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64 www.lexpert.ca Law, Matthew Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 849-9050 mlaw@lolg.ca Matt's practice focuses on corporate/commercial litigation, policyholder insurance coverage disputes, and general civil litigation. He oen takes a leading role on files that involve injunctions, arbitrations, and trials. Matt has argued numerous matters before courts and administrative tribunals, including multi-day hearings, summary judgment motions and injunctions. He has also represented clients in lengthy private arbitrations involving complex legal issues and expert evidence, and has developed extensive experience supervising forensic investigations. Matt has written for several legal journals on topics related to the law of fraudulent preferences and recent appellate jurisprudence. He also acts for pro bono clients in large and small matters, and has volunteered with the Law Help Ontario Duty Counsel project and Divisional Court Amicus program. In 2019, Matt received a Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 award. Le Vay, Paul H. Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-2493 paullv@stockwoods.ca Practice includes corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, class actions, professional liability, claims against directors and officers, employment litigation, and professional regulation. Conducts internal investigationsand advises corporations and their boards on them. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. International member of e Commercial Bar Association (UK). Bilingual, argues cases in English and French before all levels of court, as well as tribunals, including the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). Former Trustee of the Law Foundation of Ontario. Past President of l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario. Past director of e Advocates' Society. Frequent speaker and author in his areas of practice. Ranked by Chambers Global and listed in eBest Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Canada in his principal areas of practice. Lebo, James L., KC, FCIArb McLennan Ross LLP > (403) 303-9111 jim.lebo@mross.com Jim Lebo finds legal solutions that protect businesses. He handles corporate commercial litigation, appeals, and arbitrations. He has substantial experience in appeals including complicated regulatory proceedings as well as an interest in constitutional litigation. Jim's clients come to him for help with a range of issues including construction disputes, oil & gas, product liability, utility regulation, estates, commercial real estate, and shareholder disputes. He defends officers and directors of companies, and professionals—including lawyers and engineers—count on Jim when facing liability claims. He has worked with clients on a variety of matters, from disciplinary proceedings against individuals to multimillion-dollar actions against firms. In his commercial arbitration practice, Jim acts both as counsel and arbitrator. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has conducted arbitrations in several commercial disputes as both sole arbitrator and counsel as well as lead counsel with panels of arbitrators. Jim is on the Board of Directors of Lawyers Financial/Canadian Bar Insurance Association. He is also an active member of the Canadian Bar Association and has held a variety of senior positions in the CBA. Li-Reilly, Yun FARRIS > (604) 661-9353 yli-reilly@farris.com Yun is a partner in Farris LLP's litigation and family departments, whose practice includes corporate, commercial, civil, family, estate, strata and tenancy disputes. Yun has acted for individuals, corporations, and institutional clients before all levels of court in British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada, and various tribunals and professional disciplinary bodies. Yun has law degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of British Columbia, as well as a background in psychology and neuroscience. Yun has served as judicial law clerk to Justices Newbury and Lowry of the BC Court of Appeal and has worked as the Court of Appeal's consultant to its Rule Reform Project. Yun co-authors the British Columbia Annual Practice, a procedural text used broadly by the judiciary and lawyers, with Justice Janice Dillon. Yun has been a sessional lecturer at Simon Fraser University, and a member of various boards including the UBC Women's and Children's Research Ethics Board, the UBC Law Alumni Board. She is a member of the Women's White Collar Defense Association, and the Federation of Asian Lawyers. Born in China and raised in New Zealand, Yun is an avid runner who has competed in the Vancouver and Boston Marathons. Yun lives in Vancouver with her husband, toddler and four pets. LAWYER TO WATCH Linder, Peter T., KC Peacock Linder Halt & Mack LLP > (403) 296-2282 plinder@plhlaw.ca Peter Linder has over 30 years' experience in handling complex cases at all levels of the Canadian Court system and as both counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. He has extensive experience with administrative and regulatory proceedings. He clerked to the Alberta Court of Appeal, called to the Alberta Bar in 1986 and appointed King's Counsel in 2004. Mr. Linder holds an MA in Jurisprudence, Christ Church, Oxford; and an LLB and BA (with Distinction and First-Class Honours), Dalhousie University. He has handled major cases in fields of oil & gas, securities litigation, complex corporate and commercial disputes, insolvency, construction, products liability, insurance law, environmental and employment law. He has achieved major successes in precedent-setting securities and shareholders' rights lawsuits and was appointed by the United States District Court, Central District of California, as an expert in Alberta corporate law. Mr. Linder is known as a fierce but fair advocate who achieves extraordinary results for his clients. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers