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in Alberta. He has closed numerous land-
mark transactions for First Nation and
Métis communities, including asset and
share purchases and Corporate Finance
and Commercial Real Estate. Lafond is a
member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
in Saskatchewan and a descendant of the
Simpcw Nation in British Columbia. He
contributes to the success of the reserve
he grew up on by volunteering pro bono
for the Nation's Economic Development
and Governance committees. Lafond is
the Vice-president of the Indigenous Bar
Association and he volunteers for Level, a
program dedicated to mentoring Indigen-
ous youth in urban communities and to
teaching them the basics of law.
Fabien Lanteri-Massa
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
/
Montréal
Fabien Lanteri-Massa specializes in Bank Fi-
nancing, Project Financing and Asset-based
Financing at Blake, Cassels & Graydon
LLP. His other areas of expertise include
Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Projects
and Public-Private Partnerships. His clients
include financial institutions, pension and
private-equity funds, development banks,
sponsors and companies. Lanteri-Massa for-
merly practised as a Project Finance lawyer
in Paris. He advises clients on projects last-
ing 20 to 40 years, requiring the structuring
of projects with a long-term view of clients'
objectives while mitigating potential risks
that may arise during a project's lifetime. He
is a member of the Canada-France Chamber
of Commerce and a founding member and
Past President of the Young Leaders' Circle
of the International Economic Forum of the
Americas. He is lead pro bono counsel of the
One Drop Foundation and an international
mentor with the Enablis Foundation.
Benjamin Lee
TimberWest Forest Corp.
/
Vancouver
As Vice President, General Counsel &
Real Estate and Corporate Secretary of
TimberWest Forest Corp., Benjamin Lee
manages complex Litigation in addition
to M&A and Transactional work. He is
the company's Chief Ethics Officer and,
as a member of the company's Executive
Committee, Lee is a key driver of corpor-
ate strategy, at the forefront of all aspects of
the business and in dealings with key stake-
holders. He took on a commercial role as
VP, Couverdon Real Estate, TimberWest's
real estate division, in 2017. Lee is lead-
ing the development and implementation
of an automated and paperless in-house
contract generation, review and approval
system covering thousands of routine con-
tracts. He also created a comprehensive
and inaugural anti-corruption compliance
program for TimberWest. Lee is Director
(Chair of the Governance Committee)
and Secretary for e Duke of Edinburgh's
Award (BC & Yukon division).
Hartley Lefton
Dentons Canada LLP
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Toronto
Hartley Leon is National Co-lead for Den-
tons Canada LLP's Insurance group and he
also carries on a general business practice.
He built the firm's Corporate/Regulatory
Insurance practice and contributes to the
growth of its Insurance Litigation practice.
His Transactional and Commercial/Regu-
latory practice focuses on regulated finan-
cial institutions. Leon is Development
Partner of the Toronto Corporate group
and he provides strategic and tactical advice
to many current and former senior federal,
provincial and municipal public officehold-
ers in Canada. He has helped financial in-
stitutions adopt leading-edge technologies
such as blockchain and artificial intelligence
and created an IFRS 9 advisory group at
Dentons to advise financial institutions on
the implementation of this new accounting
standard. Leon is Director and Secretary
of AboutFace Craniofacial Family Society
and he acts for Sloane's House Pediatric Re-
creation and Respite Care Centre. Leon is
actively involved in Toronto's Jewish com-
munity organizations.
Kwang Lim
Bennett Jones LLP
/
Vancouver
Kwang Lim's Business Law practice at
Bennett Jones LLP includes Corporate
Finance and M&A. He advises entrepre-
neurs, start-ups, scale-ups, public compan-
ies, agents/underwriters and other advisors
across various industry sectors involved in
domestic and international financings and
transactions. He also advises on Securities
Law compliance and Corporate Govern-
ance issues. Lim is a member of the Firm's
Cannabis and Fintech & Blockchain prac-
tice groups and its Information Technol-
ogy Committee. He is the Firm's Regional
Co-leader in BC for the Technology Fast
50 Program. Lim is a regular guest lecturer
for the Capstone Business Law course at
the Faculty of Law, University of British
Columbia. He is also a member of the Inter-
national Association of Korean Lawyers
(Co-chair for the M&A/Corporate Com-
