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www.lexpert.ca 57 Devereux, Jeremy J. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (416) 216-4073 jeremy.devereux@nortonrosefulbright.com Jeremy Devereux acts as an advocate and negotiator in a wide range of complex commercial and regulatory matters. His experience includes securities and financial services disputes, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, corporate and commercial litigation, class actions, employment law, estates litigation, mining law, and administrative law. He has appeared as counsel before the Ontario courts, the Federal Court of Canada, and numerous tribunals and arbitration panels. Devereux frequently advises and represents participants in the financial markets, including investment dealers, mutual fund managers, mutual fund dealers, portfolio managers, and their employees, in matters involving the Ontario Securities Commission, other provincial securities commissions, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association, arbitrators, and the courts. Di Paolo, David Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (416) 367-6108 ddipaolo@blg.com David Di Paolo is a leading commercial litigation lawyer who also specializes in securities litigation, class actions and shareholder disputes. He represents registrants and public companies and their respective officers, directors and shareholders in class action proceedings and all manner of securities and regulatory investigations and prosecutions. Di Paolo's areas of focus include: class actions, including securities class actions, unpaid wages class actions and investor loss class actions; securities litigation and regulation, including broker liability and departing broker litigation, as well as investigations and proceedings before Provincial Securities Commissions, IIROC and the MFDA; shareholder disputes litigation, including oppression remedy proceedings; directors' and officers' liability, including shareholders' actions, creditors' actions and offences under the Securities Act and other regulatory statutes; and general commercial and employment litigation. Di Paolo has appeared before all levels of court, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as provincial securities commissions, IIROC and the MFDA. He is recognized since 2019 in Chambers Canada, as well as in Benchmark Litigation Canada, and The Best Lawyers in Canada. Dixon, Brad W., KC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4111 bdixon@blg.com Brad Dixon, K.C. co-chairs BLG's Class Actions Group, providing strategic direction and co-ordination of the group across Canada. He has successfully defended numerous class actions against leading Canadian corporations and financial institutions, as well as multi-national corporations, achieving precedent-setting results. Dixon has obtained dismissal of class actions before certification, obtained dismissal of certification applications and taken class actions to common issues trials. Appearing in all levels of courts and acting as counsel in arbitrations, Dixon has dealt with a broad range of disputes, including consumer and statutory claims, product liability and competition law claims. His experience includes litigation of commercial and constitutional or other public law issues. He has been recognized many times by peers as leading counsel in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada (as "Lawyer of the Year: Class Action Litigation – Vancouver"), Chambers Canada, and Benchmark Canada. Dobrota, Bogdan-Alexandru Woods LLP > (514) 982-4559 adobrota@woods.qc.ca Bogdan-Alexandru (Alex) Dobrota is a seasoned partner with a primary emphasis on handling intricate commercial cases, cross-border disputes, both domestic and international insolvency matters, and international arbitration. He has achieved favourable outcomes for his clients, demonstrating his prowess in resolving disputes stemming from a range of issues, including shareholder conflicts, construction and mining ventures, contractual disputes, product liability matters, and cases involving defamation. Di Carlo, Carlo Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-2485 carlodc@stockwoods.ca Carlo Di Carlo's practice covers various areas of corporate/commercial litigation. He routinely is involved in matters dealing with director/officer liability, shareholder disputes, oppression remedy cases, and partnership and contractual disputes. He has experience dealing with international commercial arbitrations dealing with with a host of complex matters, including telecommunications and mining. He has particular experience dealing with securities law issues. He has appeared before the Ontario Securities Commission on several occasions and represented clients that are the subject of s. 11 investigations by the OSC. He also has represented a number of defendants in class actions dealing with issues such as an officer's breach of duty and shareholder misrepresentation claims. He has been named one of the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (the Lexpert ALM 500). He was recognized from 2023–24 in The Best Lawyers in Canada for corporate and commercial litigation and Who's Who Legal recognized him from 2020–24. In 2023 he was recognized as one of the top litigators in Canada under 40 (Benchmark Litigation). He has published on a number of topics, including a chapter on privacy class actions in the text Digital Privacy: Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Litigation. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers