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the Fortune 500. He has recovered dozens
of infringing domain names and succeeded
in more than a dozen domain-name arbi-
trations. He is a leader in resolving urgent
internet issues, such as phishing scams and
counterfeiting operations. He has acted in
the appeal for a 10-year airline trademark
dispute, with important repercussions for
loyalty programs, and executed an Anton
Piller order to shut down one of the world's
largest illegal movie-streaming services,
securing judgment of $1.2 million in dam-
ages and costs. Daniel recently acted pro
bono for the Alliance for Responsible Min-
ing in securing Fairmined certification of
ethically mined products.
Ana Badour
MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP > TORONTO
Ana Badour is a partner in the financial-
services group, advising on regulatory com-
pliance in the areas of consumer protection,
anti-money-laundering and prudential
requirements. Her recent work includes
acting for banks and other financial insti-
tutions in draing compliance policies,
providing consumer-protection advice on
credit cards and other financial products,
and acting for a foreign bank establishing
a Schedule III branch. She has also advised
clients in the financial-technology, includ-
ing GoldMoney, on regulatory matters
for its bullion-based internet platform; an
incoming lender on Canadian legal struc-
turing issues, and an online fintech lender
on various regulatory matters. She advised
several banks on the regulatory and com-
pliance implications of the SCC Marcotte
decision and acted for two global banks
establishing branches in Canada. Ana has
fostered strong relations with important
clients, including major Canadian banks.
Heather Barnhouse
DENTONS CANADA LLP > EDMONTON
Heather Barnhouse practises in mergers
and acquisitions and corporate/commer-
cial transactions, and assists entrepreneurs
positioning their companies for growth.
She has been lead counsel to a number of
clients completing transactions of national
and strategic importance, including the
creation of a national insurance broker-
age concurrent with a private-equity in-
fusion. She is lead counsel to a complex
international company with operations
in Canada, the US, China, Barbados and
Malta, leading the legal team in a leveraged
buy-out and eliminating a private-equity
group's ownership in the entity without
disturbing the existing Canadian and US
banking facilities. She has developed ex-
tensive experience draing and negotiating
clinical-trial and other research and col-
laboration agreements, as well as with FDA
regulatory processes, distribution arrange-
ments and licensing strategies to expand
clients' reach globally.
Anne Benedetti
GOODMANS LLP > TORONTO
Anne Benedetti has a wide-ranging admin-
istrative and municipal law practice, work-
ing closely with both private- and public-
sector clients. e projects Anne is involved
with cover every stage of the development
approval process and extend to special reg-
ulatory issues such as environmental man-
agement. She has been extensively involved
in Waterfront Toronto, involving the re-
development of the West Don Lands. She
has acted for private developers, including
Oxford Properties, RioCan REIT and Al-
lied Properties REIT, on projects ranging
from office towers to mixed-use redevelop-
ment, retail intensifications and greenfield
residential subdivisions. She has appeared
before municipal councils, committees of
adjustment, the Ontario Municipal Board,
the Conservation Review Board and the
courts. Anne's pro bono work includes as-
sisting the family of Sir Frederick Banting
in protecting the Banting Lands for their
heritage value.
Andrea Boctor
STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP > TORONTO
Andrea Boctor is head of the firm's na-
tional pension and benefits group. She has
worked on a number of complex pension
firsts, including the unprecedented set of
pension regulations achieved for Essar
Steel Algoma in 2013 and 2014. at effort
led to first-of-its-kind pension legislation
in Ontario, enabling a company, its em-
ployees and their community to stave off
a potential financial crisis. Another first is
Andrea's work with Eckler shortly aer the
company filed for CCAA protection. e
mandate involves the first attempt to con-
vert a private-sector defined-benefit pen-
sion plan to shared-risk, the first time such
a plan was ordered by the pension regulator
to be restored to a DB pension plan and the
first time any of these issues were dealt with
in a CCAA proceeding.
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