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Lexpert Special Edition on Litigation 2018

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WWW.LEXPERT.CA | 2018 | LEXPERT 17 Eizenga, LSM, Michael A. Bennett Jones LLP (416) 777-4879 eizengam@bennettjones.com Co-Chair of the firm's class actions practice, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Eizenga is recognized as one of Canada's leading class action litigators. He represents clients on all issues relating to class proceedings, including product liability, securities, and competition cases. Earnshaw, Ross F. Gowling WLG (519) 575-7525 ross.earnshaw@gowlingwlg.com Mr. Earnshaw has extensive litigation expertise across a range of areas, including real estate, construction, insurance, employment, banking, estates, mortgage enforcement, priorities, collections and legal malpractice defence. He has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, numerous tribunals and commercial arbitrators. Dunberry, Éric Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (514) 847-4492 eric.dunberry@nortonrosefulbright.com Mr. Dunberry has vast experience in risk management and litigation, particularly in matters relating to energy, regulation, manufacturers' and builders' liability and infrastructure projects. He represents clients before the civil courts, administrative, regulatory and arbitration in civil litigation, class actions and administrative disputes. He is an American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow. Drymer, Stephen L. Woods LLP (514) 370-8745 sdrymer@woods.qc.ca Head of Woods LLP's International Arbitration practice, Mr. Drymer is recognized as one of the world's leading international lawyers and dispute resolution professionals. He acts as counsel, and serves as arbitrator & mediator, in domestic and international commercial and investment treaty disputes, and is also very active in the resolution of sport-related disputes in Canada and internationally. Do, Huy A. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (416) 868-3505 hdo@fasken.com Mr. Do is the Co-Leader of the firm's Antitrust/Competition & Marketing group. His practice focuses on antitrust/competition, marketing and foreign investment law. Seconded to the Competition Bureau in 2002, he offers clients extensive experience with the merger notification and review process, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the civil and criminal provisions of the Competition Act. Devereux, Jeremy J. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (416) 216-4073 jeremy.devereux@nortonrosefulbright.com Mr. Devereux acts as an advocate and negotiator in a wide range of complex commercial and regulatory matters. His areas of expertise include securities and financial services disputes, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, corporate and commercial litigation, class actions, employment law, mining law and administrative law. it cards under their name. Al Meghji, a tax litigator at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, who argued the case for CIBC and will argue the appeal, declined to dis- cuss the details, but said generally speaking, "the definition of financial services that the judge in this case considered is extremely important to the financial-services sector in general. It appears that the courts are still trying to determine a coherent and workable definition." He points out that Canada is not alone in wres- tling with this question. "is issue of whether something is a financial service or not has plagued the VAT [value-added tax] jurisdictions around the world. ey've had the same problems in the UK and the European community, where they have to figure out whether something is a financial service. It's been a problem in every VAT or GST jurisdiction. e industry's complicated and when you're trying to box things in, sometimes the lines aren't so clear." e same may be said of Canada's Excise Tax Act, which is enormously complex and detailed, and even contradictory. In defining a financial ser- LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS

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