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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
School of Global Affairs, Bram Abramson
returned to in-house practice, joining Can-
adian blockchain startup Decentral Inc. as
General Counsel.
Dentons Canada LLP welcomed a group
of lawyers, as well as law clerks and legal
assistants, from McLean & Kerr LLP. Join-
ing as partners were Todd Davidson (real
estate) and Sharon Addison (litigation
and dispute resolution). Joining the firm as
counsel were Stuart LeMesurier (commer-
cial real estate), Leanne Fasciano (litiga-
tion) and Elaine Gray (litigation).
Kate Broer, a partner at Dentons Can-
ada LLP in Toronto, filled a new role in
promoting women's business development,
adding to her current responsibilities as
leader of the firm's global client develop-
ment program.
Paul Morrison joined Miller omson
LLP as a partner in its Litigation Group in
Toronto. Morrison is recognized for his ex-
pertise in complex corporate and commer-
cial litigation.
Adam Kline is now a partner in the
Business Law Group in Miller omson
LLP's Toronto office. His practice focuses
on securities, corporate finance, public and
private mergers and acquisitions.
Paul Guaragna joined Miller omson
LLP as a partner focusing on litigation of
construction disputes. He works from the
firm's Vaughan, Ont. office.
Torkin Manes LLP welcomed Matt
Maurer as a partner in its Litigation and
Cannabis Law groups. Maurer is now Vice-
Chair of the firm's Cannabis Law Group.
Brenda Swick joined Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP as a partner with a focus on
international trade.
Bennett Jones LLP welcomed Matthew
Flynn as a partner in Toronto. Flynn advis-
es technology customers and providers. He
has 20 years of experience in Canada and
the United States in leading-edge technol-
ogy transactions.
Bobby Solhi is now a partner in Bor-
den Ladner Gervais LLP's Tax Group. His
practice focuses on the GST/HST and
commodity taxes as well as tax planning for
privately held companies and their owners.
e Honourable Peter Van Loan re-
sumed his law practice as a partner in Aird
& Berlis LLP's Municipal & Land Use Plan-
ning Group.
Helen Fotinos joined Dentons Canada
LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate
Group and now leads its franchising and dis-
tribution practice in Canada.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP welcomed
Cameron MacDonald as a partner in its
Securities and Capital Markets Group. He
practises from BLG's Toronto office.
Michael DeCosimo moved his corporate
practice to Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
where he is now a partner.
Sylvia Adriano joined Gowling WLG
(Canada) LLP's Real Estate Group as a part-
ner in Toronto. Adriano's practice encom-
passes all areas of commercial real estate law.
Christine Ing and Domenic Presta
joined McCarthy Tétrault LLP as partners
practising with the Information Technology
Group in Toronto. Ing is now an equity part-
ner and co-leader of the Information Tech-
nology and FinTech groups.
Commercial real estate lawyers Pamela
Green and Sawsan Selwyn joined Gowling
WLG (Canada) LLP's national Real Estate
Group in Hamilton.
QUÉBEC MONTRÉAL
In Montréal, Louis Clément is now a part-
ner at Miller omson LLP. He specializes
in corporate and commercial law, as well as
investment management and health law.
Langlois lawyers, LLP welcomed So-
phie Perreault and Caroline Deschênes
as partners in the firm's Litigation Group
in Montréal.
NOVA SCOTIA HALIFAX
In Halifax, Daniel Gallivan, QC, senior
partner of Cox & Palmer, was appointed
Chair of the firm's Board of Directors.
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MOVES
Nikiforos (Niki) Iatrou is now a partner
in the competition law practice of
McCarthy Tétrault LLP. He is frequently
retained by Canadian and multi-
national clients seeking competition
compliance advice or involved in anti-
trust investigations. He focuses on
high-stakes, contentious competition
issues, including mergers, criminal
cartels, abuses of dominance, false
and misleading advertising claims,
and competition class actions (defence
side). Iatrou has a record of success-
fully arguing precedent-setting cases
before the Competition Tribunal
and Federal Court of Appeal.
NIKIFOROS IATROU
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Toronto
Competition Law
GEORGE L. COOPER, QC
Cox & Palmer
Moncton
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
George Cooper, QC, was appointed
the Chief Executive Officer of Cox &
Palmer, a role that he assumed in July.
He is also New Brunswick Managing
Partner, and has served on the firm's
Board of Directors since 2010. Cooper
maintains a commercial litigation and
transactional practice that emphasizes
disputes, transactions and arbitrations
relating to commercial financing, secur-
ities and secured transactions, bank-
ruptcy and insolvency, product liability,
natural resources and energy, and
insurance matters. Cooper holds an
LL.M. from the University of Cambridge
in Cambridge, England.
