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Lexpert-ranked leading energy lawyers 38 www.lexpert.ca Vallis, Jeffrey D., QC, FCIArb Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (403) 232-9404 jvallis@blg.com Partner and member of BLG's Construction Group. Practice focused on dispute resolution in the construction, engineering, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. Has appeared as counsel in numerous large-scale arbitrations and at all levels of court in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Acts as an arbitrator, primarily in construction matters. Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, the American College of Construction Lawyers, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society. Former instructor, University of Calgary Law School Trial Advocacy Program. Recognized in Chambers Global and Chambers Canada for Construction. Recognized in e Legal 500 Canada for Dispute Resolution. Recognized as the 2023 Construction Lawyer of the Year in Calgary by e Best Lawyers in Canada. Canada and Alberta winner of Lexology Client Choice Award (Construction). Recognized as Construction Lawyer of the Year at the 2018 and 2019 Benchmark Canada Awards. LLB, University of Toronto Law School, 1981. Leadership in Law Firms Certificate, Harvard Law School Executive Program, 2011. Called to the Alberta Bar, Manitoba Bar, and Saskatchewan Bar. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2004. Tomicic, Ryan Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3160 rtomicic@blg.com Ryan Tomicic is a partner in the Montréal office of BLG with a background in engineering and finance. Ryan's practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate law, finance, securities and financial markets, investment fund formation, private equity, and venture capital. Ryan specializes in cross-border transactions, including large- scale acquisitions in Canada for institutional investors and international private equity funds, and also supports clients in equity financing including venture capital and early-stage financing. Ryan also supports investment managers in the creation of private investment funds. LAWYER TO WATCH Stefaniuk, John D. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP > (204) 934-2597 jds@tdslaw.com John has a broad range of project experience in natural resources, hydroelectricity, environmental, municipal, and property development. He has significant experience in development, municipal and environmental licensing and approvals, consultation, government relations, acquisitions, financing, and municipal development approvals. John represents clients in energy, mining, forestry, banking, agribusiness, and property development industries. John appears before legislative committees, administrative tribunals, and courts in Manitoba. John is incoming vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association and is a past Chair of its National Environment, Energy, and Resource Law Section. He is a contributing author in e Law of Climate Change in Canada and Contaminated Property in Canada, and is a roster member of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Arbitration and Mediation. Smith, Crawford G. Lax O' Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 598-8648 csmith@lolg.ca Crawford's litigation practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial matters, competition and insurance litigation, and administrative law, with substantial class action expertise. Crawford has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario, in the Supreme Court of Canada, in the Federal Court, in commercial arbitrations, and before a variety of administrative tribunals including the Ontario Energy Board, the Ontario Securities Commission, the Competition Tribunal, and the Environmental Review Tribunal. Crawford's energy practice involves economic issues in multi-party litigation and frequent appearances as counsel before the Energy Board at hearings regarding rate regulation, infrastructure development, and demand-side management. His securities practice includes acting as counsel for investment dealers, mutual fund dealers, registered representatives, and other securities industry participants. He also handles regulatory proceedings and investigations by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Ontario Securities Commission.