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CLASS ACTION Benjamin Zarnett Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4204 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto bzarnett@goodmans.ca Partner. Practices as trial and appellate counsel, emphasizing commercial cases involving public companies, financial institutions and government. Has practiced before the SCC, FCC, all levels of courts in Ontario and many administrative tribunals. Lead counsel in some of the most important, high-profile cases that have recently been decided in Canada, including the litigation involving the restructuring of the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper market, the contest over the acquisition of BCE, the Danier Leather class action, and the Indalex priority dispute. Awarded 2006 Law Society Medal (highest honor) by LSUC, the 2007 Award of Distinction by TLA for outstanding contributions to the legal profession and the 2009 OBA Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation. Named "Toronto Litigator of the Year" for Bet-the-Company (2013/2010), Corporate/Commercial (2012) and Class Action (2011) by The Best Lawyers in Canada. Named "Ontario Litigator of the Year" at the 1st Benchmark Canada Awards (2013). Past President of the TAS(O). ACTL Fellow. Extensive list of publications and public speeches. Marie Audren Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (514) 954-3126 Fax: (514) 954-1905 Montréal maudren@blg.com Partner and Montréal regional leader of BLG's Class Actions Group. Defends corporate clients in class-action suits on matters of product liability, telecommunications, insurance, securities litigation, pension funds, professional liability, consumer law, defamation and Charter of Rights. In addition to defence work, has represented the appellant on the plaintiff side before the Supreme Court of Canada in 2009 in two class-action suits seeking the reimbursement of municipal taxes. Chair of subcommittee on the Superior Court rules of practice, Québec Bar Advisory Committee on Class Actions. Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada (class-action litigation) and Benchmark Canada (class actions, commercial litigation, insurance, product liability, securities). Called to the Québec Bar in 1992. In 2013, Audren was awarded the distinction Advocatus Emeritus (Ad.E.) by the Québec Bar. Christine A. Carron, QC, AdE Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (514) 847-4404 Fax: (514) 286-5474 Montréal christine.carron@nortonrosefulbright.com Robert E. Charbonneau Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (514) 954-2518 Fax: (514) 954-1905 Montréal rcharbonneau@blg.com Christine A. Carron is a senior partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada. She practices primarily in corporate and commercial litigation and in the areas of banking, privacy, product liability, consumer protection and e-commerce. She is Chair of Norton Rose Fulbright privacy and access to information team in Canada. Carron also acts as defence counsel in major class actions. She has represented clients in parliamentary commissions on the adoption and amendment of Québec's privacy legislation for the private sector and participated in the consultation process for Quebec's legislation on new technologies. She was named Advocatus Emeritus by the Bar of Québec in 2007, is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was one of 25 women lawyers to be awarded Lexpert ®'s Zenith Award in 2009. Partner and Montréal regional leader of BLG's Aviation Group, Directors' and Officers' Liability Group and Product Liability Group; Chair of Class Action Group. Practice is focused primarily on class-action litigation, multijurisdictional litigation, insurance law and professional liability, product liability, and civil liability in aviation matters. Has handled class actions for more than 20 years, representing clients such as manufacturers, retail chains and financial institutions. Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 in the fields of in aviation law, bet the company and class action litigation, personal injury litigation and product liability law. Also recognized by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers 2007–2013 and Who's Who Legal: Canada. Received BCL from McGill University in 1974. Called to the Québec Bar in 1975. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 65