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 John A. Campion Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4357 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto jcampion@fasken.com Gordon D. Capern Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Tel: (416) 646-4311 Fax: (416) 646-4301 Toronto gordon.capern@paliareroland.com Recognized as one of Canada's leading trial, arbitration and appellate counsel with over 100 complex trials, applications and arbitrations, 80 administrative tribunal hearings, and 60 appeals, including the Canadian Provincial and Federal Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, in class-action defense, corporate, commercial, securities, injunctions, corporate governance, constitutional, product liability, mining, competition, energy and arbitration. Class actions include Bre-X for Nesbitt Burns, Boston Scientific, VIA Rail, Air Canada, UPS and The Dominion. Public inquiries include United Nations Oil-for-Food and Gomery Inquiry. Former: President of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Chair of Fasken Martineau, Adjunct Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall and the University of Toronto, President of the Empire Club, and a Director of the CBC. A frequent lecturer and author. Recognized in Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Practical Law Company, Euromoney and several Lexpert® publications. Called to the Bar in Ontario and Northwest Territories in 1974. Senior partner of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP, and a leader of its corporate and commercial litigation practice. Director of The Advocates' Society, and Vice Chair of its Standing Committee on Advocacy and Practice. Advises clients and acted as counsel in the resolution of disputes in many areas of corporate and commercial activity, including issues arising from complex commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions in a wide array of industries, liability of professional advisors (including auditors, accountants and lawyers), shareholder and partnership disputes, director, officer and employee litigation, with considerable expertise in their fiduciary obligations, and franchises and dealerships. Currently engaged as lead defense counsel in high-profile insider trading proceedings at the Ontario Securities Commission. Capern is recognized as a leading corporate commercial litigation lawyer in The 2014 Lexpert ®/ American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is also ranked in Chambers Global for Dispute Resolution where he is described as "a very prominent and effective litigator" and as a "local litigation star" in Ontario by Benchmark Canada. Earl A. Cherniak, QC Lerners LLP Tel: (416) 601-2350 Fax: (416) 867-2402 Toronto echerniak@lerners.ca 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. David P. Chernos Torys LLP Tel: (416) 865-8246 Fax: (416) 865-7380 Toronto dchernos@torys.com Practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on matters involving insolvency, corporate restructurings, income tax, directors' liability and insurance, estates litigation and shareholders' disputes in closely held companies. David Chernos has appeared as lead counsel before the Ontario trial courts, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Tax Court of Canada. Before joining Torys' Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, Chernos practiced for several years as a member of the firm's Restructuring and Insolvency Practice. Recognized as one of Canada's litigation lawyers to watch by the Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/ Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. Has written on bankruptcy issues in Canadian Bankruptcy Reports. Directorship, The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Membership, The Advocates' Society. LLB, 1991, Queen's University; BA (Honors), 1988, University of Toronto; Ontario Bar, 1993. LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 75