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Class Actions
Ethier, Marguerite F.
Lenczner Slaght Royce
Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-2979
methier@litigate.com
Ms. Ethier's litigation
practice focuses on
intellectual property. In
patent matters, she has
acted on cases involving
biotech, pharmaceut-
icals and biologics,
nutraceuticals, medical
devices, oil and gas,
software and mechan-
ical engineering.
Facey, Brian A.
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(416) 863-4262
brian.facey@blakes.com
Chair, Blakes's Competi-
tion and Foreign Invest-
ment Group. Past Chair,
CBA's Competition Law
Section. Author of lead-
ing treatises. Ranked as
"most highly nominated
lawyer" in Canada and
"one of the world's
leading practitioners"
in this practice area.
Feehan, QC, Kevin P.
Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7330
kevin.feehan@dentons.com
Mr. Feehan has ap-
peared in Alberta
courts, the Federal
Court of Canada and
Supreme Court of Can-
ada. His areas of prac-
tice include personal
injury and commercial
litigation, administra-
tive, constitutional,
municipal, medical
and education law.
Fabello, John
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8228
jfabello@torys.com
Mr. Fabello's practice fo-
cuses on all aspects of
securities litigation and
regulatory matters, as
well as general corpor-
ate/commercial litiga-
tion. Represents clients
across Canada before
securities and other
financial regulators,
and the courts.
Fanaki, Adam F.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5564
afanaki@dwpv.com
Mr. Fanaki has repre-
sented private parties
and the Commissioner
of Competition in signifi-
cant litigated proceed-
ings. He previously
acted as Senior Deputy
Commissioner of
Competition and
as Special Counsel
at the Canadian
Competition Bureau.
Ferland, Denis
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6423
dferland@dwpv.com
Mr. Ferland focuses on
bankruptcy and insol-
vency law, corporate
reorganizations, com-
mercial law, financial
services and com-
mercial litigation. He
has acted for Canada's
largest financial institu-
tions in insolvency and
restructuring matters.
fect of behaviour modification, so I think they do have an
enforcement benefit."
Kim of Kim Orr is convinced shareholder class actions
will only have a genuine impact if and when large Canadian
institutions begin to lead the charge.
Institutions are the largest
stockholders in any listed com-
pany, and their knowledge and resources could be a game-
changer, he says. But unlike in the US, where institutions like
the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalP-
ERS) hold companies' feet to the fire on behalf of all share-
holders, he sees a dearth of Canadian institutions willing to
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LEXPERT®Ranked Lawyers
"CORPORATIONS RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL
[OF CLASS ACTIONS]. JUST THE FACT THEY'RE THERE
AND AVAILABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS HAS HAD THE
EFFECT OF BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION, SO I THINK
THEY DO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT BENEFIT."
– David Byers, Stikeman Elliott LLP
