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Bowles, Brendan D. Glaholt Bowles LLP > (416) 368-8280 bb@glaholt.com Brendan Bowles is a partner at Glaholt Bowles LLP, and is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Con- struction Law. Mr. Bowles acts for a variety of clients involved in construction including subcontractors and suppliers, gen- eral contractors, construction managers, owners, design professionals, sureties, and insurers. He is experienced lead counsel in the arbitration, mediation, and litigation of all manner of construction disputes. Mr. Bowles graduated from Queen's Uni- versity with a BA in 1995 and an LLB in 1998, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2000. In 2004, he was designated as an Associate in Canadian Surety Bonding by the Surety Association of Canada. In 2021, he received his certificate in Mediation and Conflict Management from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. From 2002 to 2017, he volunteered on the Executive for the Construction and Infrastructure Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, serving as Chair of the Section 2015–2016. Mr. Bowles was formerly a lecturer in construction law at Toronto Metropolitan University and George Brown College and has also served as a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Presently, he is Vice-Chair of e Advocates' Society Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group. Brant, Cherie Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6570 cbrant@blg.com Cherie is a partner and National Leader of Indigenous Law in the firm's Toronto office. She has an Indigenous law practice with a focus on commercial real estate, energy development, and economic development for First Nations. She provides strategic counsel to several First Nations seeking to fulfill their business development objectives. Cherie also provides counsel to industry clients seeking to develop projects with First Nations and/or to understand the legal considerations relevant to Canada, and with respect to the constitutionally protected interests of the Indigenous nations with which Canada shares its land and jurisdiction. In 2017, Cherie received the Lexpert Zenith Award, recognizing women's contributions in the law. In 2012, she was named one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. Cherie is both Mohawk and Ojibway from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Territory. Cherie is a noted speaker, having presented on topics relevant to Aboriginal economic development and energy development across Canada since 2009. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2003. Chan, Theresa Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > (416) 863-2479 theresa.chan@blakes.com Ms. Chan's practice covers a range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on public procurement, infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3s). She advises clients on the development, preparation and ongoing administration of public tenders and procurement processes and the development of commercial agreements for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of infrastructure. eresa is a leading practitioner in the field of alternative finance and procurement projects and infrastructure development projects in transit and transportation. She has developed and imple- mented procurement and contract documentation to support a wide range of public-private partnerships and collaborative contracting models and has provided advice and legal opinions relating to procurement processes and evaluation, project risk management and mitigation strategies, project structuring, and agreements. Daigle, Simon Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3188 sdaigle@blg.com Simon's practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation, as well as on construction law and professional liability of engineers and architects. He advises property owners, promoters, contractors, subcontractors, materials suppliers, insurers and other stakeholders on matters related to legal hypothecs, surety and bonds, calls for tenders and construction claims. Simon also acts for bonding companies in claims related to performance and labour material bonds. He participates in preparing cases for litigation and pleads regularly before the various courts in Québec. Simon was recognized in the 2022 edition of e Best Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law). Called to the Québec Bar in 2012. Deane, Robert J.C. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4250 rdeane@blg.com Rob Deane is a partner in BLG's Vancouver office and the National Leader of BLG's Arbitration group. Rob is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading counsel in commercial litigation, international and domestic commercial arbitra- tion, and intellectual property litigation, among other areas. As litigation counsel, Rob has litigated complex cases through- out Canada and at all levels of court, in diverse areas such as contractual disputes, infrastructure and energy disputes, arbi- tration-related litigation including appeals, mining disputes, life sciences and other intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, securities regulation, information and privacy law, and administrative law. Rob has also appeared in significant arbitration proceedings in North America, Asia, and Europe, under almost all major institutional sets of rules, in a wide array of industry sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, distribution, pharmaceuticals, energy, and mining. Aer graduating from the University of Victoria as the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medallist in 1998, Rob served as a law clerk to the Honourable Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada. www.lexpert.ca 27 Lexpert-ranked leading infrastructure lawyers