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66 www.lexpert.ca Mangano, Jason Blaney McMurtry LLP > (416) 596-289 jmangano@blaney.com Jason Mangano specializes in complex litigation with a focus on contractual disputes in the areas of insurance coverage and construction. His representative work spans a broad range of areas of law including insurance coverage, class action work, construction defect claims, condominium law, as well as various commercial disputes. Jason has been successful as lead counsel in several complex matters before Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Clients appreciate Jason's ability to quickly get to the heart of their matter and provide a pragmatic, effective solution. Jason's insurance coverage practice encompasses courtroom application and opinion work in respect to all types of first-party and third-party liability policies. He also has extensive experience with P3 wrap-up, directors and officers, commercial general liability, business interruption, errors and omissions and cyber insurance policies. Maniago, Michelle Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 687-5744 mmaniago@blg.com Michelle is a partner in BLG's Vancouver office. She has significant experience with highly complex commercial, banking and corporate litigation and arbitration across a range of industries and legal subject matters. Her practice includes defence of high-profile provincial, national and multi-jurisdictional class actions involving credit card insurance products, foreign exchange transaction costs, Ponzi schemes, mutual fund related management fees, alleged defective products, environmental claims, consumer protection claims, privacy breaches, and price-fixing claims. Michelle also has specialized knowledge in a variety of areas, including competition law, advertising, price-fixing, bid-rigging, consumer protection, banking, corporate governance, plans of arrangement and privacy law. Recognized in the 2022 edition of Benchmark Litigation's Top 100 Women in Canada. Recognized in 2023 by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 100 Women in Canada and for six consecutive years in the Benchmark Litigation's 40 and Under Hotlist. Recognized in the 2024 edition of e Best Lawyers in Canada. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2008. Mather, John DMG Advocates LLP > (416) 238-2265 jmather@dmgadvocates.com John Mather is a partner at DMG Advocates, a leading litigation boutique in Toronto. His focus is commercial and public litigation. John is adept on his feet in any setting. He regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court and Court of Appeal. He has acted in numerous domestic and international arbitrations, including in New York and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. John also appears before administrative tribunals and regulatory bodies. He currently serves as a member of the Ontario Bar Association's Administrative Law Section Executive. John is an experienced public inquiry and commission lawyer. From 2019 to 2020, John served as Associate Commission Counsel to Associate Chief Justice Frank Marrocco at the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry, an extensive public inquiry that examined two major transactions undertaken by the Town of Collingwood. In 2021, John served as Duty Counsel to Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission, assisting individuals who appeared before the Commission. John's areas of expertise include product liability, class action defence, franchise law (including dealer relations), public inquires, professional regulation, arbitration, media and defamation, cryptocurrency and blockchain and cross-border litigation. LAWYER TO WATCH Matthews, Ian C. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6723 imatthews@blg.com Ian is a business litigator focused on complex commercial and appellate disputes. He has extensive experience acting in class action proceedings, including on diverse claims ranging from unpaid overtime to foreign currency exchange issues in Canada and the United States. Ian has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is also a member of the executive of the Class Action Section of the Ontario Bar Association. A former Supreme Court of Canada law clerk, Ian was called to the Ontario Bar in 2008, admitted to practise in New York in 2011, and holds law degrees from the University of Windsor and Harvard Law School. McEachern, Sarah Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 632-3471 smceachern@blg.com Sarah McEachern is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office. She helps clients find solutions to complex disputes through both litigation and arbitration. Sarah practises all aspects of commercial arbitration, from the initial stage of draing the arbitration clause in a contract, to obtaining interim court orders, to arbitration preparation, through to the final stages of appearing before the arbitration tribunal as counsel and applying to have arbitral awards enforced in court. Her experience includes disputes in a broad range of fields including commercial, health, construction, energy, and aviation. Sarah is recognized in Chambers Canada (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration), Lexpert Special Edition — Litigation, e Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Commercial Arbitration), Benchmark's 40 & Under Hotlist, and Benchmark Canada: e Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a Litigation Star and a Future Star. She is also recognized as a Future Leader in GAR's Who's Who Legal: Arbitration, a Lexpert Rising Star, and as a Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration in Expert Guides. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers