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www.lexpert.ca 83 Poltak, Celeste Koskie Minsky LLP > (416) 595-2701 cpoltak@kmlaw.ca Partner, head of the Class Actions Department, and former member of the firm's Executive Committee. Celeste Poltak regularly appears before a variety of provincial courts, including the Court of Appeal, and has acted as counsel on numerous applications for leave to the SCC. She has worked on some of the most notable Canadian cases: Pearson v. Inco, Cloud v. Canada, Dolmage v. Ontario, Millwrights v. Celestica Inc., and Bayens v. Kinross. Her practice has also involved negotiations with the Federal Government regarding the Indian Residential Schools litigation, including the court approvals of that pan-Canadian settlement agreement, the Sixties Scoop, the "Purge" of LGBTQ persons from the military, in addition to acting as counsel at common issues trials such as Anderson v. Canada, Ruffolo v. Sun Life Assurance, and Smith v. Inco. Poltak has been published in the U of T Faculty of Law Review, Canadian Class Actions Review, and Lawyers Weekly. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has lectured on class proceedings at Osgoode Hall and U of T Law. She authored a chapter in Class Actions in Canada and served on the LCO's expert advisory panel respecting amendments to the Class Proceeding Act. In 2024, she received the OBA Award of Excellence in Class Proceedings. Poplaw, Mason McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4155 mpoplaw@mccarthy.ca Partner in the Montreal office and a member of the firm's Board of Partners. Known for his business acumen and broad experience as a corporate commercial litigator, Mason's practice focuses primarily on corporate disputes, governance, securities, internal investigations, crisis management, insolvency, and restructuring. Recognized for his ability to successfully manage litigation and investigations matters with a great deal at stake, Mason leverages his considerable corporate and financial industry knowledge to find practical solutions to complex disputes. Working with a range of clients including financial institutions, public and privately held corporations, members of board of directors and trustees, he takes a strategic approach to securities and banking class actions, financial product liabilities cases, financial frauds, corporate governance issues, plans of arrangement, liquidation, oppression remedies, complex contract disputes, and directors' liabilities. Clients appreciate Mason's ability to gain insight into the dispute and bring the right angles and arguments before the court to achieve swift and successful resolutions. He has appeared before all Quebec judicial courts, before the Supreme Court of Canada, and in numerous commercial arbitration proceedings. Posno, Anne E. Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 956-5111 aposno@lolg.ca Anne draws on her decades of broad experience in complex commercial litigation, real estate disputes, corporate governance challenges, professional liability matters, and medical negligence cases. She also has experience in the areas of human rights and privacy law. Anne's judgment is respected by her peers, and she is often retained as a mediator to settle disputes. She is a frequent lecturer at trust and estates conferences with the Law Society of Ontario, the Advocates Society, and the Ontario Bar Association. Anne is also a trusted mentor to young lawyers. Anne regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Toronto Estates Court, the Toronto Commercial List, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and Divisional Court. She is also a certified associate member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP). Poupart, Emmanuelle McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-4158 epoupart@mccarthy.ca Emmanuelle is the Managing Partner of the Quebec Region and a partner in the firm's Montreal Litigation Group. She has a general litigation practice in professional liability, class actions related to pharmaceutical products and other consumer products and insurance for policyholders. Emmanuelle frequently acts as lead counsel for doctors in a wide variety of negligence and discipline cases, and has experience at trial and appellate level and before administrative tribunals. Pratte, Guy J. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 700-6265 gpratte@blg.com Guy Pratte focuses his practice on complex litigation including commercial law, class actions, administrative law, and constitutional law. Fully bilingual and called to the Bars of Ontario and Quebec, Pratte has appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada in approximately 25 cases and is likely, if not the only, counsel in Canada that regularly argues cases involving civil law and common law matters. He pleads regularly in the Superior and Appeal Courts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, former president of The Advocates' Society, and director of the Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute. He taught courses focused on the Supreme Court of Canada at the University of Toronto as an adjunct professor. He is a recipient of the Law Society of Ontario medal and of the Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation. He is also highly recognized in various industry directories, including Chambers Global (Dispute Resolution), The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Who's Who Legal. Pratte was named Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar for outstanding contributions to the legal profession. Pratte has held several management positions at BLG and is currently chair emeritus of BLG. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers