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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION Earl A. Cherniak, QC Lerners LLP Tel: (416) 601-2350 Fax: (416) 867-2402 Toronto echerniak@lerners.ca William G. Horton, CArb, FCIArb William G. Horton Professional Corporation Tel: (416) 504-4666 Fax: (416) 504-7257 Toronto wgh@wghlaw.com Regarded by the Canadian Litigation Bar as one of the country's leading counsel and arbitrators. Extensive trial and appellate experience in complex litigation involving a wide range of areas, including commercial disputes, constitutional challenges, arbitrations, insurance, securities, professional responsibility, product liability and appeals. Wide experience as a commercial arbitrator. Chair of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS) (2010‒2013). Has written and spoken frequently at continuing legal education programs in Canada and the US. Fellow of the ACTL (1982) and the IATL (1987). Elected bencher of the LSUC and Chair of its proceedings authorization committee (1999–2007). Past President of the TAS(O). Appointed QC in 1974. Member of the Ontario Bar. Bill Horton practices as an arbitrator and mediator in Canadian and international business disputes. He has been appointed tribunal chair, sole arbitrator and party nominee in numerous substantial disputes including ad hoc and institutional arbitrations involving nuclear facilities, telecom, aircraft engines, satellite and wireless industry disputes, government privatization contracts, soft ware licensing and other intellectual property. He is a Canadian member of the NAFTA 2022 Committee and past Chair of the International Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association. His arbitration affiliations include: ICC, ICDR, ADR Institute of Canada (ADR), CIETAC and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Horton's professional recognitions include: the Lionel J. McGowan Award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution conferred by the ADR (2010); and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2007) for "Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals (Global) in Commercial Litigation." Frank Iacobucci, CC, QC, LLD, LSM Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8217 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto fiacobucci@torys.com Joined Torys as Counsel in September 2004 after retiring as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. In September 2004, he also began serving as Interim President of the University of Toronto and assumed a full-time senior advisory role at Torys in July 2005. As Counsel, Frank Iacobucci advises government and business on important legal and policy matters. His work includes guidance, advice and support to clients of Torys and members of the firm. A former Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law and the University of Toronto, he is the author of numerous publications and recipient of many awards and honors in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy. Dip. Int'l L., 1966, Cambridge University. LLM, 1964, Cambridge University. LLB, 1962, University of British Columbia. BComm, 1961, University of British Columbia. Ontario Bar, 1970. Alan J. Lenczner, QC Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Tel: (416) 865-3090 Fax: (416) 865-9010 Toronto alenczner@litigate.com Founding partner. Widely acknowledged as one of Canada's leading litigators, Alan Lenczner has applied his advocacy skills to yield precedent-setting decisions in nearly every area of civil litigation. Drawing on four decades of experience in complex litigation matters, he appears regularly before courts at all levels across the country, as well as administrative tribunals. He has also appeared as counsel before the High Court and the Court of Appeal in the UK and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A frequent lecturer on a broad range of legal subjects, Lenczner has helped to guide a generation of lawyers. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 111

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