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investigation expertise to address com-
plaints of sexual harassment, assault and
discrimination. Plante organizes and edits
the annual updates for textbooks Employee
Obligations and Illness and Disability in the
Workplace. She is a member of the Human
Resources Committee and Board of Direc-
tors of the Brenda Strafford Society for the
Prevention of Domestic Violence and pro-
vides pro bono assistance in litigation, hu-
man resource and workplace investigations
to Calgary-based not-for-profits, including
Calgary Legal Guidance and Wordfest.
Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
/
Toronto
Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy specializes in
Intellectual Property Litigation at
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP and has ex-
perience in litigating copyright, patent
and trademark matters. She provides
strategic advice in the procurement
and enforcement of global brands in a
variety of industries, with a focus on
pharmaceuticals. Prior to attaining her
law degree, Punniyamoorthy obtained
a BSc in molecular biolog y. She has ap-
peared before the Supreme Court of
Canada twice and won both times and
she has been asked to testify in the Sen-
ate Hearings on Copyright Law Reform.
She writes for some of Canada's leading
IP publications, serves on the Canada
Amicus committee of the International
Trademarks Association and is a Fel-
low of the Intellectual Property Insti-
tute of Canada. Punniyamoorthy is on
the Advisory Board of Canadian Tamil
Professionals Association and is Direc-
tor of Girls Inc. of York Region. She is
Chair of the Ontario Bar Association
IP-IT Section.
Leila Rafi
McMillan LLP
/
Toronto
A member of McMillan LLP's Capital Mar-
kets and M&A Group in Toronto, Leila Rafi
advises on a broad range of Corporate and
Securities Law matters, including Director
and Officer Indemnification and Corpo-
rate Governance. Rafi acts frequently for
Canadian public corporations with respect
to financings and continuous disclosure
obligations and for investment managers
and dealers in establishing investment prod-
ucts and public financing transactions. She
acts for private corporations with respect to
corporate reorganizations and M&A trans-
actions. Rafi is the billing lawyer for all of-
ferings of one of Canada's major banks un-
Stockwoods is pleased
to hear that our partner
Nader Hasan has been selected
a Lexpert 2018 Rising Star.
Nader 's leading practice
in criminal, regulatory and
constitutional law includes
expertise in digital privacy law
and complex search and
seizure issues. His skills and
perspective are part of how
we generate creative solutions
for clients facing litigation
across the spectrum of civil,
regulatory and criminal law.
IT TAKES
ALMOST 40 YEARS
TO WIN THIS.
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