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LAWYERS TO WATCH Elmer J. Gomes Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP T F Tel: (204) 934-2353 Fax: (204) 934-0593 Elmer Gomes's practice consists of all aspects of corporate, commercial and real property law. He has significant experience in commercial real estate conveyancing, financing, leasing and development and also has experience in mergers and acquisitions. Gomes also has experience and assists clients in technology and intellectual property law issues, including licensing and protection matters. Gomes is a member of TDS's Marketing Committee and is the Co-chair of the Agribusiness Industry Group. ejg@tdslaw.com Catherine Guertin Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Perl Hil Partner and Montréal regional leader of BLG's Commercial Real Estate Group. Practice involves all aspects of real estate, including real estate developments, acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leases, agreements creating Rights of Superficies, emphyteusis agreements, servitudes, title searches and correction of title defects, mining law, and telecommunication work. Active in various professional organizations, including the Canadian Bar Association, International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Development Institute of Québec, BOMA Québec and Commercial Real Estate Women Network. Director of the BLG Reads to Kids program. Graduate of the Université de Sherbrooke. Admitted to the Québec Bar in 1997. Tel: (514) 954-3179 Fax: (514) 954-1905 T F cguertin@blg.com Casey W. Halladay Casey Halladay's practice covers all areas of competition law. He has led teams clearing major headline transactions with the Competition Bureau, co-ordinated international merger clearances in numerous other jurisdictions, and successfully defended or resolved the Canadian portion of more than a dozen international pricefi xing cases. He regularly advises clients on matters arising under the Investment Canada Act. He has been named to the leadership of both the ABA and CBA competition law sections, chosen by Global Competition Review as one of the world's top 40 competition lawyers under 40, by Lexpert® as one of the "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40," and is recognized by Chambers Global and the International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers as one of Canada's leading antitrust practitioners. He holds an LLM in competition law from Harvard Law School, where his thesis was a finalist in the international Swope Antitrust Writing Competition. He previously practiced with leading competition law firms in the United States and Europe, and is a member of the Bars of Ontario, New York, and England and Wales. McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7052 Fax: (416) 865-7048 G H T F casey.halladay@mcmillan.ca Sonja K. Homenuck Partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group, practicing commercial leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, financing, mining and solar and wind power projects. Acts for private corporations, government, Crown corporations and REITs. Acts on jointventure transactions and Public Private Partnerships. Specialized experience in commercial leasing including retail, industrial and office leasing, ground leasing, leasebacks, design-build, P3 projects and hospital sites. Advises on lease interpretation, remedies and enforcement issues. Regularly engaged in solar and wind power projects and mining projects. Instrumental in the completion of a land assembly for Toyota's RAV-4 vehicle assembly plant in Ontario, involving 1,000 acres of land and City of Brampton's Southwest Quadrant Renewal Plan project, for a LEED Gold standard mixed-used development. Instrumental in the sale of the Centennial Towers building, the largest asset building sale of 2012 in Ottawa. Finalist in Lexpert® 's 2012 "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40." Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction (1995) and LLB (1998), University of Victoria. Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (416) 862-3410 Fax: (416) 863-4592 sonja.homenuck@dentons.com 138 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca E-00-Lawyers to Watch.indd 138 13-05-23 11:40 AM T F