2025 Judges | Lexpert Rising Stars

Aniss Amdiss

Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer

Michael Casey

Senior VP and General Counsel

Nicholas Cerminaro

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Lauren Cook

Global Corporate Counsel, Environment and Regulatory

Teck Resources Limited

George Cooper, KC

Chief Executive Officer and Partner

Lindsay Cox

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, LLP

Bindu Cudjoe

Principal & Strategic Advisor

Bindustries Consulting Inc.

Vincent de l’Etoile

Partner, Litigation Group; Member Board of Directors

Langlois Lawyers, LLP

David Di Paolo

National Managing Partner and CEO

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)

Frédéric Duguay

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)

Anita Dusevic Oliva

Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

Paul Fruitman

Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

Aileen Gien

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Capstone Infrastructure Corporation

Cheryl Graden

Chief Legal and Enterprise Corporate Affairs Officer

TMX Group Limited

Monique Jilesen

Managing Partner

Lenczner Slaght

Philippe Johnson

Managing Partner, Montreal

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Kevin Kiley, KC

Managing Partner

David M. Kramer

Senior Legal Counsel

Suncor Energy Inc.

Arun Krishnamurti

François Lajeunesse

Conseiller juridique principal / Senior Legal Counsel

Desjardins Group

Sophie Lamonde

Managing Partner

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Adrian Lang

Chief Legal and Privacy Officer and Member, Board of Directors – Women General Counsel Canada

Jennifer Manning

Director and Senior Counsel Legal Affairs

Carlton Mathias

Chief Legal, ESG and Governance Officer

Ontario Power Generation

Blair McCreadie

Managing Partner, Toronto

Dentons Canada LLP

Melanie McGrath

General Counsel

Chelsea McKay Hazewinkel

Chief Legal Officer

Paladin Security Group Ltd

Teodora Niculae

Lorne O’Reilly, KC

Dow Chemical Canada ULC

Benoit Palmer

Chief Counsel, Minerals, Legal services Conseiller juridique principal, Minerals, Services juridiques

Heather Platt

Chief Legal Officer

Karrin A. Powys-Lybbe

Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC

Managing Partner

Lawson Lundell LLP

Bruce Reynolds

Co-Managing Partner, Mediator and Arbitrator

Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP

Luisa Ritacca

Managing Partner

Tracy Ross

Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Businesses and Products

Bo Rothstein

Managing Partner

Shara Roy

Chief Legal Counsel

Ernst & Young LLP

Robert Seidel, KC

Canada Managing Partner

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Yasmin Shaker

Senior Counsel (serving as General Counsel to Invest Ontario)

Ministry of the Attorney General – Civil Law Division

Bryson A. Stokes

Firm Managing Partner

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

David Taniguchi

Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary

Kristin Taylor

Managing Partner

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Yola Ventresca

Managing Partner – London

Yasmin Visram

Associate General Counsel, Canadian Affairs

iA Financial Group

Chris Vollmershausen

EVP, Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Patrice Walch-Watson

Senior Managing Director, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Andrea Wood

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Governance Officer

Danielle Young

Chief Counsel, Privacy & Cybersecurity and Global Chief Privacy Officer