Eliot Kolers, Partner - Stikeman Elliott

Eliot Kolers is a partner and Head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at Stikeman Elliott, a globally recognized leader in Canadian law. Eliot’s practice concentrates on corporate commercial litigation, competition litigation, and securities litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of complex cases, including many expedited litigation matters in relation to contested corporate transactions. Eliot has defended class actions involving competition law, securities and privacy issues, and has represented clients in a broad range of commercial cases involving oppression remedies, proxy contests, takeover bids, shareholder disputes and corporate governance matters. He regularly works closely with counsel from various U.S. and international jurisdictions.

Amanda Klein, Executive Vice President, Public & Regulatory Affairs and Chief Legal Officer - Toronto Hydro

Amanda Klein is Executive Vice-President, Public and Regulatory Affairs & CLO at Toronto Hydro - the electricity distributor for Canada’s largest city. Her work takes her to the heart of the utility’s business and operations strategy, and she brings over a decade of experience to her leadership of Toronto Hydro’s advocacy, communications, stakeholder relations, enterprise risk and law, and energy and regulatory policy activities.

Paul Rand, Chief Investment Officer – Canada - Omni Bridgeway

Paul Rand is a highly experienced commercial lawyer and litigator with deep expertise in capital markets and a focus on developing capital and risk management solutions for clients. He is a leading spokesperson in the Canadian dispute finance market and has provided submissions to, and been consulted by, government regarding the industry. As Omni Bridgeway’s Chief Investment Officer – Canada, Paul leads an expert team of Investment Managers across common and civil law jurisdictions. He oversees Omni Bridgeway’s Canadian investment origination, portfolio growth and management and the due diligence process across the company’s Canadian operations. Paul and his team apply innovative finance solutions to assist clients in monetizing their litigation assets and help law firms maximize liquidity, client offerings and profitability.

Simon Christian, Editor - Chambers and Partners

Simon was a researcher and later a deputy editor on the Chambers UK team, before becoming editor of the Chambers High Net Worth guide. He has an LLB in Laws from University College London. He also studied for the BPTC at City Law School and was Called to the Bar at Middle Temple.