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Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers 56 www.lexpert.ca Doria, Christina Baker & McKenzie LLP > (416) 865-2348 christina.doria@bakermckenzie.com Christina Doria assists corporations, public entities and states with litigation and arbitration and internal investigations. Christina co-chairs Baker McKenzie's North American International Arbitration Group. In addition to Lexpert, she is ranked by WWL as a national leader in Canada and by WWL Arbitration as a Future Leader since 2020, who has "extraordinarily strong counsel skills and an excellent command of international arbitration practice." She has also been recognized by e Legal 500 as a rising star. Christina's practice focuses on energy, mining and infrastructure cases, including the transportation industry, though she works broadly across industry sectors. With over 10 years of experience, she has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the courts of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba. She has also appeared before domestic and international arbitral tribunals and has acted on arbitrations under most commercial and investor-state rules. Christina has sat as an arbitrator under the ICC Rules and the ICDR Rules. She frequently writes and speaks on cross-border litigation and arbitration matters. Committed to improving gender diversity in law, Christina was on the founding committee of Baker McKenzie's global Women in Arbitration group. Doris, James W.E. Tyr LLP > (647) 519-5840 jdoris@tyrllp.com Jim is an experienced litigator handling complex commercial disputes. Prior to founding Tyr LLP in 2019, he was a senior Litigation partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. He excels at identifying critical business issues in clients' litigations and resolving them in practical ways to achieve clients' business objectives. His expertise includes shareholder and oppression remedy actions, class actions, securities disputes, insolvency, gaming and competition matters. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada and various other courts and tribunals across the country. Jim has received numerous recognitions, including Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Litigation – Corporate Commercial, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Securities and Class Actions; Lexpert Special Edition – Litigation; Chambers Canada: Litigation, General Commercial; Benchmark Canada Litigation Star in Competition and General Commercial; and Best Lawyers in Canada: Class Action Litigation, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Director & Officer Liability, Insolvency & Financial Restructuring and Securities Law. Jim was awarded Gaming Law Lawyer of the Year 2018, Toronto. Drymer, Stephen L. Woods LLP > (514) 370-8745 sdrymer@woods.qc.ca Stephen L. Drymer heads the firm's International Arbitration practice. A litigator and advocate by background and experience, Stephen is a leading figure in domestic and international arbitration. He serves as counsel, mediator, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and tribunal president in ad hoc proceedings and in cases administered by the world's most prominent arbitral institutions. Stephen also advises parties on a broad range of issues associated with the design, negotiation, draing and implementation of dispute resolution agreements and strategies. e industries in which he has worked as counsel or arbitrator include manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, petrochemicals, oil and gas, mining, energy, environment, financial services, outsourcing, hospitality, transportation, aviation, IT, telecommunications, aerospace and crop science. Stephen is also very active in the resolution of sport-related disputes, among other, in cases before the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. In addition to extensive work as counsel, he has served as arbitrator and or in numerous cases involving a wide range of issues and sports. Duchesne, Marc Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-3102 mduchesne@blg.com Marc is a senior counsel in the BLG Montreal office. He acts as solicitor and litigator in banking, bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and corporate restructurings. Marc advises financial institutions, creditors, venture capital funds, receivers, monitors, and trustees, and represents their interests before the courts. He assists debtors and stakeholders in restructurings and insolvencies. Marc also acts in commercial litigation matters, construction matters, and commercial disputes. His experience includes national and cross-border insolvencies, complex liquidation, and securities-related insolvency situations. Marc is a frequent conference speaker on the subjects of security, bankruptcy, and insolvency. He is a member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, CBA, INSOL International, ABI, and Canadian Turnaround Management Association. Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2008) of e Best Lawyers in Canada. Called to the Quebec Bar in 1981. Effendi, Nadia Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6728 neffendi@blg.com Nadia is a regional group manager in Toronto and Ottawa. She represents clients in complex and oen high-profile proceedings. She regularly appears before all levels of federal and provincial courts, administrative tribunals, and commissions of inquiry and has represented several clients before the Supreme Court, including the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and York University. She was Lead Counsel for the Honourable Louise Arbour appointed to carry out a review into the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence, in response to reports of harassment and sexual misconduct. She is also Counsel for the Honourable omas Cromwell appointed to carry out a governance review of Hockey Canada. Nadia was Litigator of the Year at the 2022 Canadian Law Awards and one of Benchmark's Top 100 Women in Litigation. Nadia was also recognized in 2023 edition of Chambers Canada, Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business. She regularly publishes and speaks on topics in administrative law and appellate advocacy. Her memberships include the CBA Federal Courts Bench, e Advocates' Society Appellate Advocacy Practice Group and the board of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l' Ontario.