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Lexpert Special Edition on Litigation 2018

The Lexpert Special Editions profiles selected Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in Corporate, Infrastructure, Energy and Litigation law and relevant practices. It also includes feature articles on legal aspects of Canadian business issues.

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34 LEXPERT | 2018 | WWW.LEXPERT.CA Melchers, Sophie Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (514) 847-4784 sophie.melchers@nortonrosefulbright.com Ms. Melchers focuses on commercial, corporate and securities litigation. This encompasses representation of reporting issuers or their executives in litigation related to hostile take-overs, dissenting shareholder remedies or plans of arrangement or in regulatory investigations into potential breaches of the securities legislation (tipping, insider trading, market manipulation, etc.). Meghji, Al Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (416) 862-5677 ameghji@osler.com Mr. Meghji is widely recognized as one of Canada's leading tax litigators. He is Counsel to many significant corporate taxpayers. He has successfully argued numerous landmark cases, including the first GAAR case and the first transfer-pricing case in the SCC. McKinnon, Angus T. Lerners LLP (416) 360-2632 amckinnon@lerners.ca Mr. McKinnon is a partner in the firm's Toronto office. He has extensive trial and appellate experience including a year-long, complex class action common issues trial. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. His practice includes complex, multi-party, multi- jurisdictional class action proceedings, professional negligence matters and commercial disputes. McKee, Gordon Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (416) 863-3884 gordon.mckee@blakes.com Mr. McKee leads the Firm's Class Actions group. As one of the most prominent class action and product liability lawyers in the country, he has extensive experience handling complex product liability claims for domestic and international clients, including some of the world's largest manufacturers of pharmaceutical medicines, medical devices, consumer goods, automotive parts and heavy equipment. McEwan, QC, J. Kenneth McEwan Partners (604) 283-7988 kmcewan@mcewanpartners.com Mr. McEwan is trial, arbitration and appellate counsel, practising in corporate commercial, securities and competition litigation. His active cross-border class action practice includes significant cases in sectors such as agriculture, banking and manufacturing. He is an author of texts on both arbitration and trial practice, and frequently acts as an arbitrator & mediator of commercial disputes. McDowell, William C. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP (416) 865-2949 wmcdowell@litigate.com Mr. McDowell's wide-ranging and significant practice has included many landmark cases, most notably in the Supreme Court of Canada. He appears in commercial litigation, libel and public law cases. He was Canada's Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, 2005–2008. In August 2017, he was named Chief Commission Counsel to the Gillese Inquiry. He is an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario. LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS BENCHMARK Manipulating the Benchmark

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