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64 www.lexpert.ca Gordon, Samantha McMillan LLP > (416) 865-7251 samantha.gordon@mcmillan.ca Samantha is a Partner in McMillan's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group with a focus on complex class actions and corporate/commercial disputes. She has appeared at all levels of Ontario and Federal courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. She acts on domestic and international class action defence matters, including cartel and antitrust, securities, consumer protection, misleading advertising and product liability. She has expertise in competition class actions, acting on cases involving finance (foreign exchange, SSA bonds), electronic components (DRAM, ODD), digital display advertising, generic drugs, various auto parts, caustic soda, salmon, fragrances and brokerage commissions. Samantha has acted for companies in the technology, chemicals, cannabis, retail, food/beverage and mining industries, on matters in- cluding contested M&A litigation, hostile proxy and control contests, enforcement, derivative actions, oppression claims, cross-border shareholder disputes and securities class actions. She teaches Securities Litigation at Queen's University. Samantha was appointed to the Ontario Securities Commission-Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee in 2023 and completed a secondment with the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions at the Ontario Securities Commission in 2019. Gosselin, Ian Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (418) 640-5029 ian.gosselin@nortonrosefulbright.com Ian Gosselin handles complex litigations, primarily in construction law and product liability. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and is also involved in the defence of class actions. Gosselin has frequently pleaded before civil courts and arbitration tribunals and has cumulated more than 500 days before the courts over the course of his career. He also acts as mediator in civil and commercial disputes. Due to his considerable expe- rience in construction and engineering, Gosselin is often called upon to help structure infrastructure projects and draft various related documents and contracts. Goldblatt, Jordan Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP > (416) 920-9777 jgoldblatt@agbllp.com Jordan is the managing partner of Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP. He represents licensed professionals, professional associations, insurance companies, and both private and public corporations across issues spanning general commercial, tort, professional responsibility, administrative and public law litigation. Jordan is consistently recognized for his advocacy by his peers and prominent publications, including Lexpert, Benchmark Litigation, and Best Lawyers. These accolades span various practice areas, including general commercial, insolvency, product liability, professional responsibility, administrative, and public law litigation. Jordan is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invite-only trial advocacy society comprising less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Jordan has presented at various conferences organized by the Law Society of Ontario, The Advocates' Society, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Ontario Bar Association. Jordan has taught trial advocacy at Osgoode Hall's Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop. Prior to co-founding Adair Goldblatt Bieber LLP, Jordan practised at Lenczner Slaght LLP and Goldblatt Partners LLP. Goldenberg, Adam McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-8357 agoldenberg@mccarthy.ca Adam Goldenberg is a skilled and tenacious courtroom advocate who handles trials, appeals, and arbitrations across Canada. His practice focuses on commercial and public law disputes, including regulatory and constitutional litigation. He has been counsel in more than 20 appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada, spanning myriad areas of law, and before the courts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and the federal courts. Gonsalves, Andrea Stockwoods LLP > (416) 593-3497 andreag@stockwoods.ca Andrea Gonsalves is an experienced litigator, sought out by clients for her sound judgment, strategic and practical advice, and strong courtroom advocacy. She has extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on appeals and judicial review applications, administrative and regulatory law, corporate and commercial disputes, defamation and media law, intellectual property disputes, and professional discipline matters. Drawing on her broad-based experience, she provides practical and strategic advice on complex issues arising at the intersection of many legal areas. She argues cases regularly before the Ontario and federal courts and represents clients in a wide variety of administrative proceedings and private dispute resolution processes. She has been retained by industry regulators to conduct complex and sensitive enforcement proceedings. She has taught administrative law courses as adjunct faculty for over a decade and writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics. Prior to joining Stockwoods LLP, she clerked at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and for Justice Louis LeBel of the Supreme Court of Canada. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers