Course Chairs
Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver
Sean K. Boyle — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
About the Chairs
Abbas Sabur is a partner with the commercial litigation boutique Shapray Cramer Fitterman Lamer LLP, Vancouver. Prior to coming to Vancouver in 2008, Abbas practiced commercial and securities litigation in Toronto. He has acted in an array of civil, quasi-criminal, criminal, and administrative cases. Since his call to the bar in 2004, Abbas has appeared before various courts and administrative tribunals in BC, Ontario, and Alberta.
Sean Boyle is a Partner practising in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. His practice involves all aspects of corporate/commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex commercial disputes, cross-border issues, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and class actions. Sean has extensive experience in take-over bid litigation, contested merger transactions, oppression actions and shareholder dissent proceedings. He is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Canada, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Best Lawyers in Canada, and Benchmark Canada. Sean is a former member of the Board of Directors of Family Services of Greater Vancouver and remains an active supporter.
Keynote Luncheon Speaker
Joseph Groia — Groia & Company, Toronto
Faculty
Owais Ahmed — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Rod Anderson — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Derek J. Chapman — BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Robert W. Cooper, QC — McEwan Cooper Dennis LLP, Vancouver
Gordon S. Comer — Crown Counsel, Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions, Vancouver
Alexandra C. Luchenko — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Graham MacLennan — BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
David J. Martin — Martin & Associates, Vancouver
Douglas Muir — BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Eilleen Patel — Associate Commission Counsel, Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in BC, Vancouver
Gordon Smith — BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Gary S. Snarch — Taylor Veinotte Sullivan, Vancouver
Patrick J. Sullivan — Taylor Veinotte Sullivan, Vancouver
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