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www.lexpert.ca 61 Foord, Allison K. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) > (604) 640-4079 afoord@blg.com Allison Foord has a varied civil litigation practice and a broad range of experience. She is the Vancouver Practice Group leader for the Product Liability Group and the Health Law Group. She has served as counsel in numerous matters with particular emphasis on product liability, class actions, insurance defence, privacy, and health law. Foord is experienced in the conduct of complex litigation at all stages including trial and in class action proceedings. Foord regularly defends major automotive manufacturers, disability insurance companies, healthcare providers, and the manufacturers of sports and recreational equipment, light equipment, heavy machinery, and household products. She also advises our clients on privacy law matters which includes the preparation of privacy policies, guidance on practices, reviews of contractual arrangements with service providers in Canada and elsewhere, and responses to complaints, access requests, and breaches. She is one of two privacy officers for BLG. Foreman, Jonathan Foreman & Company > (519) 914-1175 jforeman@foremancompany.com Jon Foreman is the founder of Foreman & Company, a boutique class actions law firm with a focus on securities law, competition law, Crown liability and consumer protection, among other areas. Included in the Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers since 2022. Recognized by Lexpert in category Most Frequently Recommended. Ranked by Chambers Global as a leading Plaintiff side class action litigator since 2018. Honored in 2013 as one of Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in Canada. He has litigated a full range of class action matters to resolution by settlement and by judgment including the conduct of multiple class action trials and appeals on the merits. Jon was an adjunct faculty member at Western University Law School where he taught class actions for five years. Jon serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Advocates' Society. A frequent writer and presenter on class actions at leading legal conferences, he also often provides legal commentary to media outlets such as the CBC, CTV, the Toronto Star, the National Post, The Globe and Mail, The Lawyers Weekly, and others. Jon is a graduate of the law school at Western University and also completed the "Emerging Leaders in Law Firms" executive legal program at the Harvard Law School. Forget, Jean-François Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3072 jfforget@stikeman.com Jean-François Forget is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution group, where he acts for many public and private companies on international, national, and local matters. His practice focuses on business and commercial law disputes and touches on all aspects of dispute resolution, from advice on complex litigation matters to representing clients before all levels of courts, obtaining urgent extraordinary remedies, as well as engaging in alternate dispute resolution processes. Jean-François regularly advises companies, business owners, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, manufacturers, and distributors with respect to commercial, contractual, administrative, and governance disputes. He has namely acted on post-transaction cases involving purchase price adjustments, misrepresentations, as well as breaches of representations, warranties, and indemnities. He has significant experience in handling complex cases and bringing them to trial, which shapes his approach to all stages of litigious matters. Jean-François also has extensive experience in defending class actions (consumer protection, product liability, competition, and securities law), for which he finds innovative strategies to meet clients' business objectives. Fournier, Olivier Deloitte Legal Canada LLP > (514) 393-8362 olfournier@deloittelegal.ca Olivier is the National Leader of Deloitte Legal, and also leads the Tax Controversy and Litigation Practice. He practises tax law with a focus on tax litigation and tax controversy, from the audit and objection stages to tax appeals before the courts. He regularly assists clients in resolving tax disputes, both in and out of Court, and engages in managing complex tax audits, rectifying non-compliance issues and ensuring that the tax authorities operate within lawful parameters regarding requests for information and documents. He also has had significant exposure to various tax issues arising in domestic and international mergers & acquisitions. He has acted in matters before the Tax Court of Canada, the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Court of Appeal of Quebec, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. He is an active speaker, writer and presenter at various conferences and seminars and is a past governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF). Olivier was called to the bar of Quebec in 2006, after receiving an MBA from the University of Ottawa (2005), and an LLL (2005) magna cum laude and a BSc (Biology; 2002) from the University of Ottawa. He was also admitted to the Law Society of Ontario in 2021. Fruitman, Paul Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP > (416) 596-2870 pfruitman@lolg.ca Paul's litigation practice focuses on in contract disputes, infrastructure and construction disputes, health law, employment law, shareholder disputes, oppression claims, professional negligence, and product liability matters. Paul has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario, including as trial counsel in jury and non-jury matters, at the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and in a range of administrative and arbitral tribunals. He has acted as counsel in many major proceedings, including the $1 billion class action against SNC Lavalin and alleged nomination fraud involving the Ontario PC Party. Recent clients include the University Health Network and Meta, among others. Paul frequently authors in legal publications, including The Advocates' Journal and the Annual Review of Civil Litigation. He is a regular speaker at seminars and an instructor at the Osgoode Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop. Paul is a member of the OBA's Alternative Business Structures Task Force and the CBA's working group for solicitor-client privilege claims. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers