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www.lexpert.ca 71 Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers Ouellet, Patrick Woods LLP > (514) 982-2551 pouellet@woods.qc.ca A prominent litigator in Québec, Patrick Ouellet is renowned for his expertise and experience in large-scale litigation and dispute resolution in a variety of industries. He has earned a reputation for achieving concrete and advantageous results before the Supreme Court, both at the trial level and on appeal or before administrative or arbitration tribunals. Patrick is active in commercial, civil and corporate litigation. He has extensive experience in Securities, Telecommunications, Class Actions, Construction, Directors & Officers Liability and Shareholder Disputes. In two decades of practice, Patrick has joined the distinguished group of leading litigators in Quebec and Canada. He is consistently recognized as a leader in Lexpert, Chambers, e Legal 500, Benchmark Canada and e Best Lawyers in Canada. He is among the top 50 litigators in Canada according to Benchmark Canada and listed among the 500 leading lawyers in Canada across all practices by Lexpert. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and the Litigation Counsel of America, both prestigious organizations which bring together the best litigators in the United States and Canada. Paliare, Chris G., OO, LSM Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-4318 chris.paliare@paliareroland.com Chris Paliare O. Ont., LSM, is one of Canada's premier litigators at trial and appellate levels, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, administrative law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and constitutional litigation, class actions, employment law and white collar criminal law. His unique combination of sophisticated legal skills, strategic instincts, and creativity has earned him recognition as one of the top litigators in the country. Chris is a Fellow of IATL (Eastern Canadian Chair), ISB and ACTL and former Ontario Provincial Chair. He is an honourary member of COMBAR, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Chris is recognized in Lexpert as a Leading Litigation Lawyer and has been recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada since 2006. He is consistently listed in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada; e Lexpert Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada; e Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Bet-the-Company Litigators; Recipient of the OBA, Civil Litigation Award of Excellence. Chris was also recently recognized as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in Canada and was inducted into the Order of Ontario (2011) and received the Law Society Medal (2008). Pei, Nancy Smart & Biggar > (416) 595-2761 nppei@smartbiggar.ca Nancy Pei is a principal in Smart & Biggar's Toronto office. With hands-on experience as a pharmacist and over 20 years of patent litigation expertise, Nancy has established a successful IP practice focused exclusively in the field of life sciences—including pharmaceuticals and biologics. As a patent litigator, Nancy advocates on behalf of innovative life sciences companies in cases relating to the PM(NOC) Regulations, in patent infringement/impeachment actions, s. 8 cases, related quantification reference proceedings and judicial review applications. She has represented clients before the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. She also provides advice on matters relating to patent listing, data protection, Certificates of Supplementary Protection, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board and access to information requests. Nancy is named as a leading Life Sciences legal practitioner in Expert Guides: Women in Business Law, LMG Life Sciences, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal: Life Sciences and MIP's IP Stars Handbook: Patents. BSc (Pharmacy); LLB. She is a Pharmacist, Patent and Trademark Agent and Lawyer. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. Piché-Messier, Mathieu Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3136 mpmessier@blg.com Mathieu is the national business leader of Commercial Litigation. He has significant experience in both civil and commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of extraordinary remedies (injunction and freezing orders), commercial fraud, high technology, industrial espionage, identity the, competition law, defamation law, entertainment law, intellectual property rights, aviation law, and international arbitration. Mathieu was a member of the parliamentary committees of the National Assembly responsible for reform of the Québec Code of Civil Procedure. Recognized in Chambers Canada (Litigation: General Commercial - Québec). Recognized by his peers for inclusion in e Best Lawyers in Canada and in Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star and a Top 50 Trial Lawyer in Canada. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) in 2018, and as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsels of America in 2021. Mathieu received the Advocatus Emeritus distinction for 2022 by the Barreau du Québec, to which he was called in 1998. He has acted for plaintiffs in preparing and enforcing seizures before judgment, injunctions, and Anton Piller, Mareva, and Norwich injunctions and orders. He has also acted as an independent supervisor solicitor for several Canadian law firms. Poltak, Celeste Koskie Minsky LLP > (416) 595-2701 cpoltak@kmlaw.ca Partner, former head of the Class Actions Department, and former member of Koskie Minsky LLP Executive Committee. Celeste regularly appears before a variety of courts throughout the province, including the Court of Appeal, and has acted as counsel on numerous applications for leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. She has worked on some of the most notable Canadian cases, including Pearson v. Inco, Cloud v. Canada, Dolmage v. Ontario, Millwrights v. Celestica Inc., and Bayens v. Kinross. Her practice has also involved negotiations with the Federal Government regarding the Indian Residential Schools litigation, including the court approvals of that pan-Canadian settlement agreement, in addition to acting as counsel at common issues trials such as Anderson v. Canada, Ruffolo v. Sun Life Assurance, and Smith v. Inco. Celeste has been published in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, Canadian Class Actions Review, and Lawyers Weekly, and has spoken at, and written papers for, conferences such as the Osgoode Hall National Symposium on Class Actions, the OBA, and Trial Lawyers' Association. She has also lectured on class proceedings at Osgoode Hall Law School, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and recently authored a chapter for the textbook Class Actions in Canada.