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www.lexpert.ca 67 Hennig, Sinziana R. Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5207 shennig@stikeman.com Sinziana Hennig is a partner in the litigation & dispute resolution group and a member of the students committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on class actions and complex Commercial Litigation. Sinziana has defended class actions involving competition, securities, consumer protection, product liability, and franchise law claims. She has significant experience in defending multi-jurisdictional and cross-border class actions, as well as in obtaining dismissal of securities class actions at an early stage. Her commercial litigation experience includes M&A litigation, complex contractual disputes, competition litigation, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and arbitral proceed- ings. She has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the courts of appeal of Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatch- ewan, superior courts in four provinces, the Federal Court, and the Ontario Securities Commission. Herbst, Ludmila B., KC FARRIS > (604) 661-1722 lherbst@farris.com Partner Ludmila Herbst, KC, is a leading litigator in corporate, commercial, regulatory, and constitutional cases. She has represented clients before all levels of court in BC, the Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as arbitral and administrative tribunals including the BC Utilities Commission. She co-authored Commercial Arbitration in Canada: A Guide to Domestic and International Arbitrations, which is a leading text cited by trial and appellate courts across Canada. She has written many articles, has presented at and chaired numerous conferences, and is the long-time assistant editor of The Advocate, which is distributed six times per year to BC lawyers and subscribers beyond. She also chairs The Advocates' Society B.C. Regional Advisory Committee, and has participated on varied subcommittees. She has been a member of advisory groups including on reform to the provincial Limitation Act and Arbitration Act. She is ranked highly by Best Lawyers 2025, Chambers Canada 2025, and Benchmark Canada 2024 (including as one of its top women in litigation nationwide). Admitted to the British Columbia Bar (1999). Appoint- ed Queen's Counsel (now King's Counsel) (2015). Hersh, Christopher Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-2480 chris.hersh@nortonrosefulbright.com Chris Hersh is a business law partner based in Toronto and the Canadian head of our antitrust and competition prac- tice. Hersh provides strategic counsel to clients on all aspects of competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, criminal matters, abuse of dominance, marketing and advertising, as well as pricing and distribution issues. He also regularly works with international clients to obtain approvals under the "net benefit," national security and cultural sector review provisions of the Investment Canada Act. In addition to his transactional and regulatory practice, Hersh has an active competition litigation practice and acts for clients involved in matters before the Competition Tribunal, trans-border criminal investigations/prosecutions, as well as price-fixing class actions. Holub, Geoffrey Stikeman Elliott LLP > (403) 266-9022 gholub@stikeman.com Geoff Holub is a partner in the litigation & dispute resolution group. His practice focuses on the areas of civil and Commercial Litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on oil and gas, construction, and manufacturer's liability. Geoff has acted for companies, shareholders, directors, and officers in a wide variety of corporate and securities disputes, including directors' and officers' liability, oppression, dissent rights, and corporate opportunity cases. Geoff is involved in a wide range of commercial matters including contract drafting, negotiation and interpretation, corporate plans of arrangement, strategic advice, and contractual risk analysis primarily in the energy generation, transmission, and distribution industries. He has appeared before the Provincial Court, the Court of King's Bench, and the Court of Appeal in Alberta. Geoff represents and advises companies in international and domestic arbitrations conducted under a variety of rules, including the ADRIC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Rules and regularly appeared before Panels of Commissioners at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. Hosseini, Samaneh Stikeman Elliott LLP > (416) 869-5522 shosseini@stikeman.com Samaneh (Sam) Hosseini is a partner in the litigation & dispute resolution group. Her practice focuses on Commercial Litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on complex contract disputes, class actions, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and product liability. Sam has extensive experience representing clients in a range of domestic and multi-jurisdictional class actions, including areas such as product liability, securities law, franchise law, and consumer protection. She regularly advises companies and their directors and officers in matters involving allegations of corporate misconduct, including internal and regulatory investigations. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers