The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Robert S. Harrison Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4384 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto rharrison@fasken.com Ranked as one of Canada's leading corporate and commercial litigators. He has extensive trial, appellate, and arbitration experience. Robert Harrison has litigated cases in many areas of substantive law, including in relation to securities, financial institutions, shareholders' remedies, insurance coverage, directors' & officers' liability, environmental litigation, intellectual property, professional negligence, injunctions, class actions, professional conflicts of interest and insolvencies and restructurings. Harrison's highprofile cases include Waxman v. Waxman, Gold Reserve Inc. v. Rusoro Mining Limited, Sabre Inc. v. International Air Transport Association, and Angelica Choc et al. v. HudBay Minerals Inc. Harrison is very highly ranked by Martindale Hubbell, Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Benchmark Canada. Harrison is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Litigation Counsel of America. James A. Hodgson Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (416) 216-2989 Fax: (416) 216-3930 Toronto jim.hodgson@nortonrosefulbright.com William G. Horton, CArb, FCIArb William G. Horton Professional Corporation Tel: (416) 504-4666 Fax: (416) 504-7257 Toronto wgh@wghlaw.com Peter F.C. Howard Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5613 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto phoward@stikeman.com James A. Hodgson practices commercial, corporate and civil litigation with emphasis on shareholders' rights, class actions, construction law, product liability and professional liability. He has appeared as lead counsel in a wide variety of high-profile cases involving all aspects of commercial and securities law before the courts and the Ontario Securities Commission. Among other recognitions, he was ranked in Best Lawyers (2013) and in the 2012 Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada for Litigation. Past President of The Advocates' Society and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. 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, software 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, CIETAC and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Horton's professional recognitions include: the Lionel J. McGowan Award of Excellence in Dispute Resolution conferred by the ADR Institute of Canada (2010); and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007 for "Ten Most Highly Regarded Individuals (Global) in the field of commercial litigation." Partner in Stikeman Elliott's Toronto office with an emphasis on commercial litigation including securities law, class actions, commercial contracts, oppression and other types of shareholder and/or joint venture litigation and insolvency matters. Experienced in domestic and international arbitrations, mediation and alternate dispute resolution. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the trial and appellate levels of courts in Ontario, as well as numerous administrative tribunals including the Ontario Securities Commission. He has also appeared in the courts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; the Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada; the International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators; and The Canadian Legal Lexpert ® Directory, among others. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 79