IPIC, member of AIPPI, holder of a BASc (chemical engineering) and an LLB, and registered patent and trademark agent.
