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Houston, Thomas A., Dentons Canada LLP
Keay, Derek S., Gowling WLG
Weinstein, Deborah L., LaBarge Weinstein LLP
Wright, J. Craig, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Keay, Derek S., Gowling WLG Ottawa - (613) 786-8662 - derek.keay@gowlingwlg.com
Derek S. Keay is a business law partner at Gowling WLG and is a member of the firm's Corporate Finance
and M&A Group and Technology Industry Group. Keay specializes in corporate finance and mergers &
acquisitions, primarily involving technology companies. His practice involves advising Canadian, US and
international companies and investors in relation to corporate finance transactions. He also has extensive
experience in advising target companies, shareholders and buyers in connection with the purchase and
sale of businesses, both in Canada and the United States. Keay works with businesses at various stages of
development, from start-ups to public companies, assisting them in many aspects of their day-to-day legal
requirements and transactional work. Keay has been named as a leading lawyer in corporate law by e Best
Lawyers in Canada publication since 2010 and in e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory since 2012
for Technology Transactions.
Fashler, Robert A., Gowling WLG Vancouver - (604) 443-7616 - robert.fashler@gowlingwlg.com
Rob Fashler is a leading Canadian lawyer and trade-mark agent with more than 30 years' experience
conducting an integrated intellectual property and technology practice. His practice includes establishing
and structuring proprietary rights, commercializing intangible assets, enforcing proprietary rights,
litigation, dispute resolution and strategic counseling, on a local, national and international basis. Fashler
is an arbitrator and mediator with World Intellectual Property Organization, International Trademark
Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, BC International Commercial Arbitration Centre,
Resolution Canada and National Arbitration Forum. He has received extensive recognition from
organizations such as Best Lawyers (e Best Lawyers in Canada), Lexpert® (e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory), and IAM (Intellectual Asset Management), including Vancouver Lawyer of the Year in both
the technology and information technology categories in two consecutive years from e Best Lawyers
in Canada.
OTTAWA
BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER
QUÉBEC: MONTRÉAL
ALBERTA: CALGARY
Guindi, Shahir, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Handa, Sunny, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Mayr, Clemens, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Wattiez Larose, Véronique, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Kratz, Martin P.J., QC, Bennett Jones LLP
Copland, Douglas G., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Fashler, Robert A., Gowling WLG
Peters, Matthew D., McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Slusarchuk, Cheryl L., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Spencer, Keith E., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
