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www.lexpert.ca 67 McEwan, J. Kenneth, KC McEwan Partners > (604) 283-7988 kmcewan@mcewanpartners.com Ken McEwan is the managing partner of McEwan Partners, founded in 2017. Ken practises as general counsel focusing on complex corporate-commercial litigation, class action litigation, commercial arbitration and administrative law at the trial and appellate levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Since 2017 Ken has been recognized as one of the top 50 trial lawyers in Canada. For many years Ken has been named in Lexpert US/Canada Cross-Border Guide — Litigation, as well as in e Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is rated by Lexpert as Most Frequently Recommended in corporate commercial litigation, and is recognized in product liability, director and officer liability, and securities litigation. Twice recognized by Benchmark as Canadian Boutique of the Year, and three times as British Columbia Litigation Firm of the Year, Benchmark Canada also recognized Ken as 2022 Canadian Trial Lawyer of the Year, having recognized him in seven of eight preceding years as British Columbia Litigator of the Year. Ken is the author of the fourth edition of Sopinka on the Trial of an Action, a leading text on trial practice, including jury trials, published in 2020. Ken also acts as both arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes. McGivney, Kevin A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6118 kmcgivney@blg.com Toronto regional leader of BLG's Insurance and Tort Liability Group. Elected member of BLG Partnership Board. Kevin practises civil litigation with a focus on municipal and police liability. Has appeared as lead counsel before the Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Represents municipalities, police services, and their insurers with respect to all types of liability claims including defamation and class actions. Also represents municipalities and police services at coroner's inquests and before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. Advises insurers and defends insureds regarding property and casualty claims, the draing of insurance policies, and coverage issues. Frequent writer and speaker on issues related to municipal and government liability, police liability, occupiers' liability, and advocacy issues. Received LLB from Western University, Faculty of Law. Bachelor of Arts (History), King's University College of Western University. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1991. Meighen, Hugh A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6614 hmeighen@blg.com Partner in Commercial Litigation Group and Construction Group of BLG's Toronto office, specializing in international disputes, including international commercial, investment, and construction arbitration and international litigation in a range of industry sectors. With over 10 years of dedicated arbitration counsel work, Hugh has advised a range of Canadian and international companies in disputes governed by the arbitration rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, BCICAC, and DIAC. Co-authored Guide to the PCA Arbitration Rules (Oxford University Press, 2014). Adjunct Professor of international commercial arbitration at Osgoode Hall Law School. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Who's Who Legal recognized Hugh as a Global Leader in Arbitration, as a Future Leader in Arbitration, and named him one of 10 Most Highly Regarded Partners Under 45 in the Americas. Education: AB cum laude (Princeton University); BCL/LLB (McGill University). Admitted to Ontario Bar in 2010 and New York Bar in 2011. Merminod, Anne Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (514) 954-2529 amerminod@blg.com Partner in BLG's Montreal office. Anne Merminod is an experienced and skilled litigator who devotes her practice to defending class actions. She currently defends clients, both at authorization, on the merits, or involved in settlements before judicial courts in first instance and at the appellate level, across a broad variety of industries in the fields of consumer protection, product liability, privacy law, health law, competition law, and environmental law. Anne is a sought-aer speaker and author; she regularly speaks and writes on the subject of class actions. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Class Actions Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec Division) and sits on the committee of the National Conference of the Barreau du Québec on Class Actions, Recent Developments in Quebec, Canada, and the United States, the largest continuing professional training activity in the field in Canada. She is consistently recognized by Acritas Star, Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star and on the 40 & Under Hotlist, Chambers Canada (Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Defence) - Nationwide - Canada), and by e Best Lawyers in Canada (Class Action Litigation). Michell, M. Paul Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 644-5359 pmichell@lolg.ca Paul is a trial and appellate lawyer. His focus is commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review and public law. He has particular expertise in complex cases with a regulatory or cross-border dimension. Over 25 years of practice, he has built experience in a broad range of industries. Paul excels at resolving difficult issues through innovative litigation strategies. Clients rely on him for insight and a creative approach to simplify and resolve their most challenging disputes. Paul has extensive trial and appellate experience at all levels in the Ontario and Federal Courts, and has been counsel in 11 appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada. He has prosecuted cases before a wide range of administrative and arbitral tribunals. He acts as an arbitrator, as a presiding officer under the Competition Act, and a tribunal chair, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto for two decades. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers