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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017
People on the Move
A snapshot of recent hires, mergers, splits and appointments across Canada
BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER
In Vancouver, Robert Quon joined Den-
tons Canada LLP's corporate practice
group, specifically as lead partner focusing
on the aviation and aerospace industry. He
has a national and international clientele,
including Europe- and Asia-based airlines.
Maxime Faille relocated to Vancouver
from Ottawa. As the leader of Gowling
WLG's Aboriginal practice group, he has
focused his 20-year career on Aboriginal
and treaty rights, First Nation taxation, self-
government, Aboriginal consultation and
accommodation, Impact and Benefit Agree-
ments and economic development.
Tina Cicchetti, partner at Fasken Mar-
tineau DuMoulin LLP, was elected Vice-
Chair of the ICC Canada Arbitration
Committee. She will serve two years as the
Vice-Chair of the committee, before becom-
ing its Chair. She would like to increase the
membership ranks during her tenure, espe-
cially in Western Canada, she told Cana-
dian Lawyer magazine in November.
Harper Grey LLP welcomed Derek Mah
as associate counsel in its critical injury prac-
tice group.
Ken Chow joined Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP as an associate in the firm's
securities practice group.
ALBERTA CALGARY
In Calgary, Josef Hocher (see above) and
Kenton Rein relocated to Cassels Brock
where they are now both partners. Rein
practises with the firm's financial services
group. He acts on cross-border transactions
for financial institutions and borrowers, and
for purchasers and vendors in M&A deals.
Rein was previously with Stikeman Elliott.
James Eamon, QC, was appointed to the
Alberta Court of Queen's Bench. He was
previously a partner with Gowling WLG.
In Edmonton, Kevin Freehan, QC, for-
merly of Dentons, was appointed a judge of
the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench.
Christopher Zelyas moved his litiga-
tion practice to Dentons Canada,
after leaving Parlee McLaws. Zelyas
has appeared before all levels of the
Alberta and Federal courts, focusing
on applications for immediate in-
junctive relief in intellectual property
and commercial matters. Notably,
he was lead counsel on Reckitt Ben-
ckiser v. Jamieson Laboratories, in
which the Court inferred irreparable
harm from evidence of confusion
and granted a pre-trial order forcing
the defendant to cease use of a
brand name pending trial. He is
a graduate of Harvard Law School.
ALAN HUTCHISON
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Vancouver
Corporate
CHRISTOPHER ZELYAS
Dentons Canada LLP
Edmonton
Litigation
JOSEF HOCHER
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Calgary
Energy Law
Alan Hutchison relocated to Osler,
where he focuses on securities and
corporate-commercial law as well
as mining law. He was most recent-
ly co-chair of Dentons' mining prac-
tice group. He has advised public
companies and securities dealers
globally in his more than 15 years
of practice. Matters include: public
and private financing transactions
(both equity and debt), takeover
bids, M&As, corporate reorgan-
izations and joint ventures. Last
year, he assisted Lion One in its
non-brokered private placement,
for proceeds of $38.2 million.
Josef Hocher joined Cassels
Brock's Calgary office, adding
his expertise in the oil and gas
sector to the firm's roster. He
has a global practice in energy
law — with matters including
crude oil, natural gas and LNG
projects — and was among the
founders of Buried Hill Energy,
an oil and gas company with
operations in Turkmenistan.
Hocher also serves as chair
of Orthoshop Geomatics,
a geomatics services company.
Prior to joining Cassels Brock,
he was a partner at Osler.
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