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Michael Eizenga is Chair of Bennett Jones' Class Actions Practice. A Fellow of the
ACTL, Eizenga is one of Canada's leading class-action litigators and is recognized in
Chambers Global, e Best Lawyers in Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Direc-
tory, as well as e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Can-
ada. Among other published works, Eizenga is co-author of Class Actions Law and Prac-
tice. Eizenga is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, teaching
Class Actions. He has presented to organizations such as the International Bar Associa-
tion, the Canadian Bar Association, e Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian
Institute and e Advocates' Society. He currently sits on the Board of the Toronto Re-
habilitation Foundation.
Partner and national leader of BLG's Securities Litigation Group. Extensive experience
in securities litigation, including shareholder disputes, mergers & acquisitions litigation,
broker liability suits, regulatory proceedings and prosecutions. Appears regularly as coun-
sel before all levels of courts, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities in-
dustry regulatory bodies. Former senior investigation counsel with the Ontario Securities
Commission. Frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to securities litigation and
regulation, shareholders' rights and broker liability. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1981.
Recognized in the 2014 edition of Benchmark Canada: e Defi nitive Guide to Canada's
Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (Securities). Selected by peers for inclusion in the
2015 edition (and since 2006) of e Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate and Commer-
cial Litigation, Securities Law). Recognized in the 2014 and 2013 editions of Chambers
Global – e World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Dispute Resolution: Ontario).
"Mr Finlay, with his usual consummate skill..." (Ontario Court of Appeal). Bryan Finlay,
QC, is a senior trial and appellate counsel. Finlay is a Fellow of the American College of
Trial Lawyers and an honorary overseas member of the Commercial Bar Association (Eng-
land and Wales). He clerked for Justice Spence, Supreme Court of Canada. Finlay is identi-
fi ed in Chambers Global and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory in four categories:
corporate commercial litigation, directors' and offi cers' liability, securities litigation and
public law litigation; e 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading 100 Most Creative Lawyers in
Canada; Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in
Canada; Lexpert®/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Best Lawyers in
Canada (in six categories) and recognized in the prestigious category of "Bet-the-Compa-
ny" litigators in the International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Law Business Re-
search and PLC Global Counsel 3000. Finlay was awarded the prestigious Ontario Bar
Association Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation in 2012.
John Finnigan is a founding partner of TGF and has a broad practice in complex com-
mercial litigation with signifi cant experience in insolvency and restructuring litigation.
Finnigan has been lauded as an "excellent commercial litigator" and "a very credible, no-
nonsense litigator who is extremely eff ective in court" in Chambers Global. Finnigan is
recognized as one of Canada's top lawyers in e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and as a leading lawyer for US/Canada Cross-border
Litigation in Lexpert®. He is recommended in dispute resolution (Canada) by Chambers
Global and is listed as Most Frequently Recommended in Litigation ‒ Corporate Com-
mercial by Lexpert®. He is also recognized in e Best Lawyers in Canada and as a "litiga-
tion star" for Canada in Benchmark. Finnigan is currently representing the interests of
40,000 UK pension claimants in the $7.5 billion Nortel insolvency. He is active as a direc-
tor of Worldwide Orphans Foundation Canada, a charity devoted to improving the lives
of orphans in developing nations.
Michael A.
Eizenga
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-4879
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
James D.G.
Douglas
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6029
Fax: (416) 361-2747
Toronto
Bryan
Finlay, QC
WeirFoulds LLP
Tel: (416) 947-5011
Fax: (416) 365-1876
Toronto
John L.
Finnigan
Thornton Grout
Finnigan LLP
Tel: (416) 304-0558
Fax: (416) 304-1313
Toronto
eizengam@bennettjones.com
jdouglas@blg.com
bfi nlay@weirfoulds.com
jfi nnigan@tgf.ca
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