The Lexpert Special Editions profiles selected Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in Corporate, Infrastructure, Energy and Litigation law and relevant practices. It also includes feature articles on legal aspects of Canadian business issues.
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Canadian LAW AWARDS 2022 Thank you to our esteemed judges for lending their time and expertise to help recognize and celebrate excellence in the legal profession. 2022 JUDGES ALEXA ABISCOTT General Counsel and Secretary, ApplyBoard Inc. and Co-Founder, President & Board Member, Women General Counsel Canada JENNIFER ADDISON SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, EPCOR Utilities Inc. and WGCC- Prairies Chapter Lead ARIF AHMAD Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs & General Counsel Re:Sound GERRY APOSTOLATOS Former Chair of the Board of Directors Langlois lawyers, LLP JACQUELINE BECKLES General Counsel, Department of Justice Canada and CABL- Board Member STEPHEN BENEY Managing Partner Bereskin & Parr LLP MARK T. BENNETT Executive Chair Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP LILAC BOSMA Senior Vice President and General Counsel HSBC Bank Canada NORALEE BRADLEY QC Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Nutrien REN BUCHOLZ Partner Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP LYDIA BUGDEN, QC CEO & Managing Partner Stewart McKelvey OLIVIER CHOUC Vice-President, Law, CN and Office of the Corporate Secretary Canadian National Railway Company JEFFREY COHEN Managing Partner Torkin Manes LLP GEORGE COOPER, QC Chief Executive Officer and Partner Cox & Palmer BINDU CUDJOE Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Laurentian Bank of Canada TOM CURRY Managing Partner Lenczner Slaght JEFF DAVIS Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan PETER FELDBERG Firm Managing Partner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP YONNI FUSHMAN Executive Vice President, CLO & Secretary, Aecon Group Inc. and Past Chair, Ontario Bar Association's Construction and Infrastructure Law section MATTHEW GOTTLIEB Managing Partner Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP KATH HAMMOND Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Safety and Security Greater Toronto Airports Authority NIZAM HASHAM General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary Canadian Pacific Railway SHARON HAWARD-LAIRD General Counsel BMO Financial Group SHARI HOSAKI Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary - Legal Affairs HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin CHARLES E. HURDON Managing Partner - Canada Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP DOMINIQUE HUSSEY Vice Chair, Toronto Managing Partner Bennett Jones LLP PHILIPPE JOHNSON Managing Partner, Montreal Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP RUSTAM JUMA General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Privacy Officer Eckler Ltd. JEFFREY JAY KAY, QC Managing Partner Farris LLP LYNN KORBAK General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Toromont Industries Ltd. JAMES KOSA Partner, Technology and IP WeirFoulds LLP ARUN KRISHNAMURTI Counsel, Google Canada and Director SABA JUSTIN KUTYAN National Leader and Senior Partner KPMG Law LLP MICHAEL LADHA Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro DALE H. LASTMAN, C.M. Chair Goodmans LLP JEAN-FRANÇOIS LEGAULT Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary VIA Rail Canada SUNITA MAHANT Head of Global Initiatives, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion/Senior Director, Legal Affairs Ivanhoé Cambridge INDRA MAHARAJ Legal Counsel MT>Align (LNG Canada) BLAIR MCCREADIE Managing Partner, Toronto Dentons Canada LLP ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN Vice President – Legal Affairs & General Counsel Major Drilling Group International Inc JOHN G. MURPHY National Managing Partner & CEO Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) BENJAMIN NA Partner and Head of the Advocacy Department, Toronto Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP PETER V. NGUYEN SVP Legal, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary Descartes Systems Group ANGELA NIKOLAKAKOS Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs Fiera Capital Corporation LORNE O'REILLY Lead Counsel, Dow Chemical Canada ULC and VP & Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors- Alberta Chapter, Association of Corporate Counsel KERRY O'REILLY WILKS Chief Officer, Legal, Regulatory & External Affairs TransAlta Corporation ROBERT PIASENTIN Partner, Technology McMillan LLP KARRIN A. POWYS-LYBBE Partner, Torys LLP EMMANUEL PRESSMAN Chair, Corporate Department Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP CLIFFORD G. PROUDFOOT, QC Managing Partner Lawson Lundell LLP POONAM PURI Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School York University NATHALIE RIZCALLA VP HR, Corporate and Legal Affairs Pelican International TANYA ROTHE General Counsel D-Wave Systems Inc. MELANIE SCHWEIZER Senior Vice-President Legal, General Counsel, Bell Canada ROBERT SEIDEL, QC Canada Managing Partner DLA Piper (Canada) LLP GODYNE N.L. SIBAY Regional Managing Partner (Ontario) McCarthy Tétrault LISA SKAKUN Chief Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Coast Capital Savings MICHAEL S. SLAN Managing Partner Fogler, Rubinoff LLP MARGOT SPENCE Executive Director, Legal, Destination Canada and Chairperson - Canadian Corporate Counsel Association BRYSON A. STOKES Firm Managing Partner Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP ABIGAIL TURNER Partner Harper Grey LLP YOLA VENTRESCA Partner Lerners LLP MICHAEL WILLIAMS SVP, Chief Risk Officer - RF Capital Group Richardson Wealth Limited ANDREA WOOD Chief Legal and Governance Officer TELUS STEVEN ZAKEM Managing Partner Aird & Berlis LLP 26 www.lawawards.ca