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ticularly in M&As, shareholder disputes
and corporate issues. Adler advises CEOs,
entrepreneurs and start-ups on how to
navigate daily corporate issues. He has led
many complex acquisitions since 2013 and
over the last year and a half he has led more
than a dozen multi-disciplinary trans-
actions involving cross-border issues in
gaming, consumer products, distribution
and real estate development. Adler sits on
the boards of the Jewish Youth Network
and Ohr Temimim, which offer support,
education and guidance to children. He
assists in developing programs to promote
positive mental health and self-image for
students to reach their full potential by
helping establish job placements, volun-
teer positions and summer learning op-
portunities. Adler is pro bono counsel
for Hadracha, an organization that helps
entrepreneurs develop expertise to begin
new start-ups.
Christopher A. Anderson
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
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Toronto
Christopher Anderson specializes in pro-
viding tax planning advice on complex
M&A transactions, Private-Equity In-
vestments, Investment Fund Structuring,
Insolvencies, Real Estate Investments and
Estate Planning in Davies Ward Phil-
lips & Vineberg LLP's tax practice. He
also represents clients in disputes with
the CRA and other tax authorities. In-
strumental in growing the taxation of
the firm's professional athletes practice,
he has provided tax advice on player con-
tracts. Anderson Chairs the Law Society
of Ontario's Taxation Issues for Real Es-
tate Lawyers conference and co-authored
Canadian Taxation of Trusts. As a mem-
ber of his firm's Professional Develop-
ment Committee, he regularly presents
at the firm's continuing legal education
programs to keep clients up to date on tax
and other important legal matters. He is
actively involved in developing the firm's
hedge-fund and private-equity fund tax
practice. Anderson provides pro bono legal
services for UNITY, a charity that uses
hip hop to improve young people's lives.
Ian Andres
Goodmans LLP
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Toronto
Ian Andres heads the Administrative Law
group at Goodmans LLP. He has a wide-
ranging Administrative and Municipal
Law practice, assisting private- and public-
sector clients on municipal issues ranging
from bylaw interpretation and enforce-
ment to complex planning applications and
appeals with significant environmental,
infrastructure and heritage components.
He frequently represents landowners on
property tax assessment and rebate appeals,
and provides advice on development grant
incentives and brownfield remediation
programs, as well as expropriation matters,
freedom of information requests, procure-
ment, lobbying and permit issues. Andres
is a long-time member of the Ontario
Bar Association's Municipal Law Execu-
tive and he was recently elected as section
Chair. He is Past President of Athletes for
Africa, a non-profit that uses the power
and profile of sport to promote global cit-
izenship and empower the next generation
of youth in Africa.
Anthony Arquin
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
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Montréal
Anthony Arquin of Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP's Commercial Real Estate
practice group advises on Commercial Real
Estate sales and purchases, development
projects and joint ventures for public and
private corporations in Canada and inter-
nationally. He has been lead counsel for
many landmark developments in Québec
since 2012 and has significant experience in
working on mixed-use complexes and com-
mercial co-ownerships. Arquin has written
articles on real estate business trends in the
Québec real estate magazine Immobilier
commercial. He sits on strategic commit-
tees of the Urban Development Institute
of Québec and serves on the Montréal
Executive Committee of the CBA, Real
Estate Section. Arquin is a Director of the
Canadian branch of Nobel Peace Prize-
winning Humanity & Inclusion, which
in 2017 assisted 2 million people with dis-
abilities in 59 countries. He organizes an
exclusive annual event for next-generation
real estate professionals in Montréal.
Clarence Bennett
Stewart McKelvey
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Saint John
As the youngest Managing Partner in Stew-
art McKelvey's history, Clarence Bennett
manages both the Saint John and Frederic-
ton offices while maintaining a full Labour
and Employment Law practice. His focus
is on counselling employers over a wide
spectrum of labour and employment law
issues and is the lead labour and employ-
ment counsel to many of New Brunswick's
largest employers and works with a broad
variety of clients spanning industries such
as manufacturing, trucking, construction
and IT. As Managing Partner, Bennett has
introduced innovative pods to foster team-
work and has made considerable strides in
advancing client-friendly billing and fee
structures. Bennett is an active member
in professional organizations associated
with his labour and employment practice.
He provides legal advice and guidance to
the Board of Directors of the Fredericton
Homeless Shelters and he served on the
Board of Directors for the Canadian As-
sociation of Counsel to Employers.
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