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76 www.lexpert.ca McGivney, Kevin A. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6118 kmcgivney@blg.com Kevin McGivney is the Toronto regional leader of BLG's Insurance and Tort Liability Group. He is an elected member of BLG's Partnership Board. McGivney 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. He represents municipalities, police services, and their insurers with respect to all types of liability claims including defamation and class actions. McGivney also represents municipalities and police services at coroner's inquests and before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and advises insurers and defends insureds regarding property and casualty claims, the drafting of insurance policies, and coverage issues. He is a frequent writer and speaker on issues related to municipal and government liability, police liability, occupiers' liability, and advocacy issues. McGivney received an LLB from Western University, Faculty of Law. Bachelor of Arts (History), King's University College of Western University. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1991. McGrann, Kate M. Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP > (416) 217-0850 kmcgrann@cmblaw.ca Kate McGrann delivers pragmatic, strategic counsel on complex corporate/commercial, securities, administrative and public law issues. Representing clients in a variety of civil disputes, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings, she is ranked by Lexpert, Chambers, Benchmark, and Best Lawyers, and was honored with the Lexpert Rising Star Award in 2021. Kate has extensive experience before regulatory tribunals including the Capital Markets Tribunal and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. Having prosecuted cases of unregistered trading, illegal distributions, and fraud while seconded as OSC Senior Enforcement Counsel, Kate's securities advocacy is informed by her experience working on both sides of regulatory enforcement matters. With proven expertise in public inquiries, Kate has worked on high-profile commissions instituted by all three levels of government. Kate served as lead Commission Counsel on the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry, and co-Lead Commission Counsel on the Ontario COVID-19 Long-Term Care Commission and the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Commission. She most recently served as Commission Counsel to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions. Mather, John DMG Advocates LLP > (416) 238-2265 jmather@dmgadvocates.com John is a partner specializing in commercial and public litigation. John is a trusted advisor to several leading Canadian businesses and organizations, including automotive manufacturers and international restaurant franchisors. John regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court and Court of Appeal, as well as courts in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. He has acted in numerous domestic and international arbitrations, including in New York and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. John's commercial litigation work focuses on contractual disputes, shareholders claims, product liability, class actions, securities and shareholder claims, commercial real estate and leasing matters, franchise and automobile dealer claims, procurement litigation, and media and defamation. John's public litigation work focuses on public inquiries, regulatory or government investigations, and defence of regulatory proceedings. John has served as commission counsel to two justices overseeing public inquiries. LAWYER TO WATCH Matthews, Ian C. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6723 imatthews@blg.com Ian Matthews is a business litigator focused on complex commercial and appellate disputes. He has extensive experience acting in class action proceedings, including on diverse claims ranging from unpaid overtime to foreign currency exchange issues in Canada and the United States. Matthews has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is also a member of the executive of the Class Action Section of the Ontario Bar Association. A former Supreme Court of Canada law clerk, Matthews was called to the Ontario Bar in 2008, admitted to practise in New York in 2011, and holds law degrees from the University of Windsor and Harvard Law School. McEachern, Sarah Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 632-3471 smceachern@blg.com Sarah McEachern is a partner and is the regional manager of commercial and construction disputes in BLG's Vancouver office. McEachern practises all aspects of commercial arbitration, from the initial stage of drafting the arbitration clause in a contract, to obtaining interim court orders, to arbitration preparation, through to the final stages of appearing before the arbitration tribunal as counsel and applying to have arbitral awards enforced in court. McEachern has expertise in both domestic and international disputes and has acted or advised on proceedings under the rules of the ICC, ICDR, AAA, SCC, HKIAC and BCICAC (now VanIAC). She was selected as one of 12 arbitrators to sit on the inaugural roster of Arbitration Place's NextGen Arbitrators. In 2021, the Government of British Columbia appointed McEachern to serve a five-year term as a roster member for BC's Bid Protest Mechanism and Dispute Resolution panels, established under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. McEachern is recognized in Chambers Canada (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration), The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Commercial Arbitration), and Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers