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www.lexpert.ca 71 Labbé, Andrée-Anne McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (514) 397-5690 aalabbe@mccarthy.ca Andrée-Anne Labbé is a partner in the litigation group in Montreal, specializing in class actions and civil litigation. She regularly pleads before the higher courts and administrative tribunals, with extensive experience as lead lawyer on trials and appeals in health law, product liability, professional liability and disciplinary law, including litigation involving the Consumer Protection Act. Andrée-Anne is recognized by her clients for her efficiency, her exceptional service and her deep understanding of the issues, including scientific issues which regularly arise in the type of mandates she carries out. Andrée-Anne was called to the Quebec bar in 2008. She is Chair of the executive committee of the Women Lawyers Forum (Québec) of the Canadian Bar Association and sits on the board of directors of the Com- munity Social Paediatrics Centre of Verdun, Les Petits Renards. Lafrance, Jonathan Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4323 jonathan.lafrance@nortonrosefulbright.com Jonathan Lafrance is a tax litigator. Based in Montreal, he has developed a national practice helping clients resolve their tax disputes. Over the years, Lafrance has argued cases before the Court of Quebec, the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal in the context of tax disputes against the federal and provincial tax authorities. He also represented clients in Supreme Court of Can- ada cases, including one on the merits and three at the leave to appeal stage. Lafrance has represented clients in a variety of matters, including income tax, GST/HST, collection measures, protection of tax information, judicial review, fuel tax, tobacco tax, property tax, rectification and rescission. He regularly assists individuals, public and private corporations as well as registered charities in the context of tax audits. He regularly assists public corporations and registered charities with financial governance, tax and regulatory obligations. Lapierre, Stéphanie Stikeman Elliott LLP > (514) 397-3029 slapierre@stikeman.com Stéphanie Lapierre is a partner in the Litigation & dispute resolution group and a member of the firm's partnership board. Her practice is mainly focused on securities, financial, and business law. She represents clients both in the first instance and on appeal in matters involving hostile takeover bids, contested change of control transactions, shareholder disputes, derivative actions, plans of arrangement, dissidence rights, and judicial liquidation. Stéphanie has solid experience in litigation matters pertaining to securities law. She regularly represents reporting issuers in connection with internal investigations instituted in response to allegations made by whistleblowers and with investigations instituted by securities regulators and other self-regulatory organizations. She also represents clients following the filing by the securities regulators of penal or administrative proceedings alleging infractions to the Securities Act, including insider trading, tipping, market manipulation, and inadequate or misleading disclosure of material information. Using her knowledge and skills developed in her securities litigation practice, she also vigorously defends issuers and directors and officers in securities class actions. Larouche, Caroline Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP > (514) 847-4475 caroline.larouche@nortonrosefulbright.com Caroline Larouche handles all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on securities litigation, insurance law, class actions and professional liability. She also takes an interest in private international law. In the course of her diversified practice, Larouche has acted for major corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies and their insureds in complex litigation before the Quebec courts. She has represented reporting issuers in connection with investigations by the Autorité des marchés financiers (Quebec securities commission) relating to insider trading, continuous disclosure obligations and material change reporting. She also defends and assists professionals in civil actions, disciplinary proceedings or investigations undertaken by regulators or professional bodies. Larry, Jeffrey Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP > (416) 646-4330 jeff.larry@paliareroland.com Jeffrey Larry has a diverse business litigation practice, including corporate/commercial, securities and bankruptcy and insolvency litigation. He brings a pragmatic and business-like approach to the practice of law. Clients rely on his strategic and sensible advice and value his ability to find and deliver practical and cost-efficient solutions to their business issues. Jeffrey assists clients in business and shareholder disputes, corporate and commercial contract disputes, insolvency proceedings, and broker-negligence cases. He also acts for individuals and issuers in administrative proceedings at the Ontario Securities Commission, Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. He appears regularly before the Commercial List and has appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He is consistently recognized for his legal expertise by organizations including The Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Litigation. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers