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www.lexpert.ca/usguide-litigation/ | LEXPERT • December 2017 | 45 CORPORATE COMMERCIAL Watson, Michael S.F., Gowling WLG Toronto - (416) 369-7245 - michael.watson@gowlingwlg.com Michael Watson is Adjunct Professor of Law at Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School, and also teaches at the University of Notre Dame and l'Université de Moncton. He is a partner in the Toronto office of Gowling WLG, practicing in the area of corporate and commercial litigation, administrative law, and employment and labor relations. Watson handles a wide variety of commercial, constitutional and administrative matters. He has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, in the Federal Court of Canada and in the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as the trial and appellate courts of Alberta. roughout his career, Watson has been heavily involved in legal education in Ontario, in the fields of civil procedure and trial advocacy. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on civil procedure in the province, speaking to Ontario Superior Court judges on various trial advocacy and civil procedure topics, as well as in various programs for e Law Society of Upper Canada and e Advocates' Society. 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 profession 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), Product Liability (2016) and Director/Officer Liability (2017) by Best Lawyers in Canada. Recognized as one of three "Star Individuals" for dispute resolution by Chambers Global. Babin, Edward J., Babin Bessner Spry LLP Barrack, Michael E., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Barton, Sandra L., Gowling WLG Batner, Sarit E., McCarthy Tétrault LLP Bell, Derek J., DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Berg, Bradley E., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Berman, Wendy, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Binnie, Ian, CC, QC, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Bjorkquist, Sonia L., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Block, Sheila R., Torys LLP Bredt, Christopher D., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Bunting, James (Jim), Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Byers, David R., Stikeman Elliott LLP Callaghan, John E., Gowling WLG Campbell, Nigel, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Campion, John A., Gardiner Roberts LLP Capern, Gordon D., Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP Cherniak, Earl A., QC, Lerners LLP Chernos, David, Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP Cohen, Robert B., Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Conklin, David D., Goodmans LLP Curry, Tom, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP D'Silva, Alan L.W., Stikeman Elliott LLP Doris, James W.E., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Douglas, James D.G., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Eizenga, LSM, Michael A., Bennett Jones LLP Finlay, Bryan, QC, WeirFoulds LLP Finnigan, John L., Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP Finkelstein, Neil, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Flaherty, Patrick, Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP Forbes, Sandra A., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Fuerst, Linda L., Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Gelowitz, Mark A., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Gottlieb, Matthew P., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Griffin, Peter, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Groia, Joseph, Groia & Company Professional Corporation Hoaken, Eric R., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Hall, Geoff R., McCarthy Tétrault LLP Harrison, Robert S., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Heintzman, Thomas G., QC, OC, Thomas G. Heintzman Professional Corporation Hodgson, James A., Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Howard, Peter F.C., Stikeman Elliott LLP Jackson, Patricia D.S., Torys LLP Jamal, Mahmud, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Jilesen, Monique, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Karayannides, George J., Clyde & Co Canada LLP Kay, Katherine L., Stikeman Elliott LLP Keefe, John A., Goodmans LLP Kent, David W., McMillan LLP Kimmel, Jessica A., Goodmans LLP Kolers, Eliot N., Stikeman Elliott LLP Lax, C. Clifford, QC, LSM, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Le Vay, Paul H., Stockwoods LLP Lederman, Eli S., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Lenczner, Alan J., QC, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP Leon, Jeffrey S., LSM, Bennett Jones LLP Lisus, Jonathan C., Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Lowenstein, Larry P., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP MacKenzie, Gavin, MacKenzie Barristers Mark, Alan H., Goodmans LLP McDowell, William C., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP McKinnon, Angus T., Lerners LLP McLaughlin, Frank, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Michell, M. Paul, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP Millar, W.A. Derry, WeirFoulds LLP Milne-Smith, Matthew, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Morrison, F. Paul, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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