Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Compensation and Rights of Crime Victims (2023 Reissue) / Competition and Foreign Investment (2023 Reissue) / Condominiums (2023 Reissue)

Sheila Nemet-Brown, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., is a Senior Content Development Associate for LexisNexis Canada. She obtained her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a co-author of the Elections and Legislatures titles for Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, and has served as contributing editor for numerous other Halsbury’s titles, and many other prominent LexisNexis publications, including Sopinka, Lederman & Bryant – The Law of Evidence in Canada, Palmer & Snyder – Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada, Real Estate Practice in Ontario and Sentencing. She also developed and edited the Canada Criminal Sentencing Digest and the Canada Quantum Digest series.

Julie Soloway, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., S.J.D., is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group. Julie is at the forefront of the most complex and high-profile Canadian and cross-border merger transactions. Julie also has special expertise in the Investment Canada Act and has been successful in securing approvals for foreign investors in Canada’s key industries. She is ranked in all leading directories as one of Canada’s top competition lawyers. In 2020, Canadian Lawyer Magazine named Julie as one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers. She is also ranked by Global Competition Review as one of the world’s top 100 Women in Antitrust. Who’s Who Legal: Global has described Julie as “the absolute go-to for complex mergers”, with sources also commending her “pragmatic approach, which is always appreciated by clients”. Clients are quoted as saying that Julie is “extremely bright, extremely capable and extremely responsive”. She is co-founder of Canadian Women in Competition Law, a group devoted to exchanging views on competition law and mentoring young lawyers and co-author of the book Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law, published by LexisNexis Canada. Julie has served on the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (SAL) leadership for more than 15 years and she is currently co-chair of SAL’s International Committee.

Navin Joneja, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, widely regarded as one of Canada’s preeminent competition law practices and recently named Competition Law Firm of the Year by Best Lawyers in Canada. Consistently ranked as a leading competition law practitioner, Navin is described in leading publications as providing “very practical and timely advice” and delivering “great client service”. He is recognized as an “outstanding analytical thinker” who is deeply competent with respect to agency strategy”. Navin is the past chair of the Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association and is past chair of the Section’s Legislation and Public Policy and Competition Litigation Committees. He has authored numerous publications on competition law and foreign investment, including with respect to international cooperation in mergers, monopolization and cartel investigations, the interface between intellectual property and competition, and competition and international trade matters. Navin has also taught competition law at Osgoode Hall Law School and has previously been retained by the Canadian Competition Bureau to provide input and advice on the Canadian competition law regime. Navin’s clients rely on him for timely and creative advice on domestic and multinational mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cartels, abuse of dominance investigations, class actions and compliance programs. He is also considered an expert on Canada’s foreign investment laws and regulations, including those pertaining to national security and state-owned enterprises.

Julia Potter, B.A. (Hons.), MSc., J.D., is a Partner in the Blakes Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment group in Toronto. Julia advises on all aspects of competition law, including merger review, joint ventures and strategic alliances, criminal and civil investigations and corporate compliance matters. Julia also advises on foreign investment review under the Investment Canada Act. Julia is recognized as a leading competition/antitrust practitioner by The Best Lawyers in Canada – Ones to Watch for 2022 – 2023.

Marko Djurdjevac, LL.B., is Crown Counsel with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, working in the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Infrastructure. Previously, he worked at the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Energy as well as the Legal Services Branch of the then Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. Marko started his career in the private sector and was a partner at a boutique law firm as well as a national law firm. He has been an author, instructor, speaker and moderator at industry courses, conferences and seminars. Marko is also a certified Arbitrator (ADR Institute of Ontario), and has acted as a mediator and arbitrator in the past.

Danielle Y. Cornacchia, B.A. (Hons.), M.A., J.D., is Crown Counsel for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. She has extensive experience providing legal services to the Ontario government regarding policy development, legislative proposals and program delivery associated with the Condominium Act, 1998 and the Condominium Management Services Act, 2015.

Meghan Hum, B. Soc. Sc., J.D., is Crown Counsel with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. She advises clients within the Ontario government on a variety of legislative, policy and operational matters, with a focus on condominium law, administrative authorities and real estate services.