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Lexpert Ranks 19 Davies Partners Among Canada’s Leading Litigators, Three Cases Among Top 10 Business Decisions
The 2023 Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation lists 19 Davies partners among Canada’s top practitioners.
This year, the following partners are recognized for excellence in the industry:
- Marc-André Boutin
- William Brock
- Chantelle Cseh
- Marie-France Dompierre
- Guy Du Pont
- Denis Ferland
- Sandra A. Forbes
- Steven Frankel
- Julie Girard
- Jean-Philippe Groleau
- Christian Lachance
- Maureen Littlejohn
- Matthew Milne-Smith
- Léon Moubayed
- Louis-Martin O’Neill
- Derek D. Ricci
- Nick Rodrigo
- Luis G. Sarabia
- Kent E. Thomson
Davies also acted on three cases listed in Lexpert's Top 10 Business Decisions:
- Canada (Commissioner of Competition) V. Rogers Communications Inc., 2023 FCA 16, in which Davies successfully acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in what was the largest case ever heard by the Competition Tribunal and the first pre-closing merger challenge to go before the Tribunal
- Workman Optometry Professional Corporation V. Certas Home and Auto Insurance Company, 2023 ONSC 3356, in which Davies successfully defended Continental Casualty Company in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in a billion-dollar class action concerning business interruption coverage arising from the Covid-19 pandemic
- Dans l’affaire de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies de Groupe Sélection Inc., in which Davies acted for Revera Inc, Fédération des caisses Desjardins, Fonds de Solidarité FTQ, The Blackstone Group and SmartCentres REIT in Groupe Sélection’s proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Published annually, this special edition profiles the top-ranked Lexpert lawyers practising in business-related litigation.
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