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Wallace, Craig A. Clyde & Co Canada LLP > (604) 408-2037 craig.wallace@clydeco.ca Craig is the Managing Partner of the Vancouver office of Clyde & Co, with over 35 years of experience. Craig's practice is focused on commercial, construction, professional liability, and insurance litigation, which sees him acting as counsel for design professionals, construction managers, owners, contractors, and their insurers in all manner of disputes. His background as a Professional Engineer enables him to provide knowledgeable and cost-effective representation to these parties in complex technical cases. His broad commercial litigation practice includes cases involving professional liability, bonding, builders liens, product liability, directors' and officers' liability, and shareholder disputes. He also frequently represents insurers in coverage disputes. Craig is a regular lecturer on the legal aspects of construction and the design professions at seminars, and is also an adjunct professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches a course on law for engineers and geoscientists. Wilson, Judy Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP > (416) 863-5820 judy.wilson@blakes.com With over 30 years of experience dealing with commercial and procurement issues, Ms. Wilson has advised clients across the globe on the full spectrum of infrastructure and public procurement issues. She has extensive experience in contracts to engage the private sector in the provision of traditional government services. She has also led a wide range of transac- tions to engage the private sector, including design-build-finance-maintain, operations and maintenance, and facilities management of public-sector facilities, as well as the provision of clinical services in the community-care sector. Judy is a leading practitioner in the field of alternative finance and procurement projects and infrastructure development projects in industries such as health care, transit and transportation, nuclear energy, and information technology systems. She has developed and implemented procurement and contract documentation to support a wide range of public-private partnerships (P3s), and has provided advice and legal opinions relating to procurement processes and evaluation, project risk management and mitigation strategies, project structuring, and agreements. Judy is a current member of the board of directors of Halton Healthcare Services in the province of Ontario. Woolley, Jonathan M. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP > (204) 934-2367 jmw@tdslaw.com Jon is regularly called upon to provide advice to both public sector and private sector owners as well as several of Canada's leading contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. Jon has represented clients before all levels of court in Manitoba as well as the courts of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Alberta, and has also appeared as counsel before administrative tribunals, arbitration panels, and in mediation proceedings. Jon has experience dealing with all manner of disputes in the construc- tion industry, including lien claims, tendering disputes, and delay and deficiency claims. Jon has served as the Chair of the Manitoba Bar Association Construction Law Subsection, and has served on the executive of the Canadian Bar Associa- tion's Construction and Infrastructure Section. Jon is a regular presenter before industry groups in Manitoba and teaches Construction Law at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law. Young, Jamison Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (613) 369-4773 jyoung@blg.com Jamison is a partner in the BLG Ottawa office. His practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate including acquisitions and dispositions, financings, leasing, and related commercial advice. He has expertise in negotiating complex real estate acquisitions and commercial transactions and has significant experience working on mixed-use developments involving public sector entities. Jamison has a BSc (joint advanced major in business administration) from St. Francis Xavier University and an LLB from the University of Ottawa. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2008 and the Nunavut Bar in 2014. LAWYER TO WATCH www.lexpert.ca 43 Lexpert-ranked leading infrastructure lawyers