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Wardle, Peter C., Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LLP Toronto - (416) 351-2771 - pwardle@wdbblaw.ca
Peter Wardle is one of the founding partners of Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LLP, a litigation boutique
which focuses on corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, class actions, directors' and officers'
liability and professional liability. Wardle has been involved in a large number of trials and court applications
involving shareholder and partnership disputes, securities, banking, competition, professional negligence,
wrongful dismissal, estates, construction, real estate and environmental issues, as well as a wide variety of
contractual disputes. He also has participated in a number of arbitrations involving commercial issues. He
has acted as counsel at two provincial commissions of inquiry. He has published a number of practice articles.
Wardle was a Director of e Advocates' Society from 2000 to 2006 and chaired its Education Committee.
In 2006 he was a member of the Toronto Advisory Committee to the Civil Justice Reform Project.
Wardle is a Bencher of e Law Society of Upper Canada.
Ouellet, Patrick, Woods LLP Montréal - (514) 982-2551 - pouellet@woods.qc.ca
Patrick Ouellet has been a partner of the firm since 2006. He is known as one of Québec's finest trial and
appellate lawyers. His practice spans the fields of commercial, corporate and civil litigation as well as arbitra-
tion. Ouellet's particular focus has been in litigation involving securities, telecommunications, class actions,
construction and shareholder disputes, in which he has been and remains responsible for many especially
high-profile cases. In February 2016, Ouellet was named Québec Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada,
an honor bestowed on the basis of extensive research and peer review and ranking. He is also listed as one of
Québec's preeminent litigators in a number of fields by publications such as Lexpert®, Benchmark and Cham-
bers Canada. Ouellet has taught e Law of Evidence at the Québec Bar School for many years
and he is a sought-aer speaker on diverse subject matters related to his areas of practice.
Lapierre, Stéphanie, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montréal - (514) 397-5137 - slapierre@fasken.com
Stéphanie Lapierre is Co-chair of the Montréal commercial litigation group and specializes in complex
corporate and financial litigation, including securities litigation, shareholder disputes and other financial liti-
gation. She is regularly involved in court proceedings undertaken pursuant to corporate statutes, including
court-sanctioned arrangements, dissidence rights and liquidations. Lapierre is involved in high-profile securi-
ties law cases, including litigation arising in hostile take-over bids and concerning securities law infractions,
such as insider trading, market manipulation and disseminating false and misleading information. She repre-
sents reporting issuers in investigations conducted by the Autorité des marchés financiers. She advises boards
of directors and senior management of corporations on complex legal issues. Lapierre is the Vice-president of
the Canadian Bar Association's Business Law Section Commercial Litigation Committee and she Co-chairs
the Business and Corporate Litigation Committees International Litigation Subcommittee
of the American Bar Association.
Zarnett, Benjamin, Goodmans LLP Toronto - (416) 597-4204 - bzarnett@goodmans.ca
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 profes-
sion and the 2009 OBA Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation. Named "Toronto Litigator of the Year" for
Bet-the-Company (2013/2010), Corporate/Commercial (2012), Class Action (2011/2015) and Director/
Officer Liability (2016) by Best Lawyers in Canada. Recognized as one of three "Star Individuals" for dispute
resolution by Chambers Global. ACTL Fellow.
