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Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers 66 www.lexpert.ca Louman-Gardiner, Tim FARRIS > (604) 661-1729 tlouman-gardiner@farris.com Tim Louman-Gardiner specializes in creditors' remedies and realization, bankruptcy and insolvency, and corporate restructuring, in connection with a broad and robust general litigation practice. His practice in creditors' remedies and bankruptcy and insolvency includes realization for a major financial institution and several equipment lenders, acting for secured and unsecured creditors in realization proceedings and foreclosures, acting for creditors and debtor companies in restructurings pursuant to the CCAA, debtors and creditors in receivership proceedings, a liquidator in a proceeding under the WURA, creditors and bankrupts in personal bankruptcies, and advising corporate clients in connection with restructurings and insolvency matters. His general litigation practice involves a broad range of matters including complex contractual disputes, corporate and governance disputes, real estate litigation, banking litigation, shareholder disputes, and estate litigation including contested committee applications and representative claims under the WESA. LAWYER TO WATCH Love, Robert L. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6132 rlove@blg.com Senior partner within BLG's Disputes Practice, Bob Love leads the national Product Liability, Autonomous Vehicles, and Automotive Sector Groups in addition to effectively defending clients against claims and resolving disputes. His expertise includes product liability, aviation, subrogation, insurance defence, and municipal and professional liability. Bob has represented a wide array of clients—from insurers to small and global entities—and has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the trial and appellate courts of Ontario. He is known for his abilities to simplify complex, technical matters and render them more easily understood, critically and accurately assess damages, and finding pragmatic, innovative approaches to resolution. In addition to advocacy, Bob has also been instrumental in advising clients on risk mitigation. Called to the Bar in 1994, Bob is active within the legal industry and within the community. He is the former Vice Chair of the Product Liability Committee for the International Association of Defense Attorneys and previously held the role of Chair for the Product Liability Committee, Canadian Defence Lawyers' Association. Bob regularly speaks at conferences and has authored many articles and publications, most recently on CAVs, including MaaS. Mack, Perry R., KC Peacock Linder Halt & Mack LLP > (403) 296-2275 pmack@plhlaw.ca Perry Mack has enjoyed a distinguished legal career in Calgary for 40 years. His practice has focused on civil litigation with emphasis on insurance, professional liability, personal injury, construction and administrative law. A well-known lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, Mr. Mack has appeared as counsel at all levels of court, as well as numerous administrative tribunals, regulatory boards, and professional disciplinary bodies. roughout his career Mr. Mack has demonstrated an uncompromising commitment to the legal profession and to the public good. He was a board member (Bencher) of the Law Society of Alberta for seven years, serving as president in 2008. Mr. Mack has received numerous peer acknowledgments and distinctions and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. MacKewn, Melissa J. Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP > (416) 217-0840 mmackewn@cmblaw.ca Melissa has been widely recognized within the profession as one of Canada's leading litigators. In addition to being ranked one of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada by Lexpert, Benchmark Litigation has named her one of the Top Women in Litigation since 2017. Best Lawyers has twice named her Lawyer of the Year for Securities Law in Toronto. She is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers Canada for Securities Litigation. Melissa acts on a wide range of securities regulatory matters before the OSC, IIROC, and MFDA, both on the prosecution and defense side. She routinely acts as counsel on compliance and registrant regulation matters and enforcement investigations, settlements, and contested proceedings involving such issues as insider trading, disclosure violations, and market manipulation. She also acts as outside prosecution counsel on complex professional disciplinary matters. Melissa maintains an active commercial litigation practice, advising investors, registrants, issuers, officers, directors, underwriters, and corporations on a variety of corporate and securities matters, including defence-side securities class actions, corporate and shareholder disputes, oppression remedy matters, proxy battles, corporate governance matters, breach of contract and professional negligence matters. McEachern, Sarah Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 632-3471 smceachern@blg.com Sarah McEachern is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. She helps clients find solutions to complex disputes through both litigation and arbitration. Sarah practises all aspects of commercial arbitration, from the initial stage of draing the arbitration clause in a contract, to obtaining interim court orders, to arbitration preparation, through to the final stages of appearing before the arbitration tribunal as counsel and applying to have arbitral awards enforced in court. Her experience includes disputes in a broad range of fields including commercial, health, construction, energy, and aviation. Sarah was recognized in the 2021 edition of Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation, the 2022 edition of e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Commercial Arbitration), the 2020 (and since 2017) edition of Benchmark's 40 & Under Hot List, the 2022 edition of Benchmark Canada: e Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a Litigation Star, and in the 2019 (and since 2017) editions as a Future Star. She is also recognized as a Future Leader in GAR's Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2022, as a Lexpert Rising Star in 2022 and as a Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration in Expert Guides 2017. 66 www.lexpert.ca