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www.lexpert.ca 69 Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Merminod, Anne Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-2529 amerminod@blg.com BLG's Anne Merminod is an experienced and skilled litigator with distinguished expertise in class actions. As a partner at BLG's Montreal office, Anne focuses on defending class actions from certification (or authorization, in Quebec) through to the appellate level. Her clients span a broad cross-section of industries, including the fields of consumer protection, product liability, privacy law, health law and environmental law. Anne is the vice president of the Executive Committee of the Class Actions Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Québec Division) and the co-chair of the National Conference on Class Actions of the Barreau du Quebec. Her deep understanding of class actions makes her highly sought aer as a writer and speaker. She is listed in e Best Lawyers in Canada (Class Action Litigation), in Chambers (Class Action Defence) and in Benchmark Litigation's 40 & Under Hot List, which highlights top litigators in the US and Canada. In 2022, she was recognized by Benchmark Canada as an emerging talent and was the recipient of a Lexpert Rising Star Award. Michell, M. Paul Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 644-5359 pmichell@lolg.ca Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer. His focus is commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review and public law. He has particular expertise in complex cases with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. Over 25 years of practice, he has built experience in a broad range of industries. Paul excels at resolving difficult issues through innovative litigation strategies. Clients rely on him for insight and a creative approach to simplify and resolve their most challenging disputes. Paul has extensive experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts, and has been counsel in 11 appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada. He has prosecuted cases before a wide range of administrative and arbitral tribunals. He acts as an arbitrator, as a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and a tribunal chair, and has been an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto for two decades. Miller, D. J. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP > (416) 304-0559 djmiller@tgf.ca D. J. Miller is a restructuring and insolvency partner at ornton Grout Finnigan LLP and has represented a wide variety of stakeholders in complex restructurings and insolvency litigation. She was lead Canadian insolvency counsel to the UK Pension Claimants in the Nortel Networks case and succeeded in obtaining a precedent-setting pro rata allocation of US$7.3 billion of sale proceeds among more than 40 insolvency estates in Canada, the US, and Europe following the first joint trial of the Canadian and US Courts. Ms. Miller has extensive experience on the "deal" side of restructurings as well as insolvency litigation, and has appeared before every level of court in Canada. She is considered a "go-to" counsel for stakeholders requiring creative advice to achieve effective workouts, both within and outside of formal court proceedings. Ms. Miller is known for her deep knowledge of the insolvency framework, both domestic and international, and for applying analytical and strategic skills to achieve successful outcomes for her clients. She is a member of the International Insolvency Institute (III), the Insolvency Institute of Canada (IIC), past President of the Toronto Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and is on the Executive Board of TMA Global. Moffat, Grant B. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP > (416) 304-0599 gmoffat@tgf.ca Grant Moffat is recognized as a leading practitioner in the areas of insolvency, restructuring, and banking law with a particular emphasis on the exercise of creditors' rights. He regularly acts as independent counsel to court officers, such as receivers, bankruptcy trustees and monitors in Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA) proceedings. Recent significant mandates include acting as counsel to PwC as Court-appointed receiver and manager of Bridging Finance Inc. and its related funds; counsel to the Province of British Columbia on behalf of a class of Canadian governments in connection with the CCAA recognition proceeding for the Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 proceeding ; counsel for a putative class of Canadian claimants in the CCAA recognition proceeding for the LTL Management Chapter 11 proceeding ; counsel to the DIP Lender and plan sponsor in the CCAA proceeding for the Bloom Lake and Wabush Mines; counsel to the Monitor in the CCAA proceeding for Dundee Oil and Gas Limited; court-appointed representative counsel to the investors in Redstone Capital Corporation; and counsel to the DIP Lender in the CCAA proceedings for U.S. Steel Canada Inc. Moore, Beverley Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (613) 369-4784 bmoore@blg.com Beverley leads Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's IP Litigation group and practises in all areas of IP litigation. She specializes in complex litigation in the Federal Court and in actions under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. She also advises clients on IP regulatory issues such as listing patents on the Patent Register, reporting patents to the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Certificates of Supplementary Protection, and the Register of Innovative Drugs as it relates to data protection. In addition, Beverley advises on other patent portfolio management, patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate issues. Beverley is also active in the IP community including as a past Director of the IPIC/McGill Understanding Patents Course, Chair of the CBA IP Section's Court Practice Committee, Co-Vice Chair of IPO's Pharmaceutical and Biotechnolog y Issues Committee, and as an editor of Carswell's Consolidated Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations. Beverley also mentors associates and students in her firm and IP practitioners in other firms through IPO's mentoring programs. Beverley speaks and writes regularly on issues relating to her practice. Beverley has been an advocate before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the PMPRB.