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www.lexpert.ca 11 www.lexpert.ca 11 www.lexpert.ca 11 Giddens, Peter McMillan LLP > (416) 307-4042 peter.giddens@mcmillan.ca Peter Giddens is the co-chairperson of McMillan's Intellectual Property Group and a partner in the Toronto office. He counsels clients concerning the acquisition, clearance, management, protection, enforcement, licensing and transfer of IP and technology. In addition to his brand and content protection practice, Giddens frequently advises on IP and technology issues in complex acquisitions, divestitures, re-orgs and negotiated commercial transactions and in strategic disputes across a wide range of sectors. He assists clients with draing and negotiating employment, contractor, commercial and business agree- ments concerning the ownership of technology and IP rights, protection of confidential information and trade secrets and commercialization of technologies and IP. Giddens represents clients in contentious matters such as trademark and copyright infringement proceedings, trademark opposition and expungement proceedings and domain name disputes. He serves on the CIPO-TIDB Director General's Advisory Committee as well as INTA's North American Advisory Council. He has presented on the legal aspects of disruptive technologies and appeared before the Canadian Parliament's House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology as an expert witness on IP protection. Harrison, QC, Elizabeth J. FARRIS > (604) 661-9367 eharrison@farris.com Senior partner Elizabeth Harrison, QC, practises in the corporate, M&A, and securities fields. She has represented boards of directors, investment bankers and public corporations in M&A transactions, prospectus offerings, private placements, takeover bids, open market transactions, acquisitions of control, related-party transactions, privatizations, proxy contests and other secu- rities-related matters, strategic planning and reorganizations. She is the director of public and private companies and charitable organizations. She was chairwoman of the BC Ferry Services Corp and executive director of the Wise Persons Committee to review the structure of securities regulations in Canada. Harrison lectures in the corporate and securities fields. She has served as advisor to the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Business Corporations Act (BC). She was named in e Best Law- yers in Canada 2021, Chambers Canada 2021, e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2020, Lexpert®/ALM 500 Directory, Lexpert® US/Canada Cross-Border Guide — Corporate (Corporate Commercial, M&A) 2017, Lexpert "Top 25 Women Lawyers" and "Top Creative Lawyers in Canada." Martindale-Hubbell ranked. Admitted to the BC Bar (1973). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1986). Hatton, QC, James P. FARRIS > (604) 661-9324 jhatton@farris.com James Hatton, QC, is a commercial solicitor with 30+ years experience in assisting companies to exploit the value of their intellectual property assets. Hatton is the partner responsible for the Technology Group at Farris LLP and is repeatedly recom- mended by Lexpert® in the fields of Technology Transactions and Biotechnology. Best Lawyers lists Hatton in the practice areas of Intellectual Property Law and Biotechnology Law and named him Vancouver's "Biotechnology Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2013, 2017 and 2019. Transactions of note include acting for Cardiome in the Cardiome Merck alliance, one of the largest car- diovascular life sciences alliances in the world and the largest in the history of the Canadian life sciences industry. He also acted for United erapeutics in the United erapeutics Lilly alliance, the Licensing Executives Society's Deal of Distinction award winner for the Healthcare Sector. Hatton is a board director, including the board of BC Hydro, Powerex, BC Tech Association and e Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. He is an advisory board member for STEMCELL Technologies and a director and past chairman of LifeSciences BC. He is a former member of the National Research Council of Canada and a former member of the board of governors of Royal Roads University. Hudec, Albert J. FARRIS > (604) 661-9356 ahudec@farris.com Senior partner Al Hudec currently focuses his practice on commercial transactions involving Indigenous parties and has been lead lawyer on many of Canada's most significant Indigenous transactions over the last 12 years. He is also a prominent legal advisor to the B.C. wine industry, advising on purchase and sale transactions and regulatory matters. Hudec is an M&A and corporate governance practitioner with 40 years of experience in all legal aspects of securities and corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and independent committee representation, with emphasis on the North American resource (mining, forestry, oil and gas), infrastructure and technology industries. His practice focuses on cross-bor- der mergers and acquisitions (takeovers and arrangements), board and special/independent committee representation and venture capital financings. Hudec writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics relating to wine law, aboriginal law, corporate finance and corporate governance. Lifshitz, Lisa R. Torkin Manes LLP > (416) 775-8821 llifshitz@torkinmanes.com Lisa Lifshitz is a partner in the firm's Business Law Group and leader of its Technology, Privacy and Data Management Group spe- cializing in information technology and privacy/cybersecurity law. She has particular expertise in preparing/negotiating technology agreements (especially cloud-related agreements), providing guidance on IoT, AI and open source matters and is ranked as a recom- mended lawyer in Computer & IT Law/Technology Transactions by Lexpert® since 2005. Lifshitz is recognized by e Best Lawyers in Canada for Information Technology Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law, Chambers Canada/Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal as a Global Elite ought Leader (Data, Data Privacy & Protection, Data Security, Information Technology) and IAM Licensing 250. She holds leadership positions with the Business Law Section, ABA, is the current co-chairperson of the Robotics and AI Subcommittee, Cyberspace Committee, BLS and is a member of the SciTech Lawyer Ed Board. Lifshitz is the current director/past president of the Canadian Technology Law Association. She is the author of the monthly "IT Girl" column in Canadian Lawyer an co-editor and a contributor to Cloud 3.0: Draing and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements, published by the ABA (May 2019). Lifshitz was awarded the 2018 Lexpert Zenith Award for Mid-Career Excellence in Computer and IT Law. Lexpert-ranked leading technology lawyers

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