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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Allen, Michael S. FARRIS > (604) 661-9311 mallen@farris.com Michael Allen has over 47 years of practice. He has developed a broadly based national and international practice in infrastructure (P3), corporate and project finance, and banking law. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in Canadian and international project finance. is has included transactions in North, South, and Latin America; Africa; Russia; Australia; the Asia-Pacific region; and the Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes infrastructure, min- ing, energy, forestry, chemicals, and telecommunications. He continues to receive national and international recognition in legal publications. Michael practised for a number of years in his native Toronto before relocating to Vancouver, and is called to the Bar in British Columbia, Ontario, and England and Wales. André, Nadir Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3152 nandre@blg.com Nadir André is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and a member of the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John. He has extensive experience in Aboriginal law and has worked in this field since the beginning of his career. He services many Aboriginal clients, as well as corporations seeking to do business with Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal business organizations in Québec and elsewhere in Canada. He is directly involved in certain comprehensive and specified land claim negotiations throughout Canada. Nadir also specializes in matters connected with resource development involving Aboriginal communities and businesses and has taught Aboriginal Law at University of Ottawa and at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2023 (and since 2009) edition of e Best Lawyers in Canada (Indigenous and First Nations Practice). He was called to the Québec Bar in 1998 and obtained his LLL, University of Ottawa in 1996. Bucholz, Ren Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-6303 ren.bucholz@paliareroland.com A partner at Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, Ren's trial and appellate practice spans complex disputes that oen involve intellectual property, defamation, new technologies, and competition law. He regularly acts in cross-bor- der disputes involving public and private companies, and his broad advocacy experience includes dozens of trials, appeals, international and domestic arbitrations, coroner's inquests, administrative tribunal hearings, and internal investigations. Ren both prosecutes and defends class actions. Ren spent several years representing a non-governmen- tal organization at a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Geneva and served as a Google Policy Fellow while completing graduate work on competition law, technolog y standards, and intellectual property. In 2018, Ren was recognized for Precedent Setter Award by Precedent Magazine and in 2020, he was recognized by Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. Camp, David K. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4104 dcamp@blg.com David Camp is senior counsel in the BLG Vancouver office. He practises Indigenous law, with a background in corporate, environmental, and real estate law. David advises resource companies, Crown ministries, Crown corporations, developers, financial institutions, utilities, and railway and pipeline companies on environmental approvals, impact benefit agree- ments, treaty issues, rights of way, and consultation issues involving projects within traditional territories. He also advises on leasing and development issues on reserve lands. In addition, David has advised clients on Indigenous issues relating to major LNG projects, port expansions, hydro-electric projects, transmission and distribution facilities, mining, pipeline, and oil & gas projects, and residential developments on reserve land and in traditional territories. David has been recog- nized in Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, e Best Lawyers in Canada, and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Capern, Gordon D. Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-4311 gordon.capern@paliareroland.com Gordon Capern is a senior partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and a leader of its corporate and commer- cial litigation practice. He enjoys representing the interests of entrepreneurs and has spent much of his career acting in cases where there are significant interests at stake, including those involving ownership and royalty/streaming interests in mines in Canada and elsewhere. Gordon advises clients and acts as counsel in the resolution of disputes in many areas, including issues arising from complex commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions in a wide array of industries (including mining), liability of professional advisors, shareholder and partnership disputes, and director, officer, and employee litigation, with considerable expertise in their fiduciary obligations. Gordon is ranked in Chambers Global for dispute resolution where he is described as "a very prominent and effective litigator." He is recognized in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada as a leading Corporate Commercial Litigation lawyer, and in the Lexpert® Special Edition — Litigation. Gordon is a Director and Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. www.lexpert.ca 7 Lexpert-ranked leading mining lawyers