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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
Bradley A. Freelan
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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Toronto
Bradley Freelan's practice at Fasken Mar-
tineau DuMoulin LLP focuses on Corpo-
rate and Securities Law, with an emphasis
on Mergers and Acquisitions, Shareholder
Activism, and Corporate Finance. He rep-
resents acquirers and targets across a broad
range of industries in both private and pub-
lic M&A transactions and provides gover-
nance advice to boards and special com-
mittees. Freelan initiated and led one of the
most successful profile-building projects in
the firm's history: the firm's proxy contest
and hostile bid studies, which offer a de-
tailed, empirical analysis of proxy contest
and hostile bid activity in Canada. ou-
sands of copies have been downloaded by
the business, legal and academic commu-
nities, resulting in a significant number of
new contacts and potential firm clients.
Freelan has served as a Director of Epilepsy
Toronto, is a member of the Sunnyview
Youth Council and he mentors law stu-
dents at the University of Toronto.
Rahat Godil
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Toronto
Rahat Godil's practice at Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP includes complex Com-
mercial Litigation and Arbitrations, Class
Actions and Constitutional Litigation in
a number of industries, including telecom-
munications, natural resources, mining,
banking, power, financial services, and
manufacturers of food, drugs and con-
sumer products. Godil represents clients in
wide-ranging disputes, including contract
cases, negligence actions, securities-related
litigation, class actions, injunctions and
complex summary judgment and jurisdic-
tion motions. An advocate for diversity and
inclusion, Godil is an Executive Member of
the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Soci-
ety and organized workshops on Uncon-
scious Bias in Arbitration. She led a Diver-
sity in your Law Firm panel for Canadian
Defence Lawyers and leads efforts to pro-
mote judicial diversity as a Director of the
South Asian Bar Association of Toronto.
She acted pro bono for the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association as an intervenor on
R. v. N.S. (the niqab case).
Jordan Goldblatt
Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP
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Toronto
Jordan Goldblatt is a Founding Partner
and Managing Partner of Adair Goldblatt
Bieber LLP. His practice includes matters
of Contract, Tort, Corporate Law/Gov-
ernance, Insolvency, Employment and
Defamation Law. He defends solicitor's
negligence claims as preferred counsel for
LawPRO and is on the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association roster of counsel who
act on defamation litigation cases. Goldb-
latt acts in sports-related disputes on behalf
of athletes, clubs, national sports organiza-
tions and for athletes in need of legal assis-
tance through the Sport Dispute Resolu-
tion Centre of Canada's pro bono program.
Goldblatt is a member of and contribu-
tor to e Advocates Society and was an
instructor at the Osgoode Intensive Trial
Advocacy Workshop. He was chosen to
join the CCLA & PBLO Public Participa-
tion Project, which matches people sued
for defamation for public speech with pro
bono counsel.
Kelly Goldthorpe
Green and Spiegel LLP
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Toronto
Kelly Goldthorpe of Immigration Law firm
Green and Spiegel LLP manages accounts
and relationships with major corporations
and businesses to facilitate the movement
of temporary foreign workers, business visi-
tors and other immigration needs. She is
a founding member of the firm's internal
social committee, a certified member of its
Joint Health and Safety Committee and
has a lead role in articling and summer stu-
dent recruitment and training. Goldthorpe
is a member of the CBA Working Group
on NAFTA Consultations, the CBA
Policy Working Group on Immigration
Settlement Services Study and the CBA
National Immigration Law Section Work-
ing Group for Citizenship. She blogs about
current trends and policy directions in Im-
migration Law. Goldthorpe is on the Board
of Directors at University Settlement
House and has done pro bono work for a
Syrian refugee case. Goldthorpe supports
several non-profit organizations, including
Beautiful World Canada, New Circles and
Canadian Women's Foundation.
Sana Halwani
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
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Toronto
As a member of the Intellectual Property
practice at Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith
Griffin LLP, Sana Halwani specializes
in Life Sciences and IT Patent Litigation
but her practice extends to all facets of IP
Litigation and complex Commercial Liti-
gation. Halwani is a member of the firm's
Strategic Council, tasked with defining
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