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74 www.lexpert.ca MacKewn, Melissa J. Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP > (416) 217-0840 mmackewn@cmblaw.ca Melissa MacKewn has been widely recognized within the profession as one of Canada's leading litigators. In addition to being ranked one of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada by Lexpert, Benchmark Litigation has named her one of the Top Women in Litigation since 2017. Best Lawyers has twice named her Lawyer of the Year for Securities Law in Toronto and, based on peer review, ranks her as part of a small and prestigious group of "bet the company" litigation counsel. She is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers Canada for Securities Litigation. Melissa has one of the deepest and most robust securities litigation practices in the country. She advises investors, registrants, issuers, officers, directors, underwriters, and corporations on a variety of securities matters. She has extensive experience with securities class actions, corporate and shareholder disputes, oppression remedy matters, proxy battles, takeover bid litigation, corporate governance matters and investment loss claims. Melissa is also regularly retained by public and private companies and their audit and special committees to conduct confidential internal investigations in respect of whistleblower complaints, disclosure, controls and reporting issues, trading and compliance issues, and matters engaging conflicts of interest. Maidment, Scott McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7911 scott.maidment@mcmillan.ca Scott Maidment is one of Canada's leading litigation counsel, and he has appeared before trial and appellate courts across the country. He is recognized in Canada and abroad as one of the world's top product liability lawyers, and is known especially for his work in class actions and complex cases, particularly for companies in the life sciences in- dustry. His trial and appellate practice has also covered a wide range of other legal disputes in a number of economic sectors. He has conducted trials, arbitrations, applications, and appeals involving issues of contract, competition law, negligence, insurance law, defamation, employment law, real estate, constitutional law, human rights, and transpor- tation law. He has served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School and has taught trial advocacy for The Advocates' Society, the Attorney General of Canada, and the United Nations. He is currently presi- dent of The Advocates' Society. Lortie, Jean McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4146 jlortie@mccarthy.ca Partner in the firm's Litigation Group in Montreal. Practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, including class actions; shareholders' remedies; corporate and securities litigation; professional, directors' and officers' liability; product liability; real estate and intellectual property; privacy, environmental and constitutional law; insurance law; construction law; family trusts. Recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial litigation in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada and listed as one of Canada's leading litigation lawyers in the 2018 and 2019 Lexpert Special Edition – Litigation. Has appeared before courts of all levels, both in provincial and federal jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court, and before administrative, arbitration and regulatory boards. Acts at all litigation levels for businesses in several industry sectors including energy, marine, forest and natural resources; development and manufacturing sector; computer science, technology and high-technology; telecommunications, service and retail sectors; individual and group assurance. Admitted to the Quebec bar in 1991 after graduating from McGill University Law School with a BCL and LLB. Love, Robert L. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6132 rlove@blg.com Bob Love is the national leader of BLG's Product Liability Group, Auto Industry Group and Autonomous Vehicles Group. His civil litigation practice focuses on product liability, aviation and professional liability. He has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the trial and appellate courts of Ontario. His product liability work is primarily defence-oriented, representing large and small manufacturers, distributors and retailers, as well as advising clients on crisis and risk management. Love has a broad and deep understanding of legal issues surrounding Connected and Autonomous Vehicles with a particular emphasis on product liability, litigation, insurance and regulatory issues, regularly advising clients in the auto industry and new entrants in this space. Called to the Bar in 1994, Love is active within the legal industry and within the community. He is the former vice chair of the Product Liability Committee for the International Association of Defense Attorneys and previously held the role of chair for the Product Liability Committee, Canadian Defence Lawyers' Association. Love regularly speaks at conferences and has authored many articles and publications, most recently on CAVs, including MaaS. Lubetsky, Michael McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7907 michael.lubetsky@mcmillan.ca Michael is a senior Partner in McMillan's Toronto office, where he leads the firm's national tax litigation practice. Michael has successfully represented clients in a wide range of federal and provincial tax matters also has extensive experience in civil litigation matters, including acting in constitutional cases, commercial disputes, class actions, judicial reviews, securities commission cases and international arbitrations. Michael is called to the bars of both Ontario and Quebec and has appeared and argued before all levels of court across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Michael has also authored articles on a diverse range of legal subjects that have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal, Quebec and British Columbia Courts of Appeal. Michael offers clients unique perspectives on international business matters, having spent time as a researcher with an investment company in Japan and later as an officer in the Canadian Foreign Service in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and China. Michael is fluent in French and English and has some proficiency in Japanese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, German, Polish and other languages. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers