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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 35 Frank Walwyn Partner, WeirFoulds LLP Toronto A versatile commercial litigator, Frank Walwyn is renowned for his practice by his colleagues. Walwyn created the Frank Walwyn Award in Caribbean Studies, a $25,000 endowed gift for students at the University of Toronto's New College Caribbean studies program. Walwyn is WeirFoulds' first black partner and was the first black lawyer in the firm's 168-year history. In addition to being renowned as one of Canada's top commercial litigators, he spends time advocating for an increase in the number of minorities in law, regularly counsels high school, undergraduate and law students on their career paths and sits on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee of the Ontario Court of Justice, a role he has held since 2009. He also volunteers his time as a board member of Community Legal Education Ontario and as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at Queen's University Law School. WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY: "A true and conscientious advocate who devotes an enormous amount of time to assist disen- franchised persons and racialized lawyers." "Apart from his impressive professional credentials, he works tirelessly in the community — he is truly an inspiration and a fantastic mentor to countless students and young lawyers of colour." "He's a star in the litigation field." THE TOP 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL CORPORATE COMMERCIAL WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY: "Bill is not only one of the most outstanding corporate commercial lawyers in Canada, he has lent his status in the legal and business community to help organizations that promote the fundamental values of our profession including assisting in supporting the International Commission of Jurists, Canada." William Braithwaite Chairman, Stikeman Elliott LLP Toronto Chairman and partner of Stikeman Elliott LLP, William (Bill) Braithwaite led his firm's team in Lexpert's #1 deal of 2017 representing Potash Corp. in the Agrium deal wherein the two companies merged to form Nutrien, a new western Canadian-based global giant anticipated to amass annual oper- ating revenues of $500 million. Braithwaite practises primarily in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. In addition to acting on some of the most significant cross-border merger transactions, he has acted as coun- sel to major Canadian corporations, boards of directors and institutional shareholders, as well as various governments and regulatory authorities. He was counsel on some of the major foreign acquisitions including CNOOC's acquisition of Nexen, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan's successful defence of BHP's unsolicited takeover bid and Lowe's acquisition of Rona. Kudos to our partner Guillaume Lavoie and all the nominees of Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for leading the transformation of our industry It's time to do things di fferently ntitled-7 1 2018-07-13 12:16 PM