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INSOLVENCY & FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING Elizabeth Pillon Partner in the Litigation Group and co-head of Toronto's Insolvency and Restructuring Group. Insolvency and restructuring practice primarily involves Ontario-based restructurings, CCAA and receivership proceedings. Experienced with insolvency proceedings throughout Canada and cross border with the US and UK. Has represented debtors, monitors, receivers, secured creditors, purchasers of assets from insolvent estates, as well as being appointed by the court to act as representative and independent counsel in insolvency proceedings. Frequently appears before the Ontario Superior Court (Commercial List). Has also appeared before the Alberta, BC, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Québec courts in restructuring matters. Member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada (IIC); International Federation of Insolvency Professionals (INSOL International), Turnaround Management Association (TMA); International Women's Insolvency Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC); Canadian Insolvency Foundation; The Advocates' Society; and Commercial List Users' Committee. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5623 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto T T F lpillon@stikeman.com Edward A. Sellers O Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Past Chair of Osler's Insolvency & Restructuring Practice. Provides mission-critical advice to major corporations, financial institutions, capital markets participants and public-sector clients on commercial matters, with an emphasis on financial and organizational restructurings, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and governance. A founding member of the Annual Review of Insolvency Law, a director of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and a member of the Advisory Committee for Canada's Superintendent of Bankruptcy. Served as an instructor/lecturer for the Institute of Canadian Bankers, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law Schools. Sellers is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors and serves as a director and Governance Committee Chair for Trillium Health Partners. Tel: (416) 862-5959 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto T F esellers@osler.com Jay A. Swartz Corporate and restructuring partner. Practice focuses on private-equity funds, domestic and cross-border insolvencies, private-company acquisitions, banking, debt financings, financial products development, structured and project finance, and governance. Experienced in formation of private investment funds, regulation of banks and financial institutions, and corporate governance. Helped develop asset-backed securities and derivative businesses in Canada. Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. President and Director, Insolvency Institute of Canada. Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV). Included in Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer?, The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers and Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers, The 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. LLB, Osgoode Hall. Called to Ontario Bar in 1975. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5520 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto jswartz@dwpv.com Derrick C. Tay Senior partner leading the firm's corporate restructuring practice. Involved in most of the major Canadian restructurings, including Sino Forest, Nortel, Quebecor World Inc., the Canadian asset-based commercial paper crisis, MuscleTech, Ravelston Corporation Limited, Air Canada, Teleglobe Inc., Grace Canada, Inc., Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd., and The Loewen Group Inc. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada for insolvency & financial restructuring. Noted as "the most highly nominated lawyer in Canada" in the International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers 2009; as one of the top insolvency lawyers worldwide in The Best of the Best; as a first-tier insolvency practitioner in Chambers Global; and as a leading insolvency & financial restructuring lawyer in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers. Recognized internationally as one of Canada's leading lawyers in the Global Counsel Handbook and other publications. Author of numerous articles for Canadian and international publications. Member of CBA, LSUC, IIC, ABI and IBA. Ontario Bar (1981). Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Tel: (416) 369-7330 Fax: (416) 862-7661 Toronto derrick.tay@gowlings.com 108 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 108 13-05-16 1:55 PM T F