Risk, Value, and Decision Frameworks: Strengthening Strategic Judgment

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Ariane's practice covers various aspects of civil and commercial law, with a particular focus on commercial litigation, class actions, product liability, and consumer contracts. Her practice also covers shareholder disputes, arbitration, and extraordinary proceedings. She advises national and foreign clients, including pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, banks, transportation companies, and local businesses. Ariane is fluent in French and English and has a practical knowledge of Spanish.

Nathaniel is an intellectual property litigator and strategist, with an emphasis on patent, commercial IP and life sciences regulatory issues. He is also a registered Canadian patent and trademark agent. Nathaniel has represented numerous companies in a wide variety of industries in patent proceedings across Canada and pro hac vice in the United States. He has successfully argued leading cases on patent eligibility in the life sciences and software fields. He has also litigated trademark, copyright, trade secret and other commercial matters. Nathaniel was lead counsel for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Canada's only patent litigation involving claims to human genes, representing the hospital pro bono. Nathaniel has also advocated on behalf of life sciences clients before numerous regulatory agencies in Canada and the United States on intellectual property, regulatory approval, pricing and reimbursement, and antitrust matters. This advocacy involves managing IP issues, removing barriers to health product approval, and law reform efforts. In addition to his role as advocate, a significant part of Nathaniel's practice is assisting emerging and high-growth companies with business-critical intellectual property issues, including IP in large acquisitions, strategic IP licensing, IP risk management, and IP structuring in ongoing operations. This work enables Nathaniel to engage with a high throughput of clients and IP issues at the cutting edge in a variety of technological fields. Nathaniel also has a depth of experience advising on international trade-related intellectual property matters, having served as Chair of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's IP Trade Policy Committee during Canada's negotiation of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Kelly is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, the Privacy and Cybersecurity group and co-lead of the Privacy Litigation subgroup. Based in Calgary, Kelly brings a wealth of experience to assisting clients across industries including energy, financial services, real estate and technology. In addition to her practice, she frequently writes, teaches, and speaks on litigation and privacy matters, sharing her insights with industry professionals and legal practitioners alike. Kelly is known for her expertise in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on class action defence, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, plans of arrangement, ESG and greenwashing risks and navigating governance best practices. Clients appreciate Kelly's strong advocacy skills and common-sense approach. She works closely with her clients to understand their business needs, and provides creative and practical legal solutions. Kelly is a trusted leader in privacy and cybersecurity, providing practical solutions in a rapidly evolving landscape. Clients rely on her for navigating complex privacy issues, from regulatory compliance and video surveillance management to conducting privacy impact assessments and coordinating privacy training. As a breach coach, she offers crucial guidance in preventing and responding to privacy incidents. Beyond crisis management, Kelly helps clients build robust privacy frameworks, develop compliant policies both nationally and internationally, and conduct privacy risk analyses to minimize exposure. She ensures her clients are prepared for access requests, regulatory investigations, and litigation risks.

Carole is Managing Partner at INQ Law, focusing her practice on privacy, cyber incident response, data governance and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management. She regularly counsels clients on a wide range of matters related to privacy, cyber readiness and breach response, data governance, ethical AI and responsible innovation. Prior to founding INQ Law, Carole was co-lead of the national Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Management group at a leading law firm. A seasoned litigator, she has represented clients before all levels of court in Ontario as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada. Carole plays an active role in shaping data law, policy and standards in Canada and globally. She is a member of the OECD.AI Policy Observatory, and has contributed to numerous organizations including the Global Partnership on AI, the Global Task Force to Promote Trusted Sharing of Data at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Standards Council of Canada's Data Governance Collaborative, and the National Advisory Council on AI in Healthcare. Carole regularly teaches, speaks and writes on topics related to cybersecurity, privacy, and AI. She has testified before Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on matters of technology and privacy law. Carole is Faculty at the Institute of Corporate Directors, and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law where she lectures on AI regulation. She is the co-editor of Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law, published by Thomson Reuters (2021). She has been featured by the CBC, the Globe and Mail, The Logic, and Betakit. Carole was appointed by the federal Minister of Innovation to serve as one of six Digital Leaders in the national data and digital transformation consultations. In this role, she led consultations with businesses, academics, civil society and industry associations to inform the first national Digital Charter. Announced on May 21, 2019, the Digital Charter has led to significant proposed reforms to Canada's federal private sector privacy law.

Parmida has a broad commercial litigation practice, primarily representing clients in the defense of complex business and tort disputes, product liability claims and class proceedings. She acts for local and international clients operating in a wide range of industries and provides proactive advice on litigation avoidance strategies, risk management and government regulation and compliance. Parmida has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia as well as domestic and international arbitral tribunals. She also regularly represents clients in proceedings before administrative and regulatory bodies and tribunals. Education: Admitted to the British Columbia Bar – 2019; JD, University of Calgary – 2018; LLM Public Law Program, University of Amsterdam – 2017; BA, McGill University – 2015