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Partner. Practices as trial and appellate counsel, emphasizing commercial cases involving
public companies, financial institutions and governments. Has practiced before the SCC,
FCC, all levels of court in Ontario and many administrative tribunals. Lead counsel in
some of the most important, high-profile cases that have recently been decided in Canada,
including the litigation involving the restructuring of the Asset-Backed Commercial
Paper market, the contest over the acquisition of BCE, the Danier Leather class action,
the Indalex priority dispute and the Nortel asset allocation dispute. Awarded 2006 Law
Society Medal (highest honor) by LSUC, the 2007 Award of Distinction by TLA for
outstanding contributions to the legal profession and the 2009 OBA Award for Excel-
lence in Civil Litigation. Named "Toronto Litigator of the Year" for Bet-the-Company
(2013/2010), Corporate/Commercial (2012) and Class Action (2011/2015) by e Best
Lawyers in Canada. Recognized as one of three "Star Individuals" for dispute resolution
by Chambers Global. Past President of the TAS(O). ACTL Fellow.
Practices litigation and dispute resolution, specializing in corporate/commercial matters
with a particular focus on shareholder and boardroom disputes. Has substantial experi-
ence in all levels of court, in the Ontario Securities Commission and in commercial
arbitrations and mediations. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Frequent
speaker on corporate securities law and litigation and arbitration practice at confer-
ences organized by the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, the
Canadian Institute and Federated Press. Member of the editorial board of, and a contrib-
utor to, Federated Press's quarterly Corporate Litigation. Former instructor and team
leader at Osgoode Hall Law School Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop. LLB, 1981,
University of Toronto. Ontario Bar, 1983.
Ross Earnshaw is a partner in the Waterloo Region and Hamilton offices of Gowlings,
and is widely recognized as one of Ontario's leading litigators. Acting for a diverse clien-
tele, Earnshaw brings extensive litigation expertise in a range of areas, including real estate,
construction, insurance, employment, banking, estates, mortgage enforcement, priorities,
collections and legal malpractice defense. He has been featured in both e Canadian
Legal Lexpert® Directory and e Best Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada's top corpo-
rate commercial litigators, and was named Best Lawyers' 2015 "Lawyer of the Year" for
corporate and commercial litigation in Hamilton. Earnshaw has served as a Bencher of
the Law Society of Upper Canada since 2012, chairing the Real Estate Liaison Group
and the newly constituted Task Force on Compliance-Oriented Entity Regulation. He
also serves on the board of LibraryCo, which oversees the Ontario county courthouse
library system, and the board of the Law Foundation of Ontario, a non-profit organiza-
tion that improves access to justice for people across the province.
General counsel practicing in litigation with emphasis on commercial litigation, defama-
tion, judicial review, administrative law, professional liability and discipline, construction
litigation, employment matters and insurance law. Practice also includes domestic and
international arbitration and public inquiries. Represented the Canadian Olympic
Committee in sport arbitrations in Canada and abroad. Awarded Law Society Medal
(2012). Past member of the Ontario Judicial Council. Past President of e Advocates'
Society of Ontario. Past Adjunct Common Law Professor at the University of Ottawa.
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. President of the American College of
Trial Lawyers Canadian Foundation. Trustee of the American College of Trial Lawyers
US Foundation. Chair, American College of Trial Lawyers' Special Problems in the
Administration of Justice Committee. Serves on editorial boards of the Professional
Liability and Discipline Litigation Quarterly and the Canadian Journal of Insurance Law.
Recognized in Chambers Global and e Best Lawyers in Canada.
Benjamin
Zarnett
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4204
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
James C.
Tory
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7391
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
Ross F.
Earnshaw
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
Tel: (519) 575-7525
Fax: (519) 571-5025
Kitchener-Waterloo
J. Bruce
Carr-Harris,
LSM
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (613) 787-3505
Fax: (613) 230-8842
Ottawa
bzarnett@goodmans.ca
jctory@torys.com
ross.earnshaw@gowlings.com
bcarr-harris@blg.com
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