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38 LEXPERT MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 ogy-related business law, and is a member of the Technology, Intellectual Property and Privacy group as well as Co-Chair, Information Technology, at McMillan's Vancouver office. He takes on various leadership roles within the firm and in the broader community; and is called upon regularly by news media to provide com- mentary on topical and controversial legal issues. Black presents regularly at UBC's Business Law Clinic and is active in profes- sional organizations such as the Canadian IT Law Association and Video Game Bar Association for whom he is currently orga- nizing the inaugural VGBA Canada Sum- mit in Vancouver. He is a Director of the non-profit society that guides one of Van- couver's marquee events, the Honda Cel- ebration of Light. AUDREY BOCTOR Irving Mitchell Kalichman s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP Montréal Audrey Boctor represents clients in com- plex civil and commercial disputes and has extensive experience in appellate advocacy. She has a broad public law practice, includ- ing constitutional and human rights law and a range of administrative and regula- tory matters. Boctor also regularly advises on matters relating to private international law, including jurisdiction, state immunity, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors and Legal Clinic volunteer at the Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre from 2013 to 2017. e Tyndale St-Georges Centre's mission is to empower the residents of Little Burgundy, an underprivileged neighbour- hood of Montréal, through educational programs. She is very involved with the Canadian Bar Association, particularly with respect to Administrative law. Boctor represented the estate and son of the late photo-journalist Zahra Kazemi at all levels the East Coast Music Association, Best helped implement Diversity and Equality policies for musicians in Atlantic Canada. SIMON BIEBER Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LLP Toronto Simon Bieber has been with Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LLP since July 2010 and is now the Managing Partner of the firm. He is currently lead counsel defending a multi- million-dollar price-fixing class action. He acted for the former Chief Financial Offi- cer of Sino-Forest Corp. in both class action and regulatory proceedings. Bieber was one of the first counsel to join the Litigation Assistance Program that provided pro bono representation to respondents before the Ontario Securities Commission: he acted for approximately 10 unrepresented litigants in the span of a year. Bieber is also involved with e Advocates' Society and he regularly speaks at conferences hosted by the Law Society of Upper Canada, the American Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and e Advocates' Society. In the past year, Simon has presented in Bogo- ta, Colombia, about litigation risks arising from North American companies engag- ing in mergers or acquisitions with South American companies. RYAN J. BLACK McMillan LLP Vancouver Ryan Black is a former soware and inter- net developer, and now is an equity partner at McMillan LLP. He practises technol- of court, including the SCC (Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62). WILLIAM T. CAHILL Cox & Palmer St. John's William Cahill has an active practice in the areas of mining, corporate finance, commercial real estate, and fisheries & ma- rine law. He represents both private and public mining companies in a wide range of areas, including asset acquisition, M&A and financing, and has clients trading on exchanges in Canada, the US and the UK. In addition, Cahill advises financial institutions and corporate borrowers on financings and secured transactions; and represents financial institutions on security enforcement, debt collections and judg- ment enforcement. rough his past lead- ership of the Maritime Law Section of the CBA, Cahill has taken an active role pro- vincially and nationally on legislative and law reform issues, particularly in the area of fisheries. Practising in a province that still relies heavily on the sea as a way of life, Ca- hill uses his network to attract new clients and business. MICHELLE CHAISSON Ryerson University Toronto Michelle Chaisson is Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Ryerson Univer- sity. She is responsible for providing strate- gic and business advice in corporate/com- mercial law, procurement, infrastructure, privacy, IT, copyright, CASL compliance | RISING STARS |