The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS J. Craig Wright Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Practices corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance, as well as mergers & acquisitions. Practice concentrates principally on technology companies. Advises Canadian and foreign corporations, investors and underwriters on private and public company matters and on all aspects of Canadian securities regulation. Has been involved in more than 100 venture capital financings raising an aggregate of more than $1.5 billion. Has also been involved in many Canadian and cross-border IPOs, acting for both issuers and underwriters, including the IPO of Genworth MI Canada and the cross-border IPOs of Mitel Networks and SMART Technologies. Is currently a member of the Osler Executive Committee. Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1987). Tel: (613) 787-1035 Fax: (613) 235-2867 Ottawa cwright@osler.com Shahir Guindi Managing partner of the Montréal office and formerly a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Practices in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and strategic ventures, including in the technology and life sciences sectors. Acts for many Canadian and US private-equity funds in connection with their investments, divestitures, buyouts and fund formations, investment banks and a range of companies in private and public financings. Participates on the boards of a number of companies, a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada and is co-Chair of Réseau Capital (Québec's private-equity and venture capital association). Named one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40" in the November/December 2004 issue of Lexpert ® magazine. Ranked as a leading practitioner in six categories, including Private Equity, Corporate Finance & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions by The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Became a member of the New York and Québec Bars in 1990. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (514) 904-8126 Fax: (514) 904-8101 Montréal sguindi@osler.com Bradley J. Freedman Partner and Vancouver regional leader of BLG's Information Technology Group. Advises clients in negotiating, structuring and documenting information technology and intellectual property transactions. Acts as counsel in litigation, arbitration and mediation regarding information technology and intellectual property disputes. Domain name dispute arbitrator. Publications include Consolidated Electronic Commerce Statutes and Regulations (Carswell, 2012), "Domain Name Disputes" (chapter) in Consolidated Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations (Carswell, 2013) and "Internet Law" (chapter) in Annual Review of Law & Practice, BC Continuing Legal Education Society, 2013. Member of IT.Can, ITechLaw, CBA and ABA. Recognized as a leading trade-mark professional in the 2013 World Trademark Review 1000 (prosecution and strategy/enforcement and litigation). LLB, University of British Columbia, 1986. LLM, University of California, Berkeley, 1990. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1987. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (604) 640-4129 Fax: (604) 622-5829 Vancouver bfreedman@blg.com R. Hector MacKayDunn, QC Senior partner. Hector MacKay-Dunn has more than 25 years of experience advising early-stage and high-growth public and private companies in a broad range of industries on corporate matters, complex domestic and cross-border private and public securities offerings, mergers & acquisitions, tender offers and international partnering transactions. Advises clients in a variety of commercial industries, including technology, clean energy, resources, personal health and fitness, web-based and life sciences. Director and Corporate Secretary for a number of public and private companies. Former Director of Genome BC, member of the UBC Industry Liaison Advisory Council, UBC Dean of Science Advisory Council and immediate past Chair of BC Innovation Council. Named in The 2011 Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and in the 2011 Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of 5). Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Admitted to the British Columbia Bar (1978). Appointed Queen's Counsel (2003). Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Tel: (604) 661-9307 Fax: (604) 661-9349 Vancouver hmackay-dunn@farris.com 130 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 130 13-05-16 1:58 PM T F