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www.lexpert.ca 35 Catanu, Bogdan Woods LLP > (514) 982-6157 bcatanu@woods.qc.ca Bogdan Catanu is a partner of the firm. He has a diverse commercial litigation practice and represents public and private corporations, as well as their officers, directors, shareholders, auditors, contractual partners, or creditors in commercial disputes. He has a solid experience in complex contractual matters, liability of professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, oppression remedies, and rights of shareholders. He has also represented clients on many occasions in the context of injunction proceedings and in commercial arbitrations. Bogdan played a leading role in the defense of BCE Inc.'s privatization worth approximately $52 billion, which was being contested by a group of bondholders, and subsequently in defending the purchasers sued by BCE Inc. for a $1.2-billion break-up fee. He also played a key role in the litigation surrounding the restructuring of the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper market worth $32 billion. Chaiton, Harvey G. Chaitons LLP > (416) 218-1129 harvey@chaitons.com Harvey is a partner in the Toronto law firm of Chaitons LLP. He practises in the areas of bankruptcy and insolvency with particular emphasis on receiverships and corporate restructurings including insolvency litigation. He has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada to argue cases on diverse issues in insolvency matters. He has extensive experience advising Canadian and international financial institutions, indenture trustees, private equity firms, asset-based lenders, equipment lessors, unsecured trade creditors, debtors, receivers, monitors, liquidators, and trustees in bankruptcy in Canadian and cross-border corporate restructuring, receivership, bankruptcy, liquidation, and enforcement proceedings. He is a director of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and member of INSOL International and the American Bar Association. Harvey has been listed by Chambers & Partners, the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, e Best Lawyers in Canada, and Who's Who Legal: Canada as a leading Insolvency and Financial Restructuring lawyer, and was the recipient of the 2021 Best Lawyers Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer of the Year award in Toronto. Chan, Gerald Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-1617 geraldc@stockwoods.ca Practises criminal, constitutional, administrative, and select civil litigation. Conducts white collar criminal/regulatory cases during investigations (including special committeeinvestigations) and at trial. Litigates cases at the intersection of technology and criminal law. Represents lawyers facing negligence and conflict allegations. Argues judicial reviews and appeals, including over 20 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada (e.g., data privacy, securities, foreign corruption, cannabis). Named Top 25 Most Influential by Canadian Lawyer in 2019. Recognized in Lexpert, Chambers Canada, e Best Lawyers in Canada, and Benchmark Litigation. Co-author of Sentencing, 9th ed. (LexisNexis, 2017)and Digital Evidence: Practitioner's Handbook, 2nd ed. (Emond, 2021). Co-editor of Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation (LexisNexis, 2018) and Litigating Artificial Intelligence (Emond, 2021). Faculty member of the National Criminal Law Program and University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Regional Bencher (Toronto) of the Law Society of Ontario. Past President of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, Ontario. Clerked for Abella J. and graduated co-gold medallist from Osgoode Hall. Chênevert, Karine Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3180 kchenevert@blg.com Partner Karine Chênevert brings her multi-jurisdictional expertise to a broad range of litigation areas including class actions, conflicts between shareholders, governance, competition, securities, privacy, consumer protection, and special remedies such as injunctions. She regularly acts for significant clients in class actions involving securities, allegations of conspiracy, and consumer protection claims. Her commercial litigation practice includes advising clients on highly complex commercial litigation and representing them before civil courts and administrative tribunals and in arbitration proceedings. Karine has extensive experience in governance and advises directors and officers regarding ethical and corporate governance practices. She acts as a trainer in the university certification program in corporate governance offered by the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés. She has participated, as a delegate of the YBAM, in parliamentary commission hearings of the Quebec National Assembly on the Act to Amend the Code of Civil Procedure to prevent improper use of the courts and promote freedom of expression and citizen participation in public debate. Recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Class Action Litigation. Cherniak, Earl A., KC Lerners LLP > (416) 601-2350 echerniak@lerners.ca Earl A. Cherniak, LLB, LLD, KC, FCIArb is a partner with over 60 years of litigation and dispute resolution experience. His practice focuses on arbitrations and mediations, and trial and appellate work in a broad spectrum of complex commercial, insurance, public litigation and arbitration. He is a roster member at 3 Verulam Buildings chambers in London (UK); the Canadian roster of arbitrators of the International Chamber of Commerce and ADR Institute of Canada; and an honourary North American member of the (UK) Commercial Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; a member of the international and Canadian panels of arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR); the Past Chair of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS); an Elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Litigation Counsel of America; and Past President of e Advocates' Society (Ontario). He was a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario (1999–2007) and a Chair of the Proceedings Authorization Committee. He was a commissioner of the Ontario Law Reform Commission (1986–1992). Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers