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36 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 load displacement agreements and various procurements, including those related to the Site C Clean Energy Project. Site C, with a cost estimate in excess of $8 billion, is a third dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeast BC. She has volunteered her time to assist with the organization of the YWCA Women of Great Distinction Awards, and in 2017 participated as a judge for the Association of Women in Finance PEAK Awards. Ar- cher is actively involved in the Next Lead- ers Council of the Business Council of British Columbia, the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Vancouver Chapter of As- sociates for Corporate Growth. She was an Adjunct Professor at the University of BC Faculty of Law (2010 to 2014) where she co-taught a class on corporate matters. CHRIS ARMSTRONG Goodmans LLP Toronto Chris Armstrong is a Goodmans LLP part- ner, practising in the areas of restructuring, commercial insolvency, M&A and corpo- rate law. His practice has included acting for debtors, court-appointed officers, bond- holders, purchasers and other participants in a number of complex cross-border and Canadian restructurings, including Nortel Networks, Crystallex International Corp., Tervita Corp., Horsehead Holding Corp., Smurfit-Stone, Northstar Aerospace and Eddie Bauer, as well as acting on behalf of purchasers and vendors in a number of receivership sales. For the past eight and a half years, Armstrong has played an inte- gral role in the Nortel proceedings. Arm- strong is an Adjunct Professor at Western Law School, teaching the Advanced Re- structuring course. He received in 2016 the USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Ex- cellence. In 2014, he received the Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner's Citation for Lifesaving and the St. John Ambulance Lifesaving Award for assisting and resusci- tating a cottage neighbour during a near- drowning incident. ALEXANDRE-PHILIPPE AVARD Dentons Canada LLP Montréal Alexandre-Philippe Avard joined Dentons in 2012. His practice is focused on com- mercial litigation and Aboriginal law. He has been involved, either as lead or support- ing counsel, in complex and high-profile cases, including Chippewas of the ames First Nation v. Enbridge Pipelines, 2017 SCC 41. He was a key member of the team representing Enbridge before the SCC in proceedings where Chippewas of the ames First Nation challenged the legal- ity of the National Energy Board's approval of a pipeline project. e upcoming judg- ment will likely be a landmark decision on the Crown's duty to consult Aboriginal peoples. Fully committed to being paper- less, Avard created databases of documents and precedents relevant to his practice. He consistently works with litigation soware and uses electronic devices in court appear- ances and client meetings. In addition, Av- ard is part of Dentons' National E-Discov- ery Committee, identifying best practices and technologies, and providing training to litigation lawyers and paralegals. ANNIE BERNARD Fasken Martineau DuMoulin s.e.n.c.r.l., s.r.l. Montréal Annie Bernard's construction law prac- tice is multifaceted and includes contract draing, project management, contract disputes, construction liens, public private partnerships, building authority licensing, construction defects, procurement advice, delay claims, product liability, claim bonds, international infrastructure projects with an emphasis on Africa and international arbitration. Bernard has been a Director of éâtre Le Clou for eight years. She has also been instrumental in creating "Le Cube," an international research and cre- ation centre for theatre devoted to youth. She is involved in the Fasken "F3 ‒ Forces Féminines Fasken" group and is the Co- Founder of the Fasken Construction Com- mittee, which has organized in the past two years a seminar held in Montréal and Québec for clients and potential clients. She has been President of the Construction and Infrastructure Law Committee of the Canadian Bar Association ‒ Québec region for the past two years. Since 2013, she has been the Board Secretary of the Project Management Institute (PMI-Montreal). ERIN BEST Stewart McKelvey St. John's Erin Best is a litigator and head of the Stew- art McKelvey Newfoundland and Labra- dor litigation group. She has appeared be- fore all levels of court in NL representing over a dozen regional, national and multi- national insurance clients, municipalities and construction clients. She regularly acts in complex and multi-party cases. As an in- tellectual property lawyer and trade-mark agent, Best has worked with her clients to develop and execute their brand and fran- chising strategies. In her role as an Officer of the CBA National IP Section, she has been heavily involved in consultations on the Copyright Act and Trade-marks Act and regulations, including co-chairing the CBA submission on the overhaul of the Copyright Act in 2012. As Vice-Chair of | RISING STARS |