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Markus Koehnen has appeared before all levels of courts in Canada, including the
Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before domestic and international arbitral tribu-
nals. His practice concentrates on complex commercial litigation with particular focus on
Shareholder Rights/Corporate Governance and International Law. Significant cases have
included acting for a group of institutional bondholders in challenging the C$52-billion
leveraged buyout of BCE, defending a publicly traded mining company and its directors
against allegations of oppression, director negligence and breach of contract and several
ICC arbitrations. Koehnen is the author of Oppression and Related Remedies, a leading
text on shareholder rights and directors' liabilities published by Carswell, a omson
Reuters business. He teaches at the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a past Litiga-
tion Committee Co-chair of the International Bar Association.
Partner. Significant experience in corporate/commercial and securities litigation, share-
holder remedies, professional negligence and product liability. Has worked on significant
restructuring matters and major securities, competition and product liability class
actions and appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and the SCC. Has acted for signif-
icant participants in public and private take-over litigation and in matters before the
Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Recognized as a leading litiga-
tion lawyer by e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, the Lexpert® ALM Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers directory, e Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Canada as
a "Litigation Star" for class action, corporate/commercial and securities litigation, and
by Chambers for dispute resolution and class action. Recognized in Benchmark's Top
25 Women in Canadian Litigation. Founding/past Chair of Goodmans' professional
standards and conflicts committee. Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers.
Contributing editor to the Commercial Litigation Journal. Member, Litigation Advisory
Board for Practical Law.
Senior trial and appellate counsel with a broad practice in business litigation and an
emphasis on administrative and constitutional law, competition law and class actions.
Has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, in the Federal Court and
Federal Court of Appeal, at every level of court in Ontario, in the courts of Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Yukon, in domestic and
international commercial arbitrations and before administrative tribunals. Recipient
of the 2015 Law Society Medal. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the
Litigation Counsel of America and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrations. Member of
the Ontario Regional Committee of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Speaks and
writes regularly on public law, competition and civil litigation issues. LLM, 1977, Univer-
sity of California. LLB (Gold Medalist), 1976, University of Toronto. Ontario Bar, 1979.
Alberta Bar, 1987.
C. Clifford Lax, QC, LSM, was called to the Ontario Bar in 1970, appointed Queen's
Counsel in 1982 and awarded the Law Society Medal in 2008. Fellow, American College
of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Past President of e
Advocates' Society. Arbitrator, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA).
Arbitrator, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member, Toronto Commercial
Arbitration Society. Member, American Dispute Resolution Center. Past National Chair-
man, Environmental Law, CBA. Past Provincial Chairman of American College of Trial
Lawyers. Wide range of experience in major litigation and arbitration work, spanning all
fields with emphasis on complex corporate commercial and securities disputes, real estate
transactions, environmental liability and defamation. Languages: English and French.
Markus
Koehnen
McMillan LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7218
Fax: (647) 722-6721
Toronto
Jessica A.
Kimmel
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4219
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
John B.
Laskin
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7317
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
C. Clifford
Lax, QC,
LSM
Lax O'Sullivan
Scott Lisus LLP
Tel: (416) 598-0988
Fax: (416) 598-3730
Toronto
markus.koehnen@mcmillan.ca
jkimmel@goodmans.ca
jlaskin@torys.com
clax@counsel-toronto.com
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