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www.lexpert.ca 89 Smyth, Kara McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (403) 260-3724 ksmyth@mccarthy.ca Partner in firm's Calgary Litigation Group. Practice focuses on corporate commercial, class action and public law litigation. Represents clients from a wide range of industries such as oil and gas, wind farm development, commercial real estate, retail and agrosciences in disputes concerning commercial contracts, class actions, departing fiduciary obligations, product liability and a variety of other matters concerning complex commercial transactions. Appeared before arbitral tribunals, all levels of court in Alberta and the Federal Court including on complex interlocutory motions, judicial reviews, trials and appeals. Snowden, Marcus B. Snowden Kamayah LLP > (416) 363-3343 marcus@snowdenlaw.ca Called to the Bar: 1990 (ON), 2006 (MB). An insurance coverage counsel, Marcus opines on, gives strategic advice for, and arbitrates or litigates to trial and appeal coverage and related issues under CGL, Umbrella/Excess, D&O and E&O liability, Commercial Property, statutory workers compensation coverage and related reinsurance programs. He provides coverage and monitoring counsel services on underlying domestic and international cross-border class action and other litigation. Marcus advises underwriters on new and revised wordings, assists policyholder in-house and outside corporate/commercial and leasing counsel on insurance-related transaction-based risk management/ transfer issues. A co-author of a leading Canadian insurance law text, Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy, he is consistently peer-nominated for insurance law in Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in Canada. Member: Canadian Defence Lawyers Association, Canadian Bar Association, American College of Coverage Counsel, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, DRI, American Bar Association. Spry, Cynthia Babin Bessner Spry LLP > (416) 637-3297 cspry@babinbessnerspry.com Cynthia Spry practises commercial litigation, including in the areas of class actions, shareholder disputes, competition law, and contractual and securities litigation. She is often recommended as conflicts counsel by Seven Sister firms and has been qualified as an expert on Canadian law (shareholder disputes) in foreign proceedings. She is the former Chair of the Commercial Practice Group of The Advocates' Society, a member of its 10+ Standing Committee of the Board of Directors, and a regular panelist at its skills training and continuing legal education programs. She also volunteers as Duty Counsel at Law Society Discipline Committee Hearings and is a former member of the Ontario Securities Commission Litigation Assistance Project. Steep, R. Paul McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7998 psteep@mccarthy.ca Litigation partner based in Toronto, with a broad commercial litigation practice that focuses on securities litigation including class actions. Has appeared before all levels of the Courts of Ontario, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Acts in major commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, all forms of securities litigation, directors' and officers' liability cases, banking litigation, and class actions. Regularly appears before the OSC on a variety of regulatory and enforcement matters, and acts on behalf of corporations and individuals subject to OSC investigations. Tait, David A. McCarthy Tétrault LLP > (416) 601-7717 dtait@mccarthy.ca David Tait is a partner in the Litigation Group and the Intellectual Property Group in the firm's Toronto office. He serves as lead counsel for a diverse range of clients in high-stakes and complex intellectual property litigation, with a particular focus on patent litigation. Additionally, he leads significant non-patent mandates, including trademark, trade secret, and contractual disputes. David frequently represents innovative pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement actions, PM(NOC) proceedings, and Section 8 damages cases. His practice also extends to the technology sector, where he advises prominent clients in fintech, health-related technology, and agriculture. David appears before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Ontario Court. He is also committed to pro bono work, providing representation for child refugee claimants as a designated representative before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Lexpert-ranked leading litigation lawyers