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www.lexpert.ca 31 Benediktsson, Gunnar Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (403) 267-8256 gunnar.benediktsson@nortonrosefulbright.com Gunnar Benediktsson practises primarily in the areas of commercial and corporate litigation and insolvency and restructuring. He has represented parties to commercial disputes throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, and has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, and before the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal in Saskatchewan. As an insolvency and restructuring lawyer, Gunnar has a range of experience representing court-appointed receivers and monitors in proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act or the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, and has acted for both debtors and creditors in various insolvency and restructuring proceedings. Bertrand, Jean G., AdE Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4401 jean.bertrand@nortonrosefulbright.com Jean Bertrand focuses on commercial and corporate litigation, including class actions and arbitration, and on administrative law, with emphasis on regulated activity such as competition, transportation, international trade and energy. He has appeared frequently before Quebec and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before regulatory boards such as the Commission des transports du Québec, the Régie de l'énergie, the Competition Tribunal, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal and the National Energy Board. He has also appeared before parliamentary commissions and other government bodies regarding proposed changes to legislation or to government policies. He has extensive experience representing the Canadian and Quebec governments in negotiations with First Nations peoples. Bhattacharjee, Subrata Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6371 sbhattacharjee@blg.com Subrata Bhattacharjee is a partner at BLG, national chair of the Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group, and national business leader of the Corporate Commercial Group. He practises competition/antitrust law and foreign investment law and also provides strategic Canadian regulatory advice to major global clients, particularly in the technology and media sectors. Bhattacharjee has served as an officer of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and as a member of Council and has held other leadership positions in the ABA, CBA, and other entities. Appointed non-governmental advisor of the International Competition Network by the Competition Bureau. Routinely ranked by major domestic and international directories as one of Canada's leading competition lawyers. He obtained his LLB from Dalhousie University and was a Fox Scholar at Middle Temple, UK. Bieber, Simon Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP > (416) 351-2781 sbieber@agbllp.com Simon's practice focuses on commercial and corporate litigation, directors' and officers' liability, securities litigation, class actions, and professional negligence. He represents a broad range of clients, including various regulated professionals, directors and officers, oppressed shareholders, and public and private companies. Simon appears regularly at all levels of court in Ontario and Canada-wide, as well as administrative tribunals in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba regulating securities and capital markets, accountants, and lawyers. Simon also regularly mediates and arbitrates commercial matters. Simon's excellence in advocacy is consistently recognized by his peers and leading legal publications, and in 2019 was invited to become a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an honour extended to less than one-half of one percent of North American lawyers, recognizing excellence in trial advocacy. Simon is on the Board of the Directors of The Advocates' Society, a Member of the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission, and is regularly invited to present at legal seminars and conferences. Simon is the co-author of a text published by LexisNexis titled Directors' and Officers' Liability in Canada. Bienvenu, Pierre, AdE IMK s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP > (514) 934-5095 pbienvenu@imk.ca Pierre Bienvenu, AdE, has more than 35 years of experience practising in international arbitration, corporate and commercial litigation and constitutional law. Acted as counsel and served as arbitrator in international arbitrations involving disputes in energy, transportation, telecommunications, M&A, construction, pharmaceuticals, international distribution and joint ventures, and foreign investment. Appeared before the courts of Quebec, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada and participated in numerous challenges to the constitutional validity of provincial and federal legislation. SCC experience includes representing government bodies, institutions and individuals in a range of constitutional and commercial law disputes, including the Attorney General of Canada in the landmark Reference re Secession of Québec. Former co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2008–9), VP of the LCIA Court (2010–15), and alternate member of the ICC Court (2015–21); currently serves on the SIAC Court of Arbitration. Fellow of the ACTL and CIArb. Fluent in English and French. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers