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INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING Robert I. Thornton Bob Thornton is a founding partner of TGF and is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost insolvency practitioners in Canada. Euromoney's The Best of the Best 2012 listed Thornton as one of the top three insolvency and restructuring lawyers in Canada and has described him as "exceptional" and "the most innovative in the field." He is recognized as a band 1 leading individual in restructuring/insolvency by Chambers Global, and has been lauded as "a leading light" and "pound for pound one of the top lawyers in town." Thornton is currently playing a leading role in the restructuring of Hollinger; was recently involved in the reorganization of Bell Canada and Calpine; the financing of Air Canada; and the restructuring of Farley Windows, Fraser Papers, Stelco and AbitibiBowater. Thornton is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, INSOL International, The Advocates' Society, Canadian Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Canadian Insolvency Foundation and the Ontario Bar Association, Insolvency Section. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1984. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Tel: (416) 304-0560 Fax: (416) 304-1313 Toronto rthornton@tgf.ca Sandra Abitan Sandra Abitan is a partner in the Montréal office's insolvency & restructuring group. Specializing in complex corporate restructurings and insolvencies, she advises financial institutions, court-appointed monitors, boards of directors, Canadian and US assetbased lenders and liquidators and asset purchasers. She has provided restructuring/ financing advice to a number of major private and public corporations operating in a variety of areas. Abitan has also given numerous lectures and written extensively on topics within her area of expertise. She is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association and a member of ABI and IWIRC and of the Insolvency Institute of Canada. Abitan is listed in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, as well as The Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in corporate restructuring and insolvency. She also won the International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Awards in the Insolvency & Restructuring category for Canada/ Québec for the last three years. Called to the Québec Bar in 1990. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (514) 904-5648 Fax: (514) 904-8101 Montréal sabitan@osler.com Denis Ferland Denis Ferland practices in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency & restructuring and related litigation. Acted for some of Canada's largest financial institutions, multinationals, creditors, debtors, and court officers. Regularly speaks and teaches on bankruptcy and insolvency matters for many organizations, including the CBA, Canadian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Professionals and the Canadian Institute. Named a leading lawyer in the area of insolvency & financial restructuring in the IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking. Member of the CBA, ABA (bankruptcy division), Turnaround Management Association and INSOL International. Invited to join the select Insolvency Institute of Canada. President of the liaison committee with the Superior Court of Québec, commercial division. In 2013 he was, again, an examiner for the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy trustees' qualifying final oral exams. Called to Québec Bar in 1984. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (514) 841-6423 Fax: (514) 841-6499 Montréal dferland@dwpv.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 109 D-00-Bios.indd 109 13-05-16 1:55 PM