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130 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « CORPORATE LAWYERS TO WATCH » Robbie Grossman is a partner in the fi rm's Capital Markets and M&A Group. Grossman advises a broad range of companies and securities dealers on mergers and acquisitions, initial public off erings, private placements, equity and debt fi nancings, corporate and commercial matters, and stock exchange listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and Canadian Securities Exchange. Grossman also provides detailed advice to companies with respect to securities regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure requirements and corporate governance matters. Grossman recently acted for a Canadian TSXV-listed issuer on its proposed acquisition of a California NYSE MKT-listed issuer. » Eloïse is a leading expert in IT and privacy law. She advises clients from various indus- tries on legal and privacy requirements of new projects, products, practices, technologies. She also assists clients in crisis situations (privacy class action lawsuits, security breaches and privacy commissioners' investigations). She is o en featured or interviewed in the news as a privacy expert (Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Radio-Canada, CTV, TVA, CBC, Les Aff aires, National Post, Le Devoir, La presse, the Gazette). She is the author of the textbook "Understanding Personal Information: Managing Privacy Risks" (LexisNexis, 2013) and "Internet and Wireless Privacy: Legal Guide to Global Business Practices" (CCH, 2003) which were both quoted by the Supreme Court of Canada in important privacy cases. She has also co-authored the 2013 edition of "Privacy In e Workplace" (CCH). She has been featured in the LEXPERT magazine as a leading Canadian privacy lawyer in fall 2013. She teaches e-commerce law (HEC business school) and privacy law (University of Montreal). » Martha Harrison practices international trade and customs law, with additional focus on regulatory law, government relations and contracting law, and international arbitration. Her international trade and investment practice includes customs law, anti- dumping and countervail issues, import and export controls, and foreign investment. She has participated in all stages of several trade remedy disputes before the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, including inquiries, expiry reviews, as well as China-specifi c and global safeguards. Harrison has also acted as counsel in NAFTA Chapter 11/bilateral investment disputes and inves- tor-state arbitrations involving a variety of Foreign Investment Protection Agreements. » Stewart Hayne has leveraged his science and technology background to become one of the few lawyers in Atlantic Canada practicing intellectual property and technol- ogy law, both litigation and commercial. He has litigated cases arising out of licensed trade secrets, trade-mark infringement, patent infringement and copyright infringe- ment, including novel issues arising out of the use of open-source so ware. A signifi cant component of his practice is medical defense matters, further leveraging his science background. Hayne's practice also includes assisting in corporate transactions with intellectual property components. He has assisted in the sale of corporate telecommu- nications divisions and in the $6-billion Muskrat Falls agreement. Formerly IP counsel with Ballard Power Systems, he assisted in the sale of Ballard's automotive division to Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company. He is recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for Computer & IT Law and Intellectual Property. Hayne was named one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in 2013. Robbie Grossman McMillan LLP Tel: (416) 865-7209 Fax: (416) 865-7048 Éloïse Gratton McMillan LLP Tel: (514) 987-5000 Fax: (514) 987-1213 Martha Harrison Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (416) 862-3421 Fax: (416) 863-4592 Stewart Hayne Cox & Palmer Tel: (902) 491-4466 Fax: (902) 421-3130 robbie.grossman@mcmillan.ca eloise.gratton@mcmillan.ca martha.harrison@dentons.com shayne@coxandpalmer.com