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Boswell, Duncan C., Gowling WLG Toronto - (416) 862-4466 - duncan.boswell@gowlingwlg.com
Duncan Boswell is an exceptional commercial litigator who has conducted dozens of trials, arbitrations and
appeals in over 25 years at the Bar. He is known for his strategic thinking on the most sophisticated corporate
and commercial disputes, including multi-million and multi-billion-dollar cases. He has applied his consider-
able knowledge, resourcefulness and skill to advise clients in various industries, including the banking, mining
and construction sectors. His expertise includes contract disputes, oppression actions, fraud, shareholder
disputes, class actions, professional negligence, real estate disputes and environmental contamination. He
provides clear, understandable and practical advice to clients across Canada, the US and Asia. He was a law
clerk to the Honorable Justice Peter deCarteret Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada, an honor reserved for
the brightest minds in law school, and has a Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering ) degree.
Campion, John A., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Toronto - (416) 865-4357 - jcampion@fasken.com
Recognized as a leading advocate, featured by Lexpert® as one of Canada's leading 25 barristers with over 300
reported and public decisions. Senior counsel in over 150 private law trials, arbitrations and class actions;
80 tribunal hearings; 60 appeals in ON, BC, AB, QC, NB, NS, FCC, SCC; litigating: energy, securities,
competition, insurance, banking, constitutional, shareholder issues, construction, transportation, products
liability. Public law counsel – Inquiries: Gomery, United Nations Oil for Food, Walkerton; Energy;
Legislation: Canada, Ontario, Manitoba; Boards – Energy, Competition, Securities, Pensions, Auto.
Partner, Fasken Martineau, past Chair Toronto and litigation. Adjunct professor (20 years): Osgoode and
U of T; four-time elected Bencher of LSUC (Emeritus Bencher); Director and President, Federation of
Law Societies. Author, lecturer, past President Empire Club of Canada; Commissioner, Elections Finance
Commission; Director, CBC & Chair Audit Committee. Ranked by Chambers Global, Lexpert®, e Best
Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney, Who's Who Legal and Who's Who Legal: Canada.
Capern, Gordon D., Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Toronto - (416) 646-4311
gordon.capern@paliareroland.com -
Gordon Capern is a senior partner and a leader of the corporate and com-
mercial litigation practice. He advises clients and acts as counsel in the resolution of disputes in many areas of
corporate and commercial activity, including issues arising from complex commercial transactions, includ-
ing M&A in a variety of industries, liability of professional advisors, shareholder and partnership disputes,
director, officer and employee litigation, with expertise in their fiduciary obligations, and franchises and
dealerships. He is recognized as a leading corporate commercial litigation lawyer in e 2016 Lexpert®/Ameri-
can Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is also ranked in Chambers Global for Dispute
Resolution where he is described as "a very prominent and effective litigator" and as a "local litigation star"
in Ontario by Benchmark Canada. He is also ranked in e Best Lawyers in Canada 2017 for Corporate and
Commercial Litigation. Capern became a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in 2015.
Callaghan, John E., Gowling WLG Toronto - (416) 369-6693 - john.callaghan@gowlingwlg.com
John Callaghan's broad practice includes civil litigation, commercial litigation, administrative issues and
regulatory offense work. He appears before all levels of courts and tribunals, including arbitration panels. His
expertise is oen sought for complex cases. He has been described as a very "versatile litigator" who is "unflap-
pable" in his handling of the myriad of cases he has "on the go." Callaghan was elected by the profession as a
Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, which governs the legal profession in Ontario. Callaghan is
a member of the Civil Rules Committee, having been appointed by successive Chief Justices of the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice. Callaghan is co-author of Class Action Law and Practice (Butterworths), the leading
and most frequently cited class action text in Canada. He has been recognized as a leading counsel by e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, e Best Lawyers in Canada, Bench-
mark Canada, Chambers Canada and Chambers Global in areas such as class actions, commercial litigation
and competition.
