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68 www.lexpert.ca Miller, D. J. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP > (416) 304-0559 djmiller@tgf.ca D.J. is a leading Canadian restructuring lawyer in national and cross-border/multi-jurisdictional matters who has been recognized nationally and internationally within the insolvency profession. She is known for her deep knowledge of the domestic and international insolvency frameworks and has a well-deserved reputation for applying strategic skills to achieve precedent-setting outcomes for her clients. D.J. is retained by clients seeking creative advice in addressing insolvency issues outside of, and within, formal insolvency proceedings. She has appeared as counsel at all levels of Court in Canada and regularly works with lenders, companies experiencing financial distress, all types of stakeholders in a wide variety of industries and court-appointed monitors and receivers. She is oen retained by lawyers, financial advisors and stakeholders in other jurisdictions who require practical advice in connection with Canadian insolvency and cross-border matters. D.J. has held leadership roles in multiple professional organizations throughout her career, serving on boards and in executive positions including currently as a director and member of the Executive Committee of the International Insolvency Institute. Moffat, Grant B. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP > (416) 304-0599 gmoffat@tgf.ca Grant is a leading practitioner in insolvency, restructuring and banking law, with a particular emphasis on the exercise of creditors' rights. He frequently acts for lending syndicates and hedge providers across a broad range of industries including energy and infrastructure projects, and has extensive experience acting as independent counsel to court officers, such as receivers, bankruptcy trustees and monitors in CCAA proceedings. Grant is known for his calm, steady demeanor in guiding clients through their most challenging business situations, bringing strategic insight and trusted judgment to his mandates. He is dedicated and highly efficient, leaning on his years of experience and breadth of knowledge in large insolvency matters, and is known for his expertise in both debt restructuring and as litigation counsel in loan recovery and security enforcement proceedings. Outside of his practice, Grant has served as a speaker and writer for various professional associations in matters relating to insolvency law and is a contributor to the Lexis Practice Advisor (Asset Purchase Agreements). Within the firm, Grant is an active member of TGF's leadership team, and is focused on building a cohesive, inclusive and dynamic firm culture. Moore, Beverley Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (613) 369-4784 bmoore@blg.com Beverley leads Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's IP Litigation Group and practises in all areas of IP litigation. She specializes in complex litigation in the Federal Court and in actions under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. She also advises clients on IP regulatory issues such as listing patents on the Patent Register, reporting patents to the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Certificates of Supplementary Protection, and the Register of Innovative Drugs as it relates to data protection. In addition, Beverley advises on other patent portfolio management, patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate issues. Beverley is also active in the IP community including as a past Director of the IPIC/ McGill Understanding Patents Course, Chair of the CBA IP Section's Court Practice Committee, Co-Vice Chair of IPO's Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Issues Committee, and as an editor of Carswell's Consolidated Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations. Beverley also mentors associates and students in her firm and IP practitioners in other firms through IPO's mentoring programs. Beverley speaks and writes regularly on issues relating to her practice. Beverley has been an advocate before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the PMPRB. Munro, Lisa C. Lerners LLP > (416) 601-2360 lmunro@lerners.ca Lisa is a partner at Lerners LLP and a roster arbitrator with Arbitration Place. She acts as an arbitrator in domestic and international commercial arbitrations (both ad hoc and under institutional rules), to which she brings more than 25 years of experience as counsel in commercial/business litigation and both international and domestic commercial arbitration. She has particular expertise in business and contractual disputes, share-holder disputes, including oppression remedy claims, and directors' and officers' liability. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and has obtained the ADRIC's QArb designation. She is a member of the board of directors of ADRIC and CIArb. She is also on the rosters of the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada and International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Lisa is the editor of and a writer for Arbitration Matters which features summaries of key decisions on commercial arbitration issues as they are released by courts across the country. e website features over 700 of these case summaries. A bi-weekly newsletter featuring the most recent case summaries is sent to hundreds of Canada's leading arbitration professionals, who subscribe (for free). O'Brien, Michael Tyr LLP > (416) 617-0533 mobrien@tyrllp.com Michael O'Brien is a partner at Tyr LLP. He carries on a business litigation practice representing emerging and established companies in various sectors, including energy, consumer products, infrastructure, financial services, manufacturing, real estate and technology. Michael represents publicly traded and privately held companies, directors, officers, shareholders and professionals in disputes before courts, arbitral tribunals and regulators, including commercial and civil proceedings, private arbitrations, public inquiries, investigations and class actions. Clients value the tact and judgment that Michael brings to complex and sensitive matters, and consult Michael on their obligations in the political sector, including elections finance, conflicts of interest and lobbying law. Michael represents both plaintiffs and defendants in class actions. He is Vice-Chair of an American Bar Association subcommittee on Class and Derivative Actions, the former editor of the Class Action chapter of the ABA's annually published Recent Developments in Corporate and Business Litigation, co-author of its "Cross-Border and Multijurisdictional Proceedings" chapter, and a contributing author to the fourth and fih editions of Defending Class Actions in Canada. He practises out of Toronto, Ontario. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers