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CGCA: Congratulations 2019 Finalists!

1 May, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Congratulations to the 2019 CGCA Finalists!

BLG STEPHEN SIGURDSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

Karin A. McCaskill, Empire Company / Sobeys Inc.
 

GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR

Jeff Davis, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Andrés Durán, EllisDon

Yonni Fushman, Aecon Group Inc.

Bob Rooney, Enbridge Inc.

James Scarlett, Hydro One Limited

Phillip Shaer, Canopy Growth Corporation

 

BAKER MCKENZIE INNOVATION

Richard Brait, Siemens Canada

Nicolas Chaput, Uber Canada

Simon Fish, BMO Financial Group

Giuliana Marinelli, RBC

Peter V. Nguyen, Resolver Inc.

Andrea Wood, TELUS Corporation

 

BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT

Jody Becker, EllisDon Corporation

Karen Decker, Stewart Title Guaranty Company 

Adrian Lang, Bank of Montreal

Steven Prisco, Aramark Canada Ltd.

Noah Waisberg, Kira Systems

 

OSLER PURDY CRAWFORD DEAL MAKING

François Duquette, Caisse de Dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Anita Mackey, Scotiabank

Mark Platteel, ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc.

James Rickert, Brookfield Infrastructure Group

Phillip Shaer, Canopy Growth Corporation

Jill Swainson, Aurora Cannabis

 

LITIGATION MANAGEMENT

Rebecca Burrows, KPMG LLP

Alan Dabb, TELUS Corporation

Jody A. Evely, Canadian National Railway Company (CN)

Louise-Hélène Sénécal, Air Canada

Kathrine Smirle, Royal Bank of Canada 

Yasmin Visram, Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc.

 

MID-MARKET EXCELLENCE

Angela Avery, Athabasca Oil Corporation 

Mike Brady, NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

Ruth Chun, Newstrike Brands Ltd.

Loreto Grimaldi, ECN Capital Corp. 

Gregory Michael Joffe, InstarAGF Asset Management Inc.

Neil Said, Forbes & Manhattan Group

 

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG)

Benoît-Marc Boyer, Archdiocese of Montreal

Kate Chisholm, Capital Power Corporation

Susan Kennedy, Ornge

Éric Labbé, Canadian Malartic GP

Stéphanie Lachance, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)

Jennifer Suess, RioCan

 

TOMORROW’S LEADER

Elisabeth Demone, Symcor Inc.

Ratika Gandhi, Alcon Canada Inc.

Christelle Gedeon, Aphria Inc.

Preston MacNeil, BMO Financial Group

Megan McLeese, Northleaf Capital Partners

Elizabeth Saati, Manulife Asset Management

Now in it’s 15th year, the CGCA is Canada’s national programme designed exclusively to recognize excellence in the In-House Counsel community. This special evening honouring the best counsel in Canada brings together the senior members of the Canadian private bar and the leading In-House Counsel in the country in a celebration of the accomplishments of the Canadian legal profession over the past year.
To learn more about the event or to become a partner, please visit cgca.ca or contact Dan Malamet at dmalamet@zsa.ca[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][buttons link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cgca.ca%2F|title:cgca.ca||”][/vc_column][/vc_row]