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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Guy J. Pratte Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (514) 954-2545 Fax: (514) 954-1905 Montréal gpratte@blg.com Guy Pratte focuses his practice on commercial litigation, including class actions, administrative law and constitutional law, although he is also often retained in complex cases of all types. Fully bilingual, he has an active practice in Ontario and Québec. Pratte pleads frequently before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Superior and Appeal Courts of Ontario and Québec, as well as the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal. In 2012, Pratte was named Advocatus Emeritus by the Québec Bar for "outstanding contributions to the legal profession." He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Advocates' Society. He is also a member of the Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, he teaches a course focused on the Supreme Court of Canada. He was the 2013 Milvain Chair in Advocacy at the University of Calgary Law School. James A. Woods, AdE Woods LLP Tel: (514) 982-4503 Fax: (514) 284-2046 Montréal jwoods@woods.qc.ca Mark D. Andrews, QC Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (604) 631-3115 Fax: (604) 632-3115 Vancouver mandrews@fasken.com D. Geoffrey Cowper, QC Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (604) 631-3185 Fax: (604) 632-3185 Vancouver gcowper@fasken.com Senior partner of the firm, James Woods practices exclusively in litigation and arbitration and has pleaded at all levels of the federal and provincial courts in Ontario and Québec, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Member of the Faculty of Law and lecturer in civil litigation at McGill University. Author of Cases and Materials in Civil Procedure (Carswell Legal Publications, 1987) and numerous articles and papers, including "Measuring the Results of Class Actions," IBA Conference on Class Actions, Rome, 2007. Called to the Bars of Québec in 1976, Ontario in 1979, Alberta and British Columbia in 2006, England and Wales in 2007 and Barreau de Paris in 2013. Has also acted as an arbitrator either as president or member of an arbitration tribunal and has acted as attorney in many commercial and international arbitrations, either ad hoc or ICC. Chair of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group in Vancouver. General litigation counsel experienced in business disputes, including corporate, partnership and jointventure disputes; investment; contract (particularly purchase and sale agreements); fraud, breach of trust and fiduciary duty cases; securities (civil and regulatory disputes); real estate and municipal cases; class actions; pension disputes and tax cases. Experienced with applications for emergency relief, such as Mareva freeze orders, injunctions and Anton Piller orders. Also practices administrative/regulatory law, including investigations and regulatory hearings; public law and white-collar criminal cases. Admitted to BC Bar in 1986. Appointed QC, 2004. Ranked AV by Martindale-Hubbell. Recognized for corporate commercial litigation, dispute resolution, and directors' & officers' liability by legal directories including Lexpert®, Chambers Global and The Best Lawyers in Canada. Included in The Lexpert ®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2009‒2013. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Senior counsel and leader of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Top ranked by Chambers Global in dispute resolution. Named one of Canada's 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer (2013). Named Best Lawyers' Vancouver Class Action Lawyer of 2012 and Corporate and Commercial Litigator of 2010. Listed by The Best Lawyers in Canada for eight areas of practice. Featured by The Lexpert ®/ American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers. Chair of the BC Justice Reform Initiative 2012. Counsel to commissions of inquiry into Indian Affairs policy, Securities Regulation and the Frank Paul Inquiry. Counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada on constitutional and Charter issues, commercial, tort, and administrative law. Active on investor-state and international commercial arbitration matters, including CMD v. DRC. Clients include Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, First Quantum Minerals, UBC, Royal Bank of Canada Group and Jim Pattison Group. Former Director and Chair of Legal Services Society and BC Chair of American College of Trial Lawyers. Appointed QC, 1997. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 91